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Books and movies offer different experiences that have their individual benefits, but they are both a testament to creativity and imagination. #ThursdayThoughts
Close your eyes and keep your mind wide open to a world of possibilities. #WednesdayWisdom
If you’re partial to a period romance, the ever-eloquent Jane Austen and have a soft spot for bonnets, then there’s every reason to watch this charming adaptation. Read our latest #LBSWFilmClub review and get lost in Austen’s world of historical romance.
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This week we’re watching the brilliantly charming 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Balancing wit with poignancy, Jane Austen’s nineteenth century novel is brought to life in this moving film. Read our review this Friday! #LBSWFilmClub
From pages to the silver screen, we’ve gathered a selection of much-loved book-to-film adaptations.
If you’re wondering what to see next, check out our curated list of magical movies that you’ll want to watch over and over again.
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Empowering words from the film, Dead Poets Society. Keep on creating and change the world.
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Have you been busy watching films during lockdown?
If so, tell us what book-to-film adaptation(s) you’d recommend. Write a small review saying why you’d recommend the film(s) and you could feature in our next LBSW blog!
Let’s help each other discover new stories. #LBSWFilmClub
George Lucas’s out of this world advice is both motivating and true. Let it not only inspire your day but your life too.
#WednesdayWisdom
Transport yourself to the South of France with this week’s #LBSWFilmClub review. Offering charm and a relaxing atmosphere, A Good Year easily puts you in the mood for summer. Check out our review and let us know what you think of the film!
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In support of the anti-racism movement in the US and around the world, we used yesterday’s social media blackout to put together recommendations for books that can help us learn more about the pervasiveness of racism, and give us the tools to fight it. Here’s a selection:
Book, films and games all help you to travel without moving your feet. So where have they taken you recently?
Grab your fictional suitcases as we’re heading to the French countryside for this week’s #LBSWFilmClub with the light-hearted and fun-filled film, A Good Year. Watch out for our Friday review!
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.@netflix deal for @JonathanAStroud's Lockwood & Co - be ready for a 'haunted London full of marauding spectres'!
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The London Book Fair and London Book and Screen Week teamed up this week to celebrate Sally Rooney’s Normal People for our #LBFBookClub. Follow the link to read our eagerly anticipated book and TV adaptation review: bit.ly/3cCZEcL
And this is exactly why we love watching films – and reading books! So read, create and enjoy as many lifetimes as you can. #ThursdayThoughts
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The London Book Fair and @LBandSW are celebrating Sally Rooney’s Normal People this week with a combined book and TV adaptation review. Helen, our Marketing Manager, chose Rooney’s novel for our #LBFBookClub and you can read her review this Friday. Stay tuned and keep on reading.
London Book and Screen Week and @LondonBookFair are teaming up this week to celebrate Sally Rooney’s Normal People. The #LBFBookClub will be reading and then reviewing the book but, even better, the review will include an extra LBSW take on the new @NormalPeopleBBC adaptation.
