The next novel of Tahmima Anam, the author of the highly acclaimed and award-winning books “The Golden Age” and “The Good Muslim”, is being adapted for television. Diversity has learned.
According to sources, “Good Books”, which takes place behind the scenes of the publishing world, is being adapted for the big screen by Pacesetter Productions and Kudos. Anam is producing the adaptation with Emmy-nominated writer and producer Alison Brown, whose credits include “Emily in Paris,” “Younger” and “Upload.”
“Good Books” was first announced at the Edinburgh Book Festival, where Anam took part in many panels. During the festival, it was announced that UK publisher Cannongate had signed the book, which will be published in 2028. Sribner, a frequent collaborator of Cannongate in the US, acquired the North American rights.
At the time of the deal, the publisher described the book as “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “Yellowface” and “about how books are made and who makes them, imposter syndrome and what it takes to overcome it, and, most of all, about mothers and daughters and the people who stand by them.”
The synopsis of “Good Books” is as follows: “When Raya Chatterji meets Prue McNeill, the most respected person in London
The literary agent at the bookstore where he works in New York has no idea what this encounter will bring: a new career; return to the city of his birth; and the secrets he left behind.”
Pacesetter Production, founded by Jessica Rhoades, produced Peacock’s latest spy thriller series “Ponies” and has partnered with Charlie Brooker as a producer on both the hit series “Black Mirror” and the upcoming Philomena Cunk comedy “Cunk on Cinema.” Kudos, part of Banijay, is among the UK’s most respected names in television behind shows such as “House of Guinness”, “SAS: Rogue Heroes” and “Grantchester”.
Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy and winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Award and the O. Henry Award for Best First Book. His novel “Uprising” was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. He is Granta’s Best Young British Novelist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Letters. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, he trained as an anthropologist at Harvard University.