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Stories to TouchNearlywriting & New Media Writing Prize
www.ifbook.co.uk
Creative Reading & Writing
are still vital skills for
full participation in society
My typewriter used to be the only way to get my words shared and into print
Now there are other ways
We don’t need publishers like we used to
Let’s not worry about the industry’s problemsbut look at what changes mean for
readers and writers
Digital possibilities
For the NEARLYWRITER
SELF PUBLISHING
MULTI MEDIA ILLUMINATION
GAMEPLAY
INTERACTION
COLLABORATION…
The Experience of The Book
happens
in our heads
and our hearts
Why promote
Paper
When it’s words
We love?
We do need collaborators, coaches, curators…
..and the ability to be self critical, charting our own course
“the most important thing is to publish in
people’s hearts”
STORIES TO TOUCH
Developing multi-lingual books for iPads; researching their use in London schools with
www.wingedchariot.com
DANS MON REVEWHO LET THE FART OUT?THE NUMBERLEYS
As a judge of the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Prize and a researcher into the use of iPad apps in schools, it’s great to see literary quality and imagination are still what really matter
New platforms allow new kinds of playful engagement with story
Collaborative Writing..
like the 24 HOUR NOVEL
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
COLLABORATIVE READING
Community of readers, online and off, exploring a theme, making new work…
ifsobook of nearlypoems
‘CLASSIC’ POEMSEXPLOREDILLUMINATEDREMIXED TRANSLATEDRESPONDED TO…SEEN AFRESH
What shape of story for our nearlykindsoflives?
Nearlyology
IF:BOOK CAFE
The Future of the Book Place
The UnlibraryWhat do we need when we bring our library with us in our laptop? WI FISpace to make PROFILESMEET UPS to connect with other users
The All-Nighter
Keeping the library open throughout world book night helped us imagine it afresh
This award is an incentive to writers to make new kinds of literature to be experienced on screen
The Dreamspace of the Book
This is what we really need to preserve
