BLF 2026: Gaynor Macfarlane: The Art of Adaptation: Transforming Books into Audio Drama

The Straw Yard  |  Tuesday 6 October 2026, 10am

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Reading novels is an act of individual imagination, so how does radio adaptation paint pictures in the minds of listeners while keeping true to the original book?

Award-winning BBC radio producer Gaynor Macfarlane (recent adaptations include Northanger Abbey and Kramer versus Kramer alongside books by Alexander McCall Smith, Muriel Spark and F Scott Fitzgerald) reveals the secrets of creating audio drama and how she decides what to keep and what to lose when transforming much-loved novels for a national and global audience.