Binge the Book

Binge the Book Saturday 20th June 2026 3:30pm This event is included in our All Day Saturday Pass. To attend our Saturday events please purchase the pass. For £25, you can attend every event promoted on Saturday the 20th of June. What happens between the page and the screen? Why does a beloved character feel different in a television adaptation — and why do some changes spark outrage while others create entirely new fans? Expect a lively conversation about the art, compromise, and reinvention behind adapting books for television. Whether you’re a devoted reader, a binge-watcher, or someone who loves debating “the book was better,” this event promises plenty of passionate discussion about what gets lost, what gets gained, and why stories evolve when they move from page to screen. Hosted by Dorothy Koomson, an award-winning, global bestselling author of 23 novels with a writing career that spans more than 20 years. Her novels include the Sunday Times bestsellers I Know What You’ve Done, Tell Me Your Secret, The Brighton Mermaid, The Friend, The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, The Chocolate Run and My Best Friend’s Girl. Her new novel, out in March 2026 is The Quiet Girls. Dorothy is joined by Araminta Hall, and Janice Okoh. Araminta is a writer, journalist and teacher. Two of her books, Everything & Nothing and One of the Good Guys, have been Richard & Judy picks. Her novel Imperfect Women has been made into an Apple TV series starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara. Four of her other novels, Everything & Nothing, Our Kind of Cruelty, One of the Good Guys and Unreliable Narrator (her most recent novel), are under option and in various stages of production. She lives in Brighton with her husband and alternating variations of her three grown-up children. Janice is a multi-award-winning playwright and radio dramatist and has penned over 17 original plays and adaptations. Her theatre play Three Birds won the Bruntwood Playwriting Prize in 2011 and was turned into the critically acclaimed and award-winning TV show Just Act Normal. In 2025 Janice won the Women in Film and TV award for best writer and in 2026 was awarded an Emerging Talent: Fiction BAFTA TV Craft award for Just Act Normal. Janice lives in London with her son. When she’s not writing, she enjoys the gym, swimming, improv classes and group meditation. Girl Number 8 is her debut novel.