

Review of Silvana Turzio's "Il fotoromanzo. Metamorfosi delle storie lacrimevoli"
For our readers who understand Italian, Luciano Curreri has published today on Retroguardia 2.0 a wonderful review of an equally...


Photonovels in Lisbon
I have had the chance to participate to the MLA International Symposium, which took place in Lisbon from July 23rd to July 25th. The...


On Comics and Film-photonovels
A beautiful interview with Jan Baetens on comics and film-photonovels was recently released on Comicosity. Read the full interview here:...


"Photonovels and advertisement in (Belgian) women’s weeklies"
Last week the International Conference of the ANR LITTéPub, "LIS TES PUBS! Biens littéraires et culture marchande (XIXe-XXIe siècles)"...


Photonovels in Charleroi
Last year’s exhibition Roman-Photo, created for the MUCEM of Marseille, has travelled to Belgium. It successfully opened on Saturday May...

The Film Photonovel: A Cultural History of Forgotten Adaptations
Looking for an entertaining and stimulating read? Jan Baetens' latest book The Film Photonovel: A Cultural History of Forgotten...


“Writing” Photonovels
There is quite a lot of interest in how to produce the visual aspects of the photonovel (casting, mise en scène, shooting, layout), but...


"Photography and the Languages of Reconstruction after the Second World War, 1944-49"
Jan Baetens and Fred Truyen have given two fascinating presentations on April 12th for the Conference "Photography and the Languages of...

Photonovels in Belfort
Jan Baetens has given a lecture on photonovels in Belfort, France, on April 9th 2019. You can read all about it in the following post:...

"How to Preserve Unoriginal Photographs? Some Questions of the Film Photonovel"
If you are looking for an interesting read, look no further: few days ago a new article by Jan Baetens has been published online. The...