Pacesetter Productions and Kudos are developing the series
\n\nThe next novel by Tahmima Anam, the author of acclaimed and award-winning books “A Golden Age” and “The Good Muslim,” is being adapted for TV, Variety has learned.
\n\nAccording to sources, “Good Books,” set behind the scenes in the world of publishing, is being developed for screen by Pacesetter Productions and Kudos. Anam is adapting with writer Alison Brown, the Emmy-nominated writer and producer whose credits include “Emily in Paris,” “Younger” and “Upload.”
\n\n“Good Books” was first announced at the Edinburgh Book Festival where Anam sat on multiple panels. During the festival it was announced that U.K. publisher Cannongate had signed the book, with publication set for 2028. Cannongate’s frequent U.S. collaborator Scribner bought North American rights.
\n\nAt the time of the deal, the publisher described the book as “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “Yellowface,” and about “how books get made and who gets to make them, imposter syndrome and what one needs to rise above it, and most of all about mothers, daughters and the people who stand in for them.”
\n\nThe “Good Books” synopsis reads: “When Raya Chatterji meets Prue McNeill, London’s most respectedliterary agent, at the New York bookshop…
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