Panel discussion led by Eleanor Thornley with Louise Willder and film and literature experts on book-to-film adaptations, part of the Autumn Derby Book Festival.
Louise Willder is at QUAD on Sunday 15 November, leading a panel discussion on the triumphs and travesties of book-to-film adaptation. The session runs from 5:30pm to 6:30pm and forms part of the Autumn Derby Book Festival, as well as QUAD's wider talks and events programme on film, culture and art.
The whole thing springs from Willder's book, The Book Was Better: The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation, which works its way through the highs and lows of taking a story from the page to the screen. It's a wide-ranging look that pulls in science fiction, fantasy, rom-coms, thrillers, fairy tales and Christmas movies, rather than sticking to one corner of the library. Willder, who also wrote Blurb Your Enthusiasm, uses it to dig into what actually makes a good adaptation and why we keep telling the same stories over and over again.
Screenwriter and author John Yorke described it as a hugely entertaining romp through the triumphs and tragedies that have emerged over the years from the art of film adaptation, while Killing Eve and The Man From the High Castle writer Rob Williams called it cleverly judged in tone — funny and insightful and packed with "I didn't know that" nuggets. On the night, the discussion is led by Eleanor Thornley, Chief Executive at QUAD, alongside film and literature experts, with the full panel line-up to be announced.
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Signed copies of the book will be available at the event, and a screening of Sense and Sensibility follows, free for ticket holders. Tickets are £10, and the session runs from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby DE1 3AS.
