Our next YPG Book to Film Club selection is The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The viewing and discussion will take place on Wednesday, December 19, from 7:00-9:00pm at Penguin!
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YPG Book to Film
We hold monthly book-to-film club events, where we read, watch and discuss books which have been turned into films! Click the YPG Book-to-Film page for more information!
YPG Book to Film Club: The Polar Express
YPG Book-to-Film Club Viewing: Anna Karenina
This month we are taking a break from an official discussion and organizing a meet-up for interested members of YPG to go see Anna Karenina in the theatres. Reading the book is not necessary for this event!
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YPG Screening of Bridget Jones’s Diary: We Can Relate. Also, Colin Firth Is Dreamy.
On August 29, a group of about 25 YPG women gathered at Penguin’s offices to watch Bridget Jones’s Diary. There was general agreement around the room that this is one of those rare examples of a movie version doing a story more justice than the original book!
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YPG’s Viewing of The Princess Bride: A YPG Member’s Write-up of S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
"It was their favorite movie in all the world. Or their favorite book..." Read on for this YPGer's recap of one of our most highly anticipated Book to Film viewings!
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Put to Pasture: YPG Book to Film Club Takes on a Not-So-Pretty Film Version of All the Pretty Horses
On Wednesday, April 18, a solid group of YPG members gathered at the AAP offices to watch the 2000 film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses (Vintage, 1993), directed by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, and Penelope Cruz. Read on for their perhaps surprising take!
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Big Lessons from a Small Girl: YPG’s Book to Film Club Reviews Matilda
It was a small and excited group of YPGers that hunkered down on Wednesday, October 12, in a conference room at Penguin's offices to watch the film adaptation of Matilda--a tiny girl with an outsized intellect who meets her match when she starts school at Crunchem Hall!
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Hungry for the Games: YPG Does Battle on Hunger Games Trivia Night
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, around sixty YPG members from twelve AAP member houses and several literary agencies gathered at the AAP New York offices to duke it out on YPG's first ever Trivia Night devoted to The Hunger Games! Trivia Night made YPG members even more excited for the film's release, and will...
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Just Push Play: YPG Book to Film Enjoys Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
At the latest Club gathering, 23 YPG members from more than 12 publishing houses and literary agencies gathered at Scholastic February 22 to watch the film adaptation of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Overall, consensus was that Nick and Norah translated well to the screen, changes, random cameos, and all!
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Next YPG Book to Film Club Viewing: All the Pretty Horses
By popular vote, our next book to film selection will be All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf/Random House)! The viewing and discussion will take place on Wednesday, April 18, at the AAP New York offices (71 Fifth Avenue, second floor) at 7:00 pm.
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YPG Book to Film Club Takes to Theaters for a Viewing of The Help
As the summer rendition of the YPG Book to Film Club, YPG members gathered at the AMC Loews 19th Street East 6 to watch the film adaptation of The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Lively discussion over cocktails followed!
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