Last week, I discovered yet another way to share reading experiences online: Call Me Ishmael. It’s a somewhat self-consciously retro website launched in the US in early June that invites readers to call Ishmael and leave a voice message about “a book you love and a story you’ve lived.” Selected stories are published on the site’s main page, along with links to find the book in … [Read more...] about Platforms and the Shape of Reader Participation
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Reading as/and Performance
My assigned topic is “Reading As/And Performance”, and I’m approaching it through the material I am currently gathering for my AHRC project, Developing methods for analysing and evaluating literary engagement in digital contexts. This project uses data from social media to consider individuals’ relationships to books and reading, and so an integral part of the research involves … [Read more...] about Reading as/and Performance
Digital Networks and Reading
I'm delighted to be invited to participate in this project from afar - a small town in Minnesota, USA, to be all geocoordinated about it. I'm just starting a year-long project to explore digital reading networks, so this site feels like home. But I am putting the stress in a slightly different place than some of the contributors here. I'm not looking at reading digitally as … [Read more...] about Digital Networks and Reading
Anne Mangen to lead EU study of Reading in the Age of Digitization
Many congratulations to Anne who has secured funding from the EU for a major study into the evolution of reading in a digital age. The project involves partners from several EU countries, and also includes network member Matt Hayler who is on the Management Committee. E-READ Objectives The main objective of the Action proposal is to develop, on the basis of an integrative … [Read more...] about Anne Mangen to lead EU study of Reading in the Age of Digitization
DRN Members on the Conference Circuit
Here is a list of papers to be presented by some of our DRN members across the globe this summer... Katie Halsey May 30- June 1st , Chicago. Digital Approaches to Library History conference. Paper entitled: ‘Digitising the Innerpeffray Library Records: A Work in Progress’. 3-6 July. Stirling, UK. British Shakespeare Association conference: Shakespeare: Text, Power … [Read more...] about DRN Members on the Conference Circuit