Recently I collaborated once more with Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr Jimmy Van on Macquarie University’s From the Lighthouse podcast to record a series of discussions based around one thing we all have in common: a love for teen movie adaptations of classic literature! From films like Clueless and 10 Things I Hate About You, which have become 90s classics in their own right (and indelibly marked my own teenage years), to a range of weird and wonderful adaptations in the years since, we tackle the ups and downs of turning classic literature into teen film, what we love and loathe about these productions, the advantages and pitfalls of fidelity to the ‘original’ text, and the evergreen question of what makes a good adaptation. Invariably, these discussions also invited a lot of introspection and reflection on our own teenagehoods, and I found it particularly interesting to trace the ways that these films shaped our own varied experiences of being teenagers, and even, in some cases, our journeys into studying and researching literature and its contexts for a living. I will share more of these episodes as they become available below: