Next month filming will begin in Holland for a feature based on Gerbrand Bakker’s novel The Twin. Bakker’s book received international critical acclaim and won the world’s most valuable literary prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, in 2010. Adapted for the screen and directed by Nanouk Leopold, the film will be distributed by Cinéart and is expected to appear in cinemas in February 2013.

Bakker’s latest book, The Detour, will be published in Australia and New Zealand by Scribe in March this year.