Wed Eve - Bookie Nights - Screenings of Films featuring books - Students only

We will be screening for students a series of feature films featuring books – in the broadest sense – on Wednesday evenings from 19.00-21.00 at Screen Academy Scotland, Merchiston Avenue (opposite the Tesco carpark).  These – by and large – keep pace with Book History topics.

28 Sept Agora (2009) Rachel Weisz

5 Oct The Name of the Rose (1986) Sean Connery

19 Oct Fahrenheit 451 (1966) dir François Truffaut

26 Oct The Ninth Gate (1999) starring Johnny Depp

2 Nov The Reader (2008) starring Kate Winslet

9 Nov The Substance of Fire (1997)Tony Goldwyn

16 Nov The Ghost (2010) Ewan McGregor

23 Nov Adaptation (2002) Nicolas Cage

30 Nov You’ve Got Mail (1998) Tom Hanks and Meg  Ryan

We will also be holding a mini-festival of documentaries about books and publishing during the intersemester week in 2012. Further details to follow.