If your reading group or book club would like to try a different kind of reading experience then check out the shortlist for the New Media Writing Prize 2011. Run by the Media School at Bournemouth University, the prize allows writers working with New Media to showcase their skills, provoke discussion and raise awareness of new media writing and the future of the written word. The winner will be announced on the 23 November. The shortlist is:
He Said She Said – Alan Bigelow (USA)
Loss of Grasp – Serge Bouchardon (France)
88 Constellations for Wittgenstein – David Clark (Nova Scotia)
Circle – Caitlin Fisher (Ontario)
Welcome to Pine Point – Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons (Vancouver)
Read Lisa Gee article in The Independent for more background and also more digital literature recommendations.
We’d love to hear whether your reading group or book club is reading digital literature – get in touch if you are.
