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More on the new Oxford editions of Dickens

Joel J. Brattin, co-editor of the new Oxford University Press edition of Nicholas Nickleby, talks here about the process and goals of creating the edition. He also mentions that "a paperback edition for casual reading" is in the works!

TCM alert

Oliver Twist (1948) airs at 3:30 p.m. Eastern today, as part of a day of British productions.

Behind the scenes of 'In Dialogue with Dickens'

At OUPblog, Rosemarie Bodenheimer and Philip Davis have an interesting post up about how they co-wrote their new book In Dialogue with Dickens: The Mind of the Heart. The book has been published already in the U.K.; the U.S. version will release on May 29. I enjoyed Bodenheimer's book Knowing Dickens and am looking forward to this new one!

More casting for 'King of Kings'

Oscar Isaac will play Jesus and Forest Whitaker will play Peter in the animated film inspired by Dickens's The Life of Our Lord. Collider has the details.

TCM alert

Oliver! (1968) airs on the channel at midnight Eastern tonight, as part of its "First Name Basis" feature (films named after their main character).

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley new head of the Dickens Fellowship

Congratulations to the author's great-great-great-granddaughter for becoming the organization's new president!

TCM alert

A Tale of Two Cities (1935) will air on the channel at 5:45 p.m. Eastern today, as part of a birthday celebration for producer David O. Selznick.