"And the Oscar Goes to ..." - Film Adaptation of Canadian and Indigenous Novels

Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast

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Her guest, Bil Antoniou - Toronto theatre actor and podcast host of Bad Gay Movies and My Criterions - discusses with Linda a series of Canadian and Indigenous novels that have been adapted to the screen, including the most recent Oscar award-winning movie, Women Talking, directed by Sarah Polley (original novel by Miriam Toews).

They also discuss the following:

Yann Martel's Life of Pi (Knopf)
Jane Rule's The Desert of the Heart (Talon)
Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient (Penguin Random House)
and Mordecai Richler's Barney Version (Penguin Random House)

The winner of the adaptation award? Listen to find out!

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