Four authors explore crime fiction set across the Far East, discussing how culture, history, and geography shape their mysteries. They share how setting influences character, motive, and atmosphere, and how writing outside one’s own cultural lens demands research, respect, and narrative precision.
From Page to Screen: When Characters Take on a New Life
What happens when a novel becomes a film or television story? In this session, authors and screenwriters discuss the adaptation process, exploring how characters and narratives evolve for the screen and the challenges of translating a book into a visual medium.
