Welcome to our first episode of Books to Screen, to kick us off author and friend of the pod Emma Hinds has joined us to deep dive into one of the most anticipated adaptations, Hamnet. 
In this episode Hannah and Emma discuss the differences between the book and the film, the scenes they loved, the scenes they missed and Emma puts their historical fiction writer cap on and talks about some historical inaccuracies in the film. Aswell as this, Emma reveals some of their own favourite adaptations and castings, we hope you enjoy! 
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Books & other mentions in this ep: 
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet (2025)
War & Peace (BBC)
Wolf Hall (BBC)
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Strangers by Taichi Yamada
Little Women (2019)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Enola Holmes (Netflix)
Earlyfate by Nat Reeve
Nettleblack by Nat Reeve
Serenity Booksellers
H is For Hawk (2025)
H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
The Odyssey (2026)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Persuasion (2022)
Julia Armfield
Lucy Rose
The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West
The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
The Essex Serpent (2022)
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Pre-order Nightcurse by Emma Hinds (US)
Pre-order Nightcurse by Emma Hinds (UK)
One Day (2011)
One Day (Netflix)

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