Posted on November 3, 2008 by Jean Hudson
The National Year of Reading theme for December is: “Write the Future. Some write, others read and technology is bringing reading and writing closer together”.
We would like you to write a story about the future in no more than 160 characters including spaces. This is the length of a standard text message. Entries can be [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Chris Beedham
What a wonderful resource!
‘Inanimate Alice’ tells the story of Alice, a young girl growing up in the first half of the 21st century, and her imaginary digital friend, Brad.Over ten episodes, each a self contained story, we see Alice grow from an eight year old living with her parents in a remote region of Northern [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2008 by Chris Beedham
Check out this fascinating experiment in digital fiction launched by Penguin. Six digital stories in six weeks written by well-known authors and inspired by classics. Charles Cumming tells his story ‘The 21 Steps’ (Yes, you guessed it, John Buchan’s 39 Steps) through Google Maps! ‘Fairy Tales’ (Hans Christian Anderson) involves the reader in choosing who/what [...]
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