In an interview with Q's Tom Power, the bestselling author tells us how her novel Hamnet came to be, and how the death of ...

Both Maggie O’Farrell’s novel and Chloé Zhao’s film, which she adapted with help from O’Farrell, are much more about vibes. The story in both makes liberal use of the fact that almost nothing is known ...

In November, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Maggie O’Farrell’s historical tear-jerker, about a death that shaped Shakespeare. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor at the Book ...

The movie is never as good as the book. It's just one of the truisms of film-to-screen adaptations. But then there's Hamnet. Director Chloé Zhao insisted that Maggie O'Farrell - the author of the ...

In her moving 2020 novel, Hamnet, the Northern Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell explored the possibility that a real-life tragedy may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.

Hamnet’ is a family drama about William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children. Learn how the movie blends fact and ...

The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of ...

“Hamnet,” the new film based on the 2020 acclaimed book by Maggie O’Farrell, is getting rave reviews. Critics are calling it “shattering” and “a masterpiece.” O’Farrell wrote the book after ...

Focus Features releases the film that adapts Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Focus Features releases the film in select theaters Nov. 27 before its ...

Filmmaker Chloé Zhao has returned with her fifth feature film, “Hamnet,” a tragedy based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 bestselling novel, but the movie traces its origins to a meeting at a film festival ...

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is already being whispered about as one of 2026’s big Oscar contenders, and if you’ve read Maggie ...