Writing Digital: MIX DIGITAL 3 at Bath Spa University – call for papers, presentations and works for exhibitions – deadline 31 January 2015

mix-bathspa.org/ BATH SPA UNIVERSITY COMMONS, NEWTON PARK CAMPUS. 2 – 4 JULY 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKS FOR EXHIBITION   After the success of the last two MIX DIGITAL conferences, Bath Spa University is hosting Writing Digital: MIX DIGITAL 3 in the newly completed Commons building at the Newton Park Campus, just outside of Bath. Bath Spa University’s School of Humanities and Creative Industries, with … Read More

Kate Pullinger, ‘Beyond the Book: Digital Fiction’ at The Showroom, Sheffield – 12 October 2014, 2-3.30pm

http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/digitalfiction 12 October 2014, 2-3.30pm: Off the Shelf Lecture Kate Pullinger, ‘Beyond the Book: Digital Fiction’. “Showroom 5” at The Showroom. Over the past decade, new hybrid forms of literature have begun to emerge as writers and artists experiment with digital technologies. As well as writing novels and short stories in print, Kate Pullinger has long been involved with thinking about what … Read More

Inanimate Alice stories from students

I’m always amazed to see how Inanimate Alice is being used by students and teachers around the world, and the wonderful multimedia stories that they create using our stories as a starting point. Here’s a selection from YouTube of some brilliant recent efforts.

Inanimate Alice – iStori.es

DIGITAL NOVEL HELPS SCHOOL CHIDLREN TO CREATE MULTIMEDIA STORIES An award-winning digital novel written by De Montfort University’s Reader in Creative Writing and New Media is to help school children around the UK create their own multimedia stories. Kate Pullinger writes the pioneering Inanimate Alice interactive story which is available free of charge online and has just launched the latest … Read More