The cover of the book "The Cat came Back," is shown in a handout photo. The National Film Board of Canada is translating its works from the screen to the printed page with a new literary venture. Firefly Books will be the official book publisher of NFB. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Firefly BooksMANDATORY CREDIT
Republished May 30, 2017 - 4:53 AM
Original Publication Date May 29, 2017 - 11:19 AM
TORONTO - The National Film Board of Canada is translating its works from the screen to the printed page with a new literary venture.
Firefly Books will be the official book publisher of the NFB.
The new partnership will see a series of literary adaptations of celebrated NFB animated and documentary films and media projects.
The inaugural program will launch this fall with the publication of a pair of children's books adapted from Oscar-nominated films: "The Cat Came Back" by Cordell Barker and "My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts" by Torill Kove.
It will also include the publication of "George Hunter's Canada: Iconic Images from Canada's Most Prolific Photographer," an adaptation from the photo essay "Legacies 150 — George Hunter" featuring the work of the late pioneering photojournalist.
In its 78-year history, the NFB had produced more than 13,000 animated films, documentaries, fiction features and interactive productions, which have won more than 5,000 awards, including 12 Oscars.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2017