Time for the bestsellers list for the two weeks ended 29 April, with thanks to Booksellers New Zealand. Well, back at number one (perhaps the imminence of mother’s day? I’m getting it for mine!) is The Denniston Rose by Jenny Pattrick (Black Swan) previously at number four. We hear there’s a film in the wings for The Rose – Former TVNZ business development manager Marty Behrens has been selling the script Stateside with an eye to ‘a strong New Zealand story for the international market, with enough appeal to warrant a box office hit’.

The story of a pioneering mother and daughter struggling in 1880s Denniston (a West Coast coal mining town) has been scripted by Graeme Tetley, who often writes alongside West Coaster Gaylene Preston. He did Ruby and Rata and of course the sublime Vigil. Marty Behrens is campaigning in the US for a $30million dollar film with big West Coast scenery – and parts of old Denniston will of course, have to be rebuilt. Hooray on all counts!

Will get back to the list in minute, but have just remembered reading of another possible film spinoff – apparently William Brandt's The Book of the Film of the Story of my Life is being feted by his US publisher, Warner, with such hoop-la as a full-colour ad in the NY Times Book Review, being part of a 'goodie bag' handed out at the Screen Actors Guild awards by People Magazine, and getting generally great reviews and hopes of a movie. Brandt, sensibly, has a script in progress. Watch this space.

Anyway, back to the list. Union Belle by Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins) is at number two, previously at number one. Patricia Grace’s Tu (Penguin Books) is at number three – I’ve been listening to the reading of this book on National Radio’s nine-to-noon, it’s been a bit harrowing actually. Eating With The Angels by Sarah-Kate Lynch (Black Swan) is at number four, and it’s Deborah Challinor again at number five with Blue Smoke (HarperCollins) down from number three last time.

In the non-fiction arena, The Penguin History Of New Zealand by Michael King hasn’t even got it’s gloves on yet (Penguin Books), and Night After Night by Max Lambert (HarperCollins) is at number two, up from five last time. The Edmonds Cookery Book Revised Edition (Hodder Moa Beckett) is steady at number three, while The Lord Of The Rings Location Guide Book 2nd Edition by Ian Brodie has come up the charts from number seven to number four (HarperCollins). Finally for the adult listings, the very topical All Blacks V Lions by Ron Palenski (Hodder Moa Beckett) is at the number five spot, up from six.

Childrens and Teens now. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time by Mark Haddon (Definitions) is back at number one, up from three; Lynley Dodd’s very cute Zachary Quack Minimonster (Mallinson Rendel) is at two, down from one and Thomas the Tank Engine: Five Useful Engines by the Rev. W Awdry (Egmont Books) has appeared from nowhere (does someone have a secret stash of previously unpublished Thomases?). Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (Puffin Books) is at four, up from six, and finally, the most excellent Jacqueline Wilson’s new book Clean Break has just hit the charts.