{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/6450911e796e070011fc2d9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"And the Oscar Goes to ...\" - Film Adaptation of Canadian and Indigenous Novels","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1688247144804-b460fd94d1606f944a16174ec08e5397.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Her guest, Bil Antoniou - Toronto theatre actor and podcast host of <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bgm-bad-gay-movies-bitchy-gay-men-episodes/id612229499\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bad Gay Movies</em></a> and <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/my-criterions/id1150928311\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Criterions</em></a><em> </em>- discusses with Linda a series of Canadian and Indigenous novels that have been adapted to the screen, including the most recent Oscar award-winning movie, <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/562880/women-talking-by-miriam-toews/9780735273979\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Women Talking</em></a><em>, </em>directed by Sarah Polley (original novel by Miriam Toews).</p><p><br></p><p>They also discuss the following:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Yann Martel's <a href=\"https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/life-of-pi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Life of Pi </em></a><em>(</em>Knopf)</li><li>Jane Rule's <a href=\"https://talonbooks.com/meta-talon/a-valentine-for-desert-of-the-heart\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Desert of the Heart </em> </a>(Talon)</li><li>Michael Ondaatje's <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/campaign/michael-ondaatjes-english-patient\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The English Patient</em></a><em> (</em>Penguin Random House)</li><li>and Mordecai Richler's <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/154019/barneys-version-by-mordecai-richler/9780345812230\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Barney Version</em></a><em> (</em>Penguin Random House)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The winner of the adaptation award? Listen to find out!</p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}