Yesterday we held our final (funded) event at the Frontline Club in London, a venue with an interesting history which provided the perfect backdrop for our discussions. The event was designed to bring together fellow academics working on related projects, digital writers, publishers and representatives of reading organisations to explore digital reading from a variety of … [Read more...] about News from the Frontline
Latest Blog Post and DRN News
I'm delighted that Professor Andrew Prescott, AHRC Leadership Fellow for Digital Transformations, has written a blog for us this month. This coincides with the final event of our period of funding (more soon) but we hope that the blog and DRN activities will continue. Many thanks to Andrew for sending us off in style! … [Read more...] about Latest Blog Post and DRN News
My Acts of Reading – Andrew Prescott
In an earlier post on this blog, Sue Thomas asked us to consider where and how we read. She reminded us of Alberto Manguel’s comment that ‘the act of reading in time requires a corresponding act of reading in place, and the relationship between the two acts is inextricable’. Sue reflected that this sense of reading and place is being further transformed by … [Read more...] about My Acts of Reading – Andrew Prescott
International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media (IGEL) – Call for Contributions
The Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) journal publishes empirical studies that apply scientific approaches to investigate the structure and function of literary phenomena. The journal welcomes contributions from many disciplinary perspectives (psychological, developmental, cross-cultural, cognitive, neuroscience, computational, linguistic and educational) to deepen our … [Read more...] about International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media (IGEL) – Call for Contributions
Engaging Readers Event October 2014
The third of our workshops brought together scholars researching digital literacies with teachers and students from the locality to discuss what use might be made of digital platforms and social media in the classroom. DRN members Joachim Vlieghe and Geert Vandermeersche from the University of Ghent outlined the ways in which the emergence of new platforms and … [Read more...] about Engaging Readers Event October 2014