Unlimited Theatre's Jon Spooner reveals the co-creation behind a new platform for publishing play scripts on mobile devicesUnlimited Theatre has often worked with new technologies, mainly due to the fact that I've had a geeky interest in things ever since I was bought a Dragon 32 home computer when I was 10-years-old. But we've also worked with these new, mostly digital technologies because they offer us other ways of telling our stories to a potentially much bigger audience than we ever could if we only made it for the theatre.We've always recognised that by choosing to make our work primarily for, with and in theatres we're working in a pretty niche environment, especially when you consider the type of theatre we're making: far away from the mainstream. This isn't a bad thing – small is definitely beautiful – but it's worth noting that if we made work for almost any other medium (TV, film, the internet, books) the types of stories we could tell would find a much larger audience, niche or not.Uneditions is a new platform for publishing play scripts on mobile devices, using light and sound design from the live production to create a unique and immersive reading experience. It's a sincere and rigorous exploration of how we , as theatre makers and as a wider arts community, can better transpose (as opposed to broadcast) the stories we're telling to other mediums.I'm massively excited by the potential this app/platform has to allow existing audiences to both deepen their... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Kate Evans is to move to a new role at PFD, joining the books department full time as an agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Edward J. Larson on the collaboration between two men with very different personalities. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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‘Do You Compute?’ investigates how technology went from being written off as science fiction to something we engage with every day. In the years following the end of World War II, computers were just starting to make their way into the public consciousness. The intimidatingly technical devices... Continue reading at Fast Company
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The folks behind Belletrist—which is so much more than a beloved Bookstagram account—are debuting a short video documentary series, Studio Sessions, in which they take a behind-the-scenes look at the artistic process of graphic novelists, illustrators, and designers. (Check out episode one, with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The sequel to “The Peripheral” is full of cultural commentary, plus imagination and suspense. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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If the recent Chrome Dev Summit was evidence of what Google thinks is hot in web development, then frameworks were one of the clear winners. More specifically, client-side frameworks and libraries like Angular, Vue and React, and larger web frameworks like Next.js. We spoke to Tim Neutkens, lead... Continue reading at Betanews
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One article shifted the culture. Ronald K.L. Collins wonders whether it could happen today. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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A few years ago I started making predictions about the upcoming year. Admittedly, they haven’t exactly been bold, but have really been more of a heads up on what trends to look out for and what sort of coverage you can expect from us as a reader. Last December, I followed up on my predictions... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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In 1977––just three years after the publication of Tom Wolfe’s The New Journalism, a landmark, incendiary anthology that declared journalists using fictional technique had erased the novel as literature’s dominant form—I was fresh out of college and had just landed my first job as a journalist.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Picture book biographies of Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Jimmy Carter and more introduce people who just kept going, until they changed the world. Continue reading at The New York Times
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HarperCollins is closing its gender pay gap with the median difference reducing from 10.2% to 8.8% in its latest filing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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W H Smith's trading director for books, news and impulse Al Aldous will move across to W H Smith's online personalised greeting cards and gifts business next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The bestselling children's book in China this year is still Charlotte's Web, as consumers continue to buy old favourites and the number of new titles is expected to fall. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Yes, yes, books are for reading, BUT have you seen Maryland artist Jodi Harvey’s book sculptures? If you’re not sure what to get the reader in your life, might I suggest commissioning Harvey to take an edition (“first editions are a no-no”) of their favorite book and turn it into a custom paper... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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“A Warning” is the latest and most unusual tell-all political memoir to emerge from President Trump’s administration. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Duolingo's library of interactive short stories is finally available for mobile, particularly for iPhones. The language-learning portal's Stories feature, which offers over 100 fully voiced bite-sized stories designed to test your reading and listeni... Continue reading at Engadget
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Pickatale, a mobile audiobook and storybook app for children aged 0–12, has launched in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Children's novelist Michael Rosen has written an open letter calling for libraries to be made compulsory in schools, backed by ringfenced government money to support libraries and the training of librarians. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 10:47:59 UTC ]
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Ted Gioia’s sweeping history is as subversive — and immersive — as his title suggests. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Picador’s Kris Doyle and Sophie Jonathan have both been promoted to editorial director while Ansa Khan Khattak and Kishani Widyaratna are also stepping up at the Pan Mac imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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