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Weekend reading from St. Joseph Media

From the latest film festival news to trendsetting fashions, here are the week's top stories from around the St. Joseph Media offices: Toronto Life: Up to the minute celebrity and industry news from the 2011 ... Read More »

September 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

By Sue Carter

You're not going to get close to Brad Pitt, in town this weekend for the premiere of Moneyball, the adaptation of Michael Lewis's baseball book of the same name, but if you're attending the Toronto ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Marion Cotillard to star in film adaptation of Craig Davidson’s Rust and Bone

By Sue Carter

Academy Award“winning actor Marion Cotillard will star in a French-language adaptation of Craig Davidson's short story collection, Rust and Bone (Penguin Canada). According to The Playlist, Rust and Bone will be directed by Jacques Audiard, ... Read More »

September 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Behind the big screen: Canadian lit adaptations

By Sue Carter

As producers arrive by the plane-load for the Toronto International Film Festival, Q&Q returns to its June 2011 issue, where seven Canadian production companies describe what they look for when adapting the printed word for ... Read More »

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Publishing at the polls: Arts and culture platforms

By Sue Carter

Tonight is the first televised leadership debate of the federal election. It's unlikely arts and culture will be mentioned, so here's a primer on how all parties (including the Green Party) stand on issues that ... Read More »

April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Daily book biz round-up: Tolkien & Dickens; New Jersey libraries saved; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Descendants of Tolkien and Dickens (!) rework classic children's fantasy Crime Writer's Association announces Gold Dagger nominees Nielsen looks at the ways film adaptations like Eat, Pray, Love affect book sales Amazing ... Read More »

August 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

One more reason not to trust reader reviews

By Scott MacDonald

We're not sure how long the website readerspoils.com has been around, but we thought we should bring it to your attention. It's a site from out of the U.S. that allows authors to pay cold, ... Read More »

November 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

By Stuart Woods

Last week, National Post columnist Barbara Kay stirred up some controversy when she trashed Lisa Moore's novel February for being both unmanly and unreadable “ a symptom of what Kay describes as an overly feminized, ... Read More »

September 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Emily Schultz’s Heaven is Small scores film deal

By Suzanne Gardner

Emily Schultz's second novel, Heaven is Small (House of Anansi Press, has been optioned by the Gemini award-winning Markham Street Films. Although MSF is best-known for producing documentaries, the company has also worked on several ... Read More »

August 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: film

Weekend reading from St. Joseph Media

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

Marion Cotillard to star in film adaptation of Craig Davidson’s Rust and Bone

Behind the big screen: Canadian lit adaptations

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

Publishing at the polls: Arts and culture platforms

Daily book biz round-up: Tolkien & Dickens; New Jersey libraries saved; and more

One more reason not to trust reader reviews

Steven Galloway to Barbara Kay: I’m a Canadian novelist and proud of it

Emily Schultz’s Heaven is Small scores film deal

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