Screen versions, Authors, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Keira Knightley in Colette (2018) 01 Aug 2018 Literary Films There are some forthcoming literary films for us to look forward to. ITV in Britain is to make an adaptation… Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, tours, Movies, Newsletter, books Astrid Lindgren around 1960 01 Apr 2018 The Life and Writings of Astrid Lindgren In preparation for my Scandinavian literary tour in July, I have been delving into the life and writings of Astrid… Susannah 18 Comments
Screen versions, Authors, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Venice – St Mark’s Square 01 Sep 2017 Film Adaptations of the Classics More filmed versions of classics we can look forward to include The Aspern Papers, a Henry James novel set in… Susannah 18 Comments
Screen versions, Authors, Movies, Newsletter The real stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne. 01 Aug 2017 Christopher Robin Milne Being the child of a famous author is not easy. Being the child that a famous author has included in… Susannah 14 Comments
Screen versions, Authors, Movies, Newsletter Lobby card from the 1933 film Little Women starring Paul Lukas and Katharine Hepburn. 01 Jun 2017 Film Adaptations The BBC has recently announced that it will be adapting Vikram Seth’s monumental novel A Suitable Boy as an 8-part… Susannah 2 Comments
Authors, Movies, Newsletter, books Illustration from the book, The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins 01 May 2017 Wilkie Collins Have you ever read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins? It is often regarded as the first detective novel in English,… Susannah No Comments
Movies, Newsletter, books 26 Mar 2017 Queen Victoria The BBC is making a new 4-part adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End. It stars Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen… Susannah 4 Comments
Movies, Newsletter, books Vita Sackville West and Virginia Woolf 26 Feb 2017 Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf Some months ago in a newsletter, I wrote about the Nicolson family of writers, descendants of Vita Sackville-West. I recently… Susannah 10 Comments
Movies, Newsletter Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike | Promotional photo via IMDB 10 Jan 2017 More Film Adaptations I have loved reading the Robert Galbraith series of novels (those are the crime novels written by J.K. Rowling under… Susannah 2 Comments
Movies, Newsletter A book shop 16 Sep 2016 Who are the biggest readers? According to a World Culture Score Index the country where people read the most is India. Indians, on average, read… Susannah 10 Comments
Movies, Newsletter Sunset Song photo by Hurricane Films | Promotional photo via IMDB 16 Sep 2016 Film adaptations of the classics In 2005 there was a poll in Scotland, asking the Scots to vote for their favourite book. I'd have expected… Susannah 8 Comments
e-books, Movies, Newsletter Actors at the Anne of Green Gables museum in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. 30 Aug 2016 Film adaptations of the classics I don't think any book will ever hold quite the place in my heart that one book does – L.M.… Susannah 4 Comments
e-books, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Location images of Love & Friendship, a Jane Austen film adaptation starring Kate Bekinsdale and Chloe Sevigny, directed by Whit Stillman. Churchill Productions Limited. Image courtesy Transmission Films. 28 Jul 2016 Film adaptations of the classics There has been quite a resurgence of interest recently in the world's best-selling novelist Agatha Christie, and her novels. There… Susannah 4 Comments
