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JPod Premieres; Movieola Sked; Moving Stories
Blog Call
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ICONS are the feature of the day on Moving
Stories TV
Thursday, Jan 25 8pm EST on BookTelevision
In this
episode, Douglas Coupland of “JPod”
and Patrick Watson of “This Hour Has Seven
Decades” give you the iconic inspiration you need to launch
the New Year. These comedies will get you headed in the right
direction!
JPod is published by Vintage Canada; This Hour Has Seven Decades
is published by McArthur & Company.
Award-winning
host Paul Quarrington
presents two short films, exploring the process of filmmaking
and adapting the printed word for a multi-media universe. This
episode also aired on Sunday, Jan 14 on CLT - watch for repeats!
JPod and
This Hour Has Seven Decades
are now available in paperback at
Chapters
Indigo
JPod on Showcase.ca
Online through February
JPod BookShort
is now up and live at Showcase.ca/jpod. Sandy
Hunter at Alliance did an amazing job designing the site and encoding
the film - it looks fantastic!
Vintage
Canada has provided books for the newsletter contest,
and you can purchase the book directly from the Random House link
on the site.
Showcase.ca/jpod
>> here
SPECIAL REPORT:
COUPLAND FILM NEWS ALERT
For the DC geek fans like me, Producer
Chris Nanos and his team at Radke Films have some very good news
-- Doug Coupland's first screenplay, now a major motion picture
directed by Paul Fox -- "EVERYTHING'S
GONE GREEN" will be coming to theatres in
the United States in April 2007!
In what is a sly comment
on the times since his first publication of "Generation X"
over a decade ago, EVERYTHING’S GONE GREEN is the first
story from popular writer Douglas Coupland written specifically
for the screen. Watch >> the
film's website << for more news and release
dates.
Movieola-The Short Film
Channel w/ JPod & One Bullet Away
Romen, Shane, Sara
and the team at Movieola
have been our champions right from the beginning -- thanks you
guys!! You can find the channel on cable across the country -
check your cable guide for the channel in your area, or check
out >> movieola.ca
January 16 at
10pm marks
the first time broadcast
of One Bullet Away (published
by Houghton Mifflin, distributed in Canada by Thomas Allen Publishers),
the doc based on the memoir by Nathaniel Fick, directed by Irene
Duma and adapted for the screen by Bruce Pirrie.
February
5 is the date for
JPod which will continue broadcast
on the channel throughout the month. The film was adapted from
Douglas Coupland's #1 bestselling novel by - hey- Bruce
Pirrie again, and scored by our multi-project, multi-talented
composer Martin Worthy.
Video
Blog Invites News Items
Information is
a very strong currency these days, and we want to know, EVERYTHING!
If you have an event, news item, tip or tidbit, send a squib on
over to us and we'll try our best to help you spread the word
with the BookShorts Moving Stories Blog. For examples of coverage....
Visit BookShorts.Blip.TV
>> here
or BookShorts on Blogger >> Here
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About
BookShorts
BookShorts are short films adapted from books, including exclusive
behind-the-scenes features. They have screened nationally on television
specialty channels, in film and literary festivals from Vancouver
to St. John's, New York and Washington. For current catalogue, visit
www.bookshorts.com.
BookShorts Literacy Program is supported by Canadian
Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners
in the Canadian publishing community.
Judith Keenan
Executive Producer
BookShorts Literacy Program / BookShorts Inc.
Judith@BookShorts.com
BookShorts
Newsletters at http://www.bookshorts.com/newsletter.htm
To
Submit Films and Manuscripts, email development@bookshorts.com
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