THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH will be available on DVD and Blu-ray November 23rd, 2010 but you could a win free copy of the DVD and the book that inspired the mini-series! Based on the novel by Ken Follett and set … Continue reading →

Another unfilmable book that is making its way to the big screen is Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.  Midnight Children won the 1981 Man Booker Prize.  In honour of the Man Booker’s 25th anniversary, the Booker of Booker prize was created … Continue reading →

Cutting for Stone is an easy book to read, but not an easy book to describe. For example, how do you summarize a story about conjoined twins, born in Ethiopia, to a nun (who dies) and a British surgeon (who … Continue reading →

Last Thursday night, at the Bookclub-in-a-Box Activity Centre, we were treated to an inside look at Magazine Journalism with Rachel Mendleson. Rachel is currently a journalist for Canadian Business, but she has also been a journalist for MacLean’s, for a … Continue reading →

Nowadays, it seems that every other movie has been adapted from a book.  Some may even goes as far to suggest that some authors purposefully write their novels with the hope that it will be optioned into a film. What … Continue reading →