Thursday, July 12, 2007

Mma Ramotswe everywhere on the Internet - links

Here are the links of the last 4 days, starting on the 8.7, found through Google Alerts. We are getting a lot of publicity through the shooting of the movie.

8. July 2007

LOOK ON LOCK EDITION: ANIKA VS JANE
By Chi(Chi)
[source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4]. Same dress, different pose:. which LOOK is on LOCK? more at twiigs.com... In related news, Anika will next star in the Anthony Minghella telefilm, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" with ...
URBAN-HOOPLA.COM - http://platformlaunchaction.blogspot.com/

Piracy is Potter's biggest foe as movie opens Wednesday
By film
The film based on the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Harry Potter might die, predicts Radcliffe Daily Telegraph - In his interview with the MSN website, Radcliffe said that the highlight of the fifth and latest film, ...
Film - http://film.xcentrix.com

Tea and Mma Ramotswe
By Fausta(Fausta)
I have enjoyed Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book series for several years, and just finished reading the latest installment, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive. ...
Fausta's blog - http://faustasblog.com/


9. July 2007


July 2007 Week 2
By Cindy Orr
No surprise here, but Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency will be made into a movie. And speaking of unusual detectives, how about a flock of sheep who solve the mystery? And it's actually good enough for a Booklist ...
The Reader's Advisor Online Blog - http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog


FEATURE - Botswana pins Hollywood hopes on 'Detective' film
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
One is Mma Ramotswe and the other is Botswana as a whole. It tries to tell a story of what is wonderful, what is magical, about Botswana and about the rest ...
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Botswana pins Hollywood hopes on "Detective" film (Reuters)
By bdh
... recipient of the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing, Reuters - Botswana is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a new film based on the best-selling fiction series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."
Black Financial News Network... - http://bfnnetwork.com


10.July 2007

Can McCall Smith's sleuth crack case for Botswana?
Scotsman - United Kingdom
AN AFRICAN country is gambling £2.5 million that a new film based on the best-selling books about The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency will be a hit. ...
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The World According to Bertie
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... McCall Smith's readers seem to find his tales of 44 Scotland Street marginally less engaging than his novels about the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. ...
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7/10/2007: Focus: Hollywood takes McCall Smith's No 1 lady ...
BOTSWANA is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a film based on the best-selling No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The government has gambled $5m (£2.5m) to promote the southern African country's star power. Work on the film, ...
The Herald - http://theherald.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?newspaper=the+herald&cid=1130



Botswana pins Hollywood hopes on "Detective" film - Reuters
By glog
Botswana is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a new film based on the best-selling fiction series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."... Read more... blink it.
Botswana - http://www.blinkbits.com/blinks/botswana


Big Names for Mma Ramotswe Movie
South African Film News (press release) - South Africa
Dreamgirls' actress, Anika Noni Rose, will play Mma Ramotswe's secretary. Another main actor in the movie to be directed by award winning British actor ...
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Reuters Entertainment Summary
Washington Post - United States... Botswana (Reuters) - Botswana is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a new film based on the best-selling fiction series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. ...See all stories on this topic


Singer Jill Scott to star in 'Detective' film
RTE.ie - Ireland
American R&B singer Jill Scott will star in a film based on Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series. ...
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Why are real African women so scary?
By Melissa Wall
Why is a white guy getting noticed by the Booker Prize for assuming the persona of his so-called "lady detective" Mma Precious Ramotswe? The Botswana government is aglow over the whole thing with the LA Times quoting their tourism ...
Africa Media - http://africamedia.typepad.com/my_weblog/


11.July 2007

Botswana pins Hollywood hopes on "Detective" film
GABORONE, Botswana (Reuters) - Botswana is pinning its Hollywood hopes on a new film based on the best-selling fiction series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency." Aucun mot clé.
International News Portal - http://news.ameriquebec.net

Mma Ramotswe says . . .
By angela
I enjoy reading the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series of books by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana. Of all the books I've read in the past few years, these are the most "un-stressful" in feel. I love the perspective and simple ...
one wild and precious life - http://angelan.homeschooljournal.net/

Minghella shoots in Botswana
Screen Africa - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
On 9 July shooting began in Botswana on "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency", directed by Academy Award(r) winning filmmaker Anthony Minghella ("Cold Mountain ...
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Two tales, two cities
Scotsman - United Kingdom
AMcS: That's exactly my experience in reverse with Mma Ramotswe books [The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]. It was New York who discovered them, ...
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I actually finished a book?!
By sleepy jeanne(sleepy jeanne)
Mma Ramotswe on pumpkin:. She stopped. It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to ...
Livin' in a Blue Hick Town - http://bluehicktown.blogspot.com/

There goes the sleep
By Laura(Laura)
Go to the library. I started the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series on vacation, and I still need to read the last three books. I know that everyone read these, oh, gosh, about eighteen years ago. I think they are darling, ...
My Quotidian Mysteries - http://myquotidianmysteries.blogspot.com/


In brief: Botswana stumps up cash for Detective Agency
Staff and agencies Tuesday July 3, 2007 Guardian Unlimited The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: soon in filmic form! Botswana is putting up $5m for The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency , the silver screen adaptation ... via Guardian ...
Botswana - http://www.rssmicro.com/?f=1&q=Botswana



Is'n it incredible?

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