Susan’s Bio Aside from my continuous obsession with daydreaming and drinking tea, in my day job I work with StreetGames charity to support underprivileged communities to set up their own clubs for young people, I can see digital storytelling as a way of helping them express themselves and learn new digital skills. So my job […]
Sheffield Workshop: Forms of Reading
For the final workshop we explored 'Forms of Reading', both in the sense of reading on or across different formats and platforms, and preferred genres (poetry, romance, nonfiction). Following on from Brighton, we also found that not reading, or choosing not to follow a conventional or linear path through the story became a hot topic of discussion.
Specially Sarah
Sara’s bio Specially Sarah was a book I bought as a child as I identified with Sarah in terms of her age and position in the family; I have consequently kept it on my shelves. Authors on my shelves that I have bought more recently include Jodi Piccoult, Tess Gerritsen and David Nicholas. Some books […]
Identity
Saj’s Bio Being a father of two lovely daughters means that my reading nowadays involves anything that will help them get to sleep. I have always preferred a physical book. I did spend my younger years reading the classics and read at least one book a year. The last book I finished reading was The […]
Scrippage
Rosie’s Bio Rosie Carnall grew up in a house full of books and one of her earliest memories is of her mum bribing her with sweets as part of pre-school reading lessons at home. The sweets were a big incentive then, but these days she would choose reading over dolly mixture any time. Rosie lives […]
Handstands
Nicole’s Bio Nicole is an Artist, Storyteller and Facilitator living in Sheffield. A self proclaimed Curiosity Detective, she is often found climbing out of the book, into the street, where the page is noisy and textured, in search of stories to make. This is a tale begun in oral storytelling, an escape from the page […]
Tomorrow … or in the Future
Carl’s Bio I was bored in Liverpool and when my parents secured employment in Sheffield, I felt obliged to join them. It was a shock to my system but once and only once I had mastered a few phrases, I threw caution to the window of opportunity together with my survival guide to South Yorkshire. I left school at the […]
For the Love of Books
Anita’s Bio I have always loved reading. Takes one into another world, where at times I think we all need to go for some respite from the ‘real’ world. I have always been a dreamy kind of person so my preference in stories is romance. I also write short stories also more than not on […]
