It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies.

In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë siste...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...

This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant...

Documentary about the Dutch author, illustrator and performer Joke van Leeuwen, who has won various ...

An account of the life of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95), author of more than one hun...

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts prese...

VPRO icon Wim Brands died on April 4, 2016. He was known to the general public as a presenter of the...

This documentary takes us on a sensorial and atmospheric journey through the experiences, words and ...

Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. ...

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, h...

Documentary about Moa Martinson.

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. ...

Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) is one of the world’s most read authors from the Netherlands. This dipl...

Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de La...

In a world that spins faster and faster, bibliomaniacs take refuge from the rush and the noise insid...

Beatriz Portinari is not only the name of the inspiring muse of Dante Alighieri, but also the pseudo...

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated...