{"id":3209,"date":"2018-05-01T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/05\/01\/cherie-dimalines-ya-novel-the-marrow-thieves-optioned-for-television\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:00:29","slug":"cherie-dimalines-ya-novel-the-marrow-thieves-optioned-for-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/05\/01\/cherie-dimalines-ya-novel-the-marrow-thieves-optioned-for-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherie Dimaline&#8217;s YA novel The Marrow Thieves optioned for television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jane van Koeverden\/ CBC Books<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Marrow Thieves,\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0M\u00e9tis author Cherie Dimaline, has been optioned for television by Vancouver production company Thunderbird Entertainment, whose credits include\u00a0<em>Blade Runner 2049\u00a0<\/em>and season two\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Published to critical acclaim in 2017,\u00a0<em>The Marrow Thieves\u00a0<\/em>won both the\u00a0Governor General&#8217;s Literary Award for young people&#8217;s literature \u2014 text\u00a0and the\u00a0Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. It was defended by singer\u00a0Jully Black\u00a0on\u00a0<em>Canada Reads<\/em>\u00a02018<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The novel is\u00a0set in the near future where Earth has been ravaged by climate change and a new iteration of residential schools has sprung up.\u00a0Frenchie is a highly resourceful Indigenous teenager on the run from school recruiters and joins up with a group of Indigenous people on a northward journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because\u00a0<em>The Marrow Thieves\u00a0<\/em>has become an important work for the Indigenous community, it was essential to find a team who could bring this story to life with a commitment to honour its messages and worldview.\u00a0Thunderbird has made such a commitment and I am happy to be working with them as this project comes to life and gains an even larger audience,&#8221;\u00a0said Dimaline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane van Koeverden\/ CBC Books The Marrow Thieves,\u00a0by\u00a0M\u00e9tis author Cherie Dimaline, has been optioned for television by Vancouver production company Thunderbird Entertainment, whose credits include\u00a0Blade Runner 2049\u00a0and season two\u00a0of\u00a0Kim&#8217;s Convenience. 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