screen adaptations

Mountaineer Andrew Lock: Climbing Everest Was Worth the Risk

Ah, movies. Is there no end to your ability to show me things that I’ll never, ever do? This fall, we’re getting The Walk, in which a guy walks on a tightrope 110 stories above the ground. The Martian will feature a guy stranded on Mars, a destination to which…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 17, 2015

BooksToScreen Young Adult

Defanged, “The Call of the Wild” Still Grips

When Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild, serialized in 1903 in The Saturday Evening Post, it made adventure story history. The short novel became an international sensation, and it’s never been out of print. It’s the story of a dog, and the man who loved him. London spent…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 28, 2020

BooksToScreen Young Adult

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl–a metaphor for a media-savvy world

As both a reviewer and an author, sometimes I wonder: are books ever just books anymore? There’s a huge trend lately to create multimedia works, turning novels interactive, or creating books out of blogs. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not complaining. As a lover of all things pop culture,…

Rachel CarterApril 2, 2015

BooksToScreen Thrillers

“The Rhythm Section” Doesn’t Miss a Beat With Revenge-Driven Superspy

In spy lingo, the rhythm section is the body’s heart rate and breath. Learn how to control these, and you control panic, a useful skill for would-be cloak-and-dagger candidates. The Rhythm Section is also the title of a 1999 thriller by Mark Burnell, now the basis of a new motion…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 14, 2020

BooksToScreen Thrillers

Jon Land’s 10 Best Bone Chilling Book-to-Film Thrillers

With the release of Stephen King's It looming in the air and bringing us fright before the Halloween season, it is only customary to revisit some of the best book-to-film adaptations of all time. From those that stunned us to those that gripped our hearts, we revisit these novels from many bestselling authors…

Jon LandSeptember 8, 2017

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Fail or Fave: Screen Adaptations of Books

Many of us have had this experience: one of our favorite books has been turned into a movie or a TV series and we are so excited to see it come to life on the screen! We might comb entertainment news to find out which actors will play which characters.…

BookTribFebruary 2, 2022

BooksToScreen Miscellany

Writers, Ink: Ep 125 – Emotion Is Everything with “Station Eleven” Producer Scott Steindorff

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in…

Writers, InkMarch 7, 2022

BooksToScreen Miscellany

In Theaters: Oprah, Reese and Mindy are Perfectly Cast in ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

The Ava DuVernay-directed A Wrinkle in Time, based on Madeline L'Engle's classic work, is in theaters now. While the reviews are still coming in, early indications are that DuVernay's casting of Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling is spot on! If the film is anything like the book, we…

BookTribMarch 9, 2018

BooksToScreen Miscellany

From Page to Screen in 2018: 12 Book-to-Film Adaptations Coming to a Theater Near You

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. We all know that the book is always better than the movie, but that doesn’t stop us from sometimes really, really liking the movie, especially when it’s based on a favorite book. So butter your popcorn, turn off your phone, and get ready for…

BookishJanuary 17, 2018

BooksToScreen Miscellany

2017’s Best: Our Favorite Books Turned into Major Motion Pictures

Every year, we patiently await the arrival of film adaptations derived from some of our favorite novels and every year Hollywood does not disappoint! This year, our favorites include a piece of little known history, scary clowns, steamy romance, and a murder mystery classic. If they aren't on your must-read…

Maggie MeyersNovember 30, 2017

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture Young Adult

12 Hours to Fall in Love in Face of Cultural Obstacles

“The Sun is Also a Star” is a movie based on the 2016 best-selling young adult novel of the same name (Delacorte Press) by Nicola Yoon. In spite of its YA listing, the book found fans of all ages. What’s not timeless about romance? Romeo and Juliet were only teenagers,…

Joanna PoncavageMay 15, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture Young Adult

A Few Notes on Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska”

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending Hulu’s panel on their upcoming adaptation of Looking for Alaska (Penguin Books) by John Green. I read Looking for Alaska years ago, probably in eighth or ninth grade, and loved how raw and real it was. Throughout his career, John Green’s…

Jeff DaughertyJune 4, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture Young Adult

“Five Feet Apart” Author Discusses Newly Released Film

Five Feet Apart (Simon and Schuster) is a moving YA novel that captures the hearts of readers through its fragile tale of young love while giving much-needed attention to a debilitating lung disease--Cystic Fibrosis. While there is no permanent cure for the disease at this time, there are a variety…

Rebecca ProulxMarch 11, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture

“To the Lighthouse” Author Comes to Life in “Vita and Virginia”

Hot, hot, hot. A new film brings the legendary love affair between early feminist writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West to libidinous life, opening in the U.S. August 23. Elizabeth Debicki (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and HBO’s “The Night Manager”), towering at 6 feet, 3 inches tall, rules…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 23, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture

Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” Born Again on the Screen

Since its publication in 1940, Richard Wright’s controversial novel Native Son (HarperCollins) has been adapted for the stage or screen six times. This latest adaptation of the classic seeks to bring a unique projection of the protagonist "Big" (short for Bigger), while maintaining the famed themes of the novel. In…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 30, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture

Rural Noir at Its Best: “Back Roads” Now a Movie

When the crime novel Back Roads (Berkley) was published in 2000, author Tawni O’Dell had five other unpublished works and a collection of 300 rejection slips. Funny how life works: Back Roads became a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Set in Western Pennsylvania coal country,…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 13, 2018

screen adaptations

Mountaineer Andrew Lock: Climbing Everest Was Worth the Risk

Defanged, “The Call of the Wild” Still Grips

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl–a metaphor for a media-savvy world

“The Rhythm Section” Doesn’t Miss a Beat With Revenge-Driven Superspy

Jon Land’s 10 Best Bone Chilling Book-to-Film Thrillers

Fail or Fave: Screen Adaptations of Books

Writers, Ink: Ep 125 – Emotion Is Everything with “Station Eleven” Producer Scott Steindorff

In Theaters: Oprah, Reese and Mindy are Perfectly Cast in ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

From Page to Screen in 2018: 12 Book-to-Film Adaptations Coming to a Theater Near You

2017’s Best: Our Favorite Books Turned into Major Motion Pictures

12 Hours to Fall in Love in Face of Cultural Obstacles

A Few Notes on Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska”

“Five Feet Apart” Author Discusses Newly Released Film

“To the Lighthouse” Author Comes to Life in “Vita and Virginia”

Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” Born Again on the Screen

Rural Noir at Its Best: “Back Roads” Now a Movie

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