BookShorts Newsletter March 2007

	March 2007

Moving Stories Broadcast Dates BookShorts' Jaded Expressions Confessions of a Pilgrim on Movieola Coming Live from Austin Upcoming Blog Features PEN, Gloryland

	Celluloid Dreams on Moving Stories TV Sunday, March 11 at 8:30am, 11am, 1pm EST on CLT Thursday, March 29 at 8pm EST on BookTelevision “Celluloid Dreams” features Michael Connelly’s ECHO PARK PROLOGUE, a film adaptation of the latest Harry Bosch detective novel along with an intense interview with this Hollywood-based writer (Connelly optioned another of his novels to Clint Eastwood for the feature Bloodwork). The conflict between fiction’s imagined manifestation and the “reality” of putting characters on screen is also revealed in discussions with Paul Quarrington (Whale Music) and the process of casting actors for characters real and imagined. Echo Park is published by Little, Brown US and distributed in Canada by H.B.Fenn. Michael Connelly interview conducted courtesy IFOA. Click here for Moving Stories Website <<top>> Jaded is not jaded at all EXCERPT FROM JADED EXPRESSION: "Second City alumnus, actor, writer, director and producer Bruce Pirrie has collaborated with BookShorts' mastermind Judith Keenan on multiple BookShorts (ahem short films), the latest, JPod, being inspired by beloved Canadian writer Douglas Coupland's novel of the same name." Melanie Chung and her team at the online magazine Jaded Expressions write and assemble an electic mix of articles and media; congrats to Melanie on releasing her own short film too. Check out her film and the full article at JadedExpressions.com <<top>> JPod at SXSW from behind the scenes The JPod BookShort, based on Douglas Coupland's #1 Bestseller will screen with EVERYTHING’S GONE GREEN, the feature whose screenplay was penned by Douglas Coupland, on Saturday March 10 at 9:30pm at South by Southwest Film Fest. A little tidbit from the horse's mouth ... Festival Programmer Matt Dentler was very kind in telling yours truly that JPod was in fact selected for the shorts program and it was only when the features programmer and shorts programmers compared notes that they discovered the affinity in their selections. That's a nice vote of artistic confidence for JPod! External Affairs Canada is supporting the trip to SXSW to be there at the screening -- blog entries live from Austin coming up next week. If you can't get to Austin (lol) watch it on the BookShorts website. <<top>> Movieola Airs Confessions on Intl Women's Day Sue Kenney's Confession's of a Pilgrim will be broadcast on Movieola-The Short Film Channel to celebrate International Women's Day, this coming Thursday, March 8. Sue has all kinds of fabulous events and screening over the next few months, as the book approaches it's publication date April 2007. For all the latest, visit her website at suekenney.ca Use the interactive program guide to check for your local channel AND broadcast time! Find it at Movieola.ca <<top>> Coming up on the Blog BookShorts attended a fantastic event at the Metro Toronto Reference Library organized by PEN Canada, and a poignant launch for the Thomas Allen published "You've Got A Home in Gloryland" by Karolyn Smardz Frost. The video reports coming up at BookShorts.Blip.TV.
	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. BookShorts Literacy Program is supported by Canadian Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners in the Canadian publishing community.For current catalogue, visit www.bookshorts.com. Judith Keenan 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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