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In Venice, Hollywood Races to Adapt Books Before Publication

The Venice Film Festival is bringing publishers and producers together as demand grows for books with strong screen potential. From unpublished manuscripts to established IP, Venice’s rights market reveals what producers want and how early they are willing to buy.

By Shaili Singh

10 Years After Her Hit Novel Debuted, Lola Shoneyin Knows the Netflix Series Will Resonate

Shoneyin is hopeful that the global reckoning sparked by recent protests will usher in a new vanguard of Black storytellers. 'The world is in an interesting place right now, where people want to hear Black voices and Black voices are not about to be silenced by anybody,' she says.

By Wana Udobang

Anne Hathaway in Cinemas Near You One Day Soon

The people gathered at the downstairs floor of McNally Jackson books last week were excited. Or, more specifically, the mostly

By Rosanna Boscawen

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