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Maud author Melanie Fishbane on the various TV and movie adaptations of Anne of Green Gables

If you've noticed that Anne of Green Gables is seeing a resurgence in pop-culture popularity of late, you're not alone. With at least two production companies working on adaptations of L.M. Montgomery's classic novels, everyone's ... Read More »

November 30, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing

Anne of Green Gables TV movie wins $25‚000 Shaw Rocket Prize

By Becky Robertson

The new TV movie adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables‚ produced by Toronto company Breakthrough Entertainment‚ has been awarded a Shaw Rocket Prize‚ which recognizes three exceptional Canadian television programs for young viewers ... Read More »

November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Film Centre and Entertainment One have named the Canadian writers participating in their inaugural TV Adaptation Lab, taking place May 31–August 31 in Toronto. Toronto-based author and former CBC journalist Angela Misri, playwright ... Read More »

June 6, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

CBC mini-series adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught set for 2017

By Becky Robertson

Details have been confirmed for the TV adaptation of Newfoundland author Lisa Moore's 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize– and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize–shortlisted novel Caught (House of Anansi Press). The six-part mini-series will debut on ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

By Becky Robertson

Toronto- and Montreal-based author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald – who is currently serving as Concordia University's inaugural Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence – will see her debut 1996 novel Fall on Your Knees adapted into a four-part CBC ... Read More »

December 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

By Sarah Kester

New Metric Media has announced it has acquired worldwide media rights for Elisabeth de Mariaffi's debut novel, The Devil You Know (HarperCollins Canada/Patrick Crean Editions). The novel, set in the early 1990s, follows rookie reporter Evie Jones, who ... Read More »

April 17, 2015 | Filed under: Deals

Atwood’s children series to get TV treatment

By Natalie Samson

Yesterday, McArthur & Company announced that it has sold TV rights to Margaret Atwood's Wandering Wenda and Friends children's books to Breakthrough Entertainment. The deal comprises rights to the series' previously published picture books -- ... Read More »

March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Richler's film apprenticeship

By Stuart Woods

Charles Foran, writing in The Walrus (subscription required), previews the TV adaptation of Mordecai Richler's St. Urbain's Horseman, which airs Sept. 19 and 20 on CBC. Foran also describes Richler's involvement with the film industry, ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: TV adaptation

Maud author Melanie Fishbane on the various TV and movie adaptations of Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables TV movie wins $25‚000 Shaw Rocket Prize

Inaugural CFC/eOne TV Adaptation Lab to feature Angela Misri, Kat Sandler, Michael F. Stewart

CBC mini-series adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught set for 2017

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees to be adapted for TV

The Devil You Know set to be adapted for television

Atwood’s children series to get TV treatment

Richler's film apprenticeship

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