Adaptation: CTBF offers lecture

FEW WRITERS MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FROM THEIR BOOKS TO GIVE UP THEIR DAY JOBS.

Eighty percent of all movies, feature films, television dramas, mini-series even documentaries, are adapted from other media written media. For a fiction writer this means a second, and often greater, source income.

At next month's Book Fair, SASWA Cape with the SA Publishers Association and the Cape Town Book Fair, is hosting Julian Friedmann, a leading London literary agent specialising in negotiating film rights for writers. His long experience has given him great insight into how adaptations work, what makes a good adaptation.

His lecture at 10.00am on Tuesday, 19 June will cover the subject thoroughly.

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Why some novels and short stories adapt well to the screen and others do not.
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He will highlight the problems in adaptation that face the script writer.
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Choosing the right subject to appeal to a film producer.
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Should the author adapt the work to the screen or choose the best specialist to make the adaptation?
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Should the script writer work with the author or alone?

The lecture is for novelists, short story writers, playwrights, script writers and producers to gain insight into the process and its potential.

The lecture will be followed by a Q and A session with experienced adaptation writers who have worked on their own and others' originals. The number of participants is limited to 24 so please respond soon to Anne Taylor taylora@netactive.co.za