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The Jess Lomas Book Club: Sanctuary, The Giver and Born to Run

The Jess Lomas Book Club: Sanctuary, The Giver and Born to Run. *A monthly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Greetings bookworms! You may have noticed our weekly book-to-film wrap-up is now a monthly feature. We hope this will give us a chance to […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: A Visit From The Goon Squad

The Jess Lomas Book Club: A Visit From The Goon Squad *A weekly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* With the Easter/ANZAC super long weekend over, we hope you’ve all made a sizeable dent in your ‘To Read’ piles. This week we’ll have a […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: Headhunters

The Jess Lomas Book Club: Headhunters *A weekly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Am I the sole member of humanity who has not read or seen The Millennium Trilogy? Surely I’m not the only one who turns my nose up ever so slightly […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: Lay the Favourite

The Jess Lomas Book Club: Lay The Favourite *A weekly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* “A true story of money, sex, glamour and gambling.” These are the words used to sum up Beth Raymer’s memoir Lay the Favourite, from her intentions to be […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: The Lorax

The Jess Lomas Book Club: The Lorax *A weekly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Is anyone else feeling tired today? No, just me? Okay, well, I’m going to take it a little easier this week with a book that will take you hardly […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: I Am Number Four

The Jess Lomas Book Club: I Am Number Four *Welcome to a brand new feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Welcome back film and book lovers. This week we continue with another science-fiction film, but trust me, it’s not going to be a recurring […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: Never Let Me Go

The Jess Lomas Book Club: Never Let Me Go   *Welcome to a brand new feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!*  I have a T-shirt that reads: ‘Movies – Ruining the book since 1920’. I’m not sure I entirely agree with this statement, after […]

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