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Margie Orford at the University of York on South African crime fiction
Posted: February 3, 2012 Margie Orford is to give a talk on 'The Grammar of Violence: Writing Crime in Contemporary South Africa' at the University of York on 3 February 2012 at 4.15pm. Afterwards her agent Isobel Dixon will introduce the new 'Cambridge History of South African Literature' at its launch there. Read details -
Fantastic reviews for Kapka Kassabova's TWELVE MINUTES OF LOVE – and a gorgeous tango video animation!
Posted: January 30, 2012 Kapka Kassabova’s TWELVE MINUTES OF LOVE: A TANGO STORY has won widespread praise and the fabulous tango animation commissioned by Portobello has had over 5,000 views on YouTube. The video will also be featured at the Glasgow Short Film Festival’s ‘Words Per Minute’ literary and film event in February. Read details -
David Cameron singles out David Sherwin’s If... for Praise
Posted: January 27, 2012 David Cameron noted his appreciation for the Palme D’Or winning film If..., scripted by David Sherwin, in a recent interview with The Spectator. The PM mentioned the movie while talking to Evan Davis about the new film policy review. Read details -
3 Book UK Deal for Kishwar Desai
Posted: January 23, 2012 Simon & Schuster buys three novels from 'global' Desai: to publish two new novels along with a re-release of her 2010 Costa Award-winning début WITNESS THE NIGHT. Read details -
Paul Usher heads Instinctive Film London office
Posted: January 23, 2012 Blake Friedmann is delighted to announce that new client Paul Usher will act as the UK representative and producer for Berlin based film finance and production company Instinctive Film. Paul was previously an agent for five years with CMM, and now works as a scriptwriter and producer. Read details -
Multiple nominations for Richard Dinnick's Dr. Who stories!
Posted: January 18, 2012 Richard Dinnick has been nominated for fiction, non-fiction and audio script in Doctor Who Magazine’s Annual Poll Read details -
DEAD BEFORE DYING creating buzz in Variety
Posted: January 5, 2012 Hollywood entertainment weekly Variety has been reporting on the progress of All In Productions’ three part adaptation of Deon Meyer’s DEAD BEFORE DYING. The Munich based production company acquired rights to the book in March last year. Read details -
THE SOMNAMBULIST picked for the TV Book Club
Posted: January 5, 2012 Essie Fox's THE SOMNAMBULIST is one of ten books picked for the New Year list of More4 and Channel 4's TV Book Club 2012. Read details -
New version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST a Christmas Hit
Posted: January 5, 2012 Steve Hawes' stage adaptation of the traditional fairytale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was a festive treat for residents of Hampshire, playing at the Haymarket, Basingstoke during December as part of Anvil Arts’ Christmas programme. Read details -
Gilbert Adair
Posted: December 22, 2011 1944-2011 Read details
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