NFB films become books

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 has produced more than 13,000 animated films, documentaries, fiction features and interactive productions, which have won more than 5,000 awards, including 12 Oscars.