Tag Archives: Reading
Notes on Unbound Books – A Conference Report (Part II)
One of the most interesting sessions on the last day of The Unbound Book conference, was the session on Future Publishing Industries. According to the program the session focused on … Continue reading
The Struggle to Define a Position: What will be the Future of Electronic Literature?
Last week I attended a fascinating roundtable at Kingston University London which focused mainly on the position of electronic literature within the literary and artistic field and within academia more … Continue reading
Do not ask me to remain the same
Definitions are intrinsically time-bound. Imagine the fundamental question of ‘What is a book’. To ask this question at this moment in time means we have to take into account the … Continue reading
Proust, Squid and Wolf
I just finished reading Proust and the Squid, the fascinating book by Maryanne Wolf about how we developed and acquired a ‘reading brain’. Although sometimes a little dense in its … Continue reading
Cave Bunny
As already hyped over the Net, Nick Cave (the multitalented Australian singer, screenwriter, actor, writer and what have you) is releasing his second book The Death of Bunny Munro. Surrounding … Continue reading
Print will survive
Charming initiative by Dave Eggers (via De papieren man and Gawker): he send an email to everyone feeling at loss about the possible demise of print and all-round literacy. After … Continue reading
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Notes on Unbound Books – A Conference Report (Part I)
Last month I attended The Unbound Book conference, a three day gathering of experts on books, publishing and reading, to collaboratively explore the future of the book and the transformation … Continue reading →