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Donna Woolfolk Cross:  Appearances

   
2008
   
April 1 Morning forum of Los Altos (California)
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Contact Ginny Lear:  vklear - at - los-altos - dot - org
   
2007
   
June 8 - 10 Book Group Expo
San Jose, California
Contact Susanne Pari  650-520-4799
November 5 Richmond Town Hall
Details and Contact Info TBA
November 6 Catawba Valley Executives Club
Hickory, NC
Details and Contact Info TBA
November 13 Ann Arbor Town Hall
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contact:  Sally Pyne Kennedy  spynek(at)comcast.com
2006
   
October 6 Amelia Island Book Festival
Amelia Island, Florida
Contact:  Selena Smith  904.206.2688
November 7 Town Hall Speakers Series
Town Hall or Morris
Whippany, New Jersey
Information / Tickets:  Irene Mahr 973-714-0586
   
 

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Movie News! 
(updated November 2007)

Pope Joan's new director is Sönke Wortmann.

Franka Potente will play Pope Joan.  Franka is German born and has appeared in a variety of movies in the US and around the world.  Learn more about her here.

Filming will begin in mid-2008.

As we know more, we will post it.  If you'd like to be notified of updates, click here.


New Cover Design Created for Pope Joan
(December 2005)

Ballantine Books, publisher of Pope Joan has created a new cover for the book which began to appear on bookshelves beginning in December 2005. 

Some booksellers will continue to sell the books using the old cover until their stock of those copies is depleted.  Regardless of which cover you find, the magnificent story is still the same!


This is what the old cover
looked like.  The story and information are the same
in both the old and the new.


Donna's Appearance on PrimeTime Live
We hope you had a chance to tune in to see Diane Sawyer of ABC News interview Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, about the book, her research and more.  Believers and non-believers alike are fascinated by the story of La Papesse, the female pope, who was Joan.  You can read some of their comments here.

If you missed it, or if you'd like to see it again, link here to purchase a recorded version.

Check our Guestbook for reader and viewer comments.


February 2005

Pope Joan, the movie, has made progress!  It is being produced by Constantine Films.  Director: Academy Award Winning Volker Schlondorff.  Principal photography to begin in 2006.  

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Pope Joan:  Top Ranked Book in Germany!

A poll conducted by one of the largest German TV stations asked 250,000 readers what their favorite book is. Pope Joan was ranked among the Top 10, along with Lord of the Rings, the Bible, and Harry Potter!

The survey was done by the "ZDF", a public TV channel. Learn more at the ZDF website: ZDF.de - Top 50 - the favourite books of the Germans
 


Did You Know?

Donna was one of the first authors to donate her time to book reading groups by setting up speakerphone chats with them about Pope JoanLink here to read a New York times article.
 
Pope Joan was a selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs.
The novel has been translated into 27 different languages, and is an international bestseller.
In Germany, Pope Joan was #1 on the bestseller list for 3 years. It is now #1 on the list of longterm German bestsellers.
The first printing of the book sold out three weeks before publication date. It is now in its 18th printing.

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