Association of Adaptation Studies

Title: "The Haters" panel 1. Two round characters sit in a cinema. Yellow blob "I hate this!" Red Blob "Me too!" Panel 2. They have left the cinema Red blob "I hated every minute of that film! It was nothing like the book!" Panel 3. "Did you like the book?" asks Yellow. Red replies "I hated it!" then asks "You?" Panel 4. Yellow blob "I've not read it. I hated the film purely on its own merits." Panel 5. Red blob "I'll lend you my copy." Yello blob"That's very kind." Panel 6. Caption: "Later" Yellow, reading the book "I hate this!" Red (happily) "I knew you would!!"

"the Haters" my books cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com

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If you’re interested in adaptation writ large, consider joining us for our 2026 conference on a timely topic: Adaptation/Nation!

Very happy to see this published. My co-conspirator in all things conference-related, @cbkenkar.bsky.social, and I are so proud of the students who wrote this review and grateful to everyone who made the event such a special one.

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MTC is running a series of reading & writing groups this spring & summer. Our first reading group on the recent English translation of Punjabi novella Keeru by Fauzia Rafique hosted by Nico Millman & the translator Haider Shabaz will meet on April 15 @ 6pm ET.
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This week!

Adaptation, restoration, rebirth: 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference 2025, Istanbul Bilgi University The Association of Adaptation Studies (AAS) Conference theme in 2025, ‘Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth’, found a meaningful venue in İstanbul Bilgi Univer

📣 OPEN ACCESS review of AAS 2025: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth in Istanbul! doi.org/10.1093/adap...

Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 | Burman University , Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality”Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman University, in partn...

Registration is NOW OPEN for AAS 2026, running 7-10 July! Online & in-person rates for delegates & attendees, with an early bird discount for a limited time! www.burmanu.ca/aas2026

Adaptation, restoration, rebirth: 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference 2025, Istanbul Bilgi University The Association of Adaptation Studies (AAS) Conference theme in 2025, ‘Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth’, found a meaningful venue in İstanbul Bilgi Univer

📣 OPEN ACCESS review of AAS 2025: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth in Istanbul! doi.org/10.1093/adap...

On the left, a screenshot of the essay "Reading Circular Ruins of Fiction and Twin Peaks Thirty Years Later," in plain text.

On the right, an image from TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, featuring three primary characters (Agents Cooper and Cole in black suits and Diane in a shocking red bob wig) standing together against an inky black background and looking head very seriously.

"When you get there, you will already be there." Maria M. Carrión revisits her 30-year-old essay on TWIN PEAKS as literature and finds that David Lynch's multi-media labyrinth still has the capacity to twist us up. #openaccess at @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social.
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#JaneAusten #WutheringHeights
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Also, our March event on Adaptation and Authorship will take place on 4th March at 4-5pm (UK time) with William Proctor and Katrijn Bekers. DM if you've not got the zoom link!

Deadline today!

Great news for anyone planning to submit to History of Games 2026:

the deadline has been extended to 10th March 2026!

Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 | Burman University , Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality”Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman University, in partn...

Registration is NOW OPEN for AAS 2026, running 7-10 July! Online & in-person rates for delegates & attendees, with an early bird discount for a limited time! www.burmanu.ca/aas2026

adaptation really IS everywhere!

BIG THANKS to the organizers for the 5th Literature/Film Association & AAS Joint Online Conference for another successful collaboration! 🫶 @grossmjj.bsky.social & @ssedaozz.bsky.social & Tom Leitch & Allen Redmon & John Sanders. Lots to digest this weekend!

did someone say trouble 😈

Here's to collaboration of all kinds! 🥂

Julie Grossman writes, "I think about one critic's comment about Gloria Grahame's roles in film noir--that she was always on the sidelines where she could cause the most trouble. Gloria=adaptation studies?" Two hearts for that. Tom Leitch responds "YES!!" (with one heart).

Exhibit A to illustrate the best sidebar chat in academic conferencing, captured during Day Two of LFA/AAS & featuring @grossmjj.bsky.social with Tom Leitch.

BIG THANKS to the organizers for the 5th Literature/Film Association & AAS Joint Online Conference for another successful collaboration! 🫶 @grossmjj.bsky.social & @ssedaozz.bsky.social & Tom Leitch & Allen Redmon & John Sanders. Lots to digest this weekend!

LFA/AAS continues today! Tune in once again at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT for another full program of online conferencing. Follow the link in the OP for registration info 💻

Have you seen the short film “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”? We’d love to have someone write about it! This is a fantastic piece for scholars studying menstruation or period politics.

STARTS TODAY! Our LFA/AAS joint online conference on Adaptation & Collaboration launches at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT. It's not too late to register!

For more info: www.adaptation.uk.com/adaptation-c...

Reminder: our Adaptation SIG event is this Wednesday 4pm (UK time) on Adaptation and Franchises! DM if you've not got the zoom link.

Since I heard Penn State launched a course called "One Book Slowly" this year (Eric Hayot is teaching Madame Bovary) I can't stop thinking about it

Second this - if you're interested, I've hosted an AAS conference before/am on the board and more than happy to chat!

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

Ghost of Emily Brontë: am I remembered?

Me: yes, a new Wuthering Heights is coming out now

Brontë: and does it look good?

Me: no, it looks like it will be an almost unbearable saga of confusingly sexy suffering for everyone involved

Brontë: I love it.

Looking forward to AAS 2026 at Burman University, Canada & dreaming of what comes next...

If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...