Delighted to share the news that Tricia and I are working together again on a new digital reading project, this time based in Kenya…. DRIVE (Digital Reading for Inclusivity, Versatility and Engagement) is one of 24 new networks funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), a £1.5 billion […]
Some good news
Just as a quick follow up to the story about Mary Bish’s campaigning for the Axe the Reading Tax campaign, on 11 March it was announced that the Chancellor would be scrapping the VAT on digital publications. The BBC’s coverage of the story is here. A month or so later it was announced that the […]
On the Campaign Trail…..
Mary Bish, one of the storytellers from the Bournemouth workshop, has had her story featured in a national campaign calling for the removal of VAT on ebooks. Axe The Reading Tax has the backing of more than 100 MPs, 42 leading publishers and authors Stephen Fry and Joanne Harris, as well as several reading charities. […]
Reading on Screen Roadshow
On Monday 18 June we ran a Reading Roadshow as part of Bournemouth University’s Festival of Learning, just under a week of events where academics from the university put on events for the general public. For our event, we put on a screening of one of the project stories, plus the stories created by some […]
Just one more thing….
Today is the last day of our funding but we very much hope that the project will live on. It’s been an amazing experience and we have all thoroughly enjoyed it. As my role has mainly been to bring everyone together and sit on the sidelines as the *magic* happens, perhaps it is only fitting […]
Brighton and Sheffield Project Stories
We have finally got round to creating some project stories reflecting back on our time at Brighton and Sheffield. These were put together by Outi so a massive thank you to her for helping us with the editing. Some wonderful memories here of the cakes (Brighton) and the photo safari (Sheffield). Enjoy and please do […]
Pictures at an Exhibition ….
Last Friday brought together storytellers from Bournemouth, Brighton and Sheffield to view an exhibition based on the project and to see screenings of their films. Also in attendance were some of our Advisory Group members and Rose Attu from The Reading Agency who spoke about the fantastic work they are doing encouraging more young people […]
Brighton Exhibition
The final event of the project takes place in a few weeks’ time. An exhibition of photographs from the workshops held at Bournemouth, Brighton and Sheffield will be on display, followed by a screening of some of the digital stories produced, introduced by the storytellers themselves. This will be the first time that the storytellers from […]
