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The Book of Longings Optioned for TV Series

October 17, 2023

Story House Productions (Germany), producers of the mega hit ‘Sisi’, has optioned Sue Monk Kidd’s best selling novel, The Book of Longings, to be developed into an English language 6 part series. From Variety: Andreas Gutzeit, co-founder of Story House Pictures, the international studio of the Bavaria Film Group, and producer and showrunner on “Sisi,”…

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The Queen’s Reading Room Selects The Secret Life of Bees

July 14, 2023

The Queen’s Reading Room has chosen The Secret Life of Bees as part of its latest season of book recommendations. Her Majesty Queen Camilla, an avid reader and supporter of the literary arts, began the Queens Reading Room in 2021 and selects books that “have been chosen for their educative, literary or historic merit and…

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TCU Publishes Book of Literary Criticism on the Fiction of Sue Monk Kidd

April 27, 2023

  From Deborah J. Kuhlmann and TCU Press comes a new book of critical essays on the literary works of New York Times bestselling author, Sue Monk Kidd. TCU Press writes: “For avid readers as well as academics, Sue Monk Kidd: A Collection of Critical Essays offers seven analytic studies of several of Kidd’s novels,…

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Major Buzz as The Secret Life of Bees Musical Opens in London

April 8, 2023

The musical production of Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees opened April 8, 2023 at the Almeida Theatre in London to excellent reviews. The musical is a new reprise of its successful run Off Broadway in New York in 2019.  The creative team includes Tony award winning composer Duncan Sheik, Tony nominated…

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