While all non-fiction stories focus on events that really happened, memoirs stand apart from other non-fiction genres because of how vividly they portray a person’s...
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While that began with simple images of book jackets and has progressed through carefully curated images with stacks of books surrounded by related objects, there’s another category of visual content that you shouldn’t ignore: Book trailers. Below are tips every savvy book trailer maker should consider.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—holiday movie season! There’s nothing better than snuggling up with some blankets, hot cocoa, and a wonderfully sappy...
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Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood recently found a new, expanded life as a novelization. The 2019 Tarantino flick about Hollywood in ’69 is polarizing. But whether you loved or loathed the director’s choice to re-write history, one thing is certain–this film got a lot of people talking. So why aren’t they talking more about the novelization of the film?
What came first: the book or the movie? You might think that’s an easy question. The book, obviously. Right? Well, not necessarily. While it’s true...
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HBO recently optioned the rights to E. Lynn Harris’ classics of gay literature Invisible Life, Just As I Am, and Abide With Me. The series...
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It’s not uncommon for production companies to option a YA novel for TV. However, we don’t hear a lot about authors adapting their own work...
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Here’s the latest Disney+ YA adaptation, from a streaming service with no shortage of material for the youths. This new series stars Tony Hale of...
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Here comes the true story of a man wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for 14 years, without a trial. In his memoir, Mohamedou Ould Salahi paints a horrific picture of what it was like to be locked up indefinitely without trial. Salahi is just one of the thousands of victims swept up in America’s aimless “War On Terror.” An ideological war that still rages on, continuing to justify America’s imperialistic agenda twenty years after 9/11. Salahi’s memoir served as the inspiration for The Mauritanian, now available for streaming on Netflix.
