Time was when you couldn’t move in a library in England for romance fiction: Dames Barbara and Catherine (Cartland and Cookson) dominated the shelves. Hundreds upon hundreds of copies of their titles (in large-print format very often) were loaned out by

Variety reports that Oscar-nominee Steven Knight has been charged with the task of re-adapting Maurier’s original Rebecca novel. Knight is best known for penning the screenplays for acclaimed films like Stephen Frear’s dark social drama, Dirty Pretty Thi

Dreamworks is no stranger to remaking Alfred Hitchcock's best work. In 2007 the studio hired director D.J. Caruso to helm Disturbia, a modern-day redo of Rear Window starring Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss and David Morse. Now they are at it again, but t

A new version of Rebecca is on its way courtesy of DreamWorks and Working Title. The Gothic novel by Daphne Du Maurier was famously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, and now Showblitz reports that Eastern Promises scribe Steven Knight has been tapped

With book lovers up and down the country branding library closures criminal, perhaps the stranglehold crime fiction continues to hold on borrowers' hearts should be no surprise. All 10 of the most borrowed titles from the UK's libraries were gritty thril

Data released this morning on the most most borrowed at public libraries in the UK suggests that have turned away from romance, towards crime and thrillers. Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol was the most borrowed book in the year 2010-2011. Five books from Ame