Mistress of sweets
Winner of the 2015 Great British Bake Off Nadiya Hussain talks life, fame and food at Airline Festival of Literature this weekend. Plus your guide to what’s cooking at the annual show Pages 11-13
The cross-over between literature, television and film has long been the basis of pop culture gold.
The annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature will bring those collaborations and more to the forefront over the course of nine days, starting March 3. Authors from around the world, such as House
of Cards screenwriter Andrew Davies and Ms
Marvel co-creator Sana Amanat, will give panel talks, masterclasses and workshops, running up until March 11.
Ahead of the main programme, tabloid! rounded up eight mustattend events that span comics, book-to-screen adaptations and cultural representation in the media. forensic anthropologist and crime writer whose novels inspired the
Bones TV series. The pair discuss what it takes to turn a book into silver screen magic. world when she co-created Ms Marvel Kamila Khan, Marvel’s first-ever Muslim superhero, who also happens to be a Pakistani girl. In this session, she’ll speak more in depth about the comic. Bin Hamad (Nasser’s Secrets) join Marvel editor and Ms Marvel co-creator Amanat to talk about whether comics and animations can embrace tradition while breaking new ground and reaching a mainstream audience.