Posts Tagged ‘Alexander McCall Smith’
Ether Books: Sci-fi & Fantasy stories for iphones
May 8th, 2012
Ether Books publishes short fiction by new and established writers – including Hilary Mantel, Lionel Shriver, Paul McCartney, Alexander McCall Smith, Fay Weldon and many more – for reading on iPhones, iPad or iPod touch.They’re looking for Sci-fi and fantasy stories of 3,000 words or less, for their ‘Quick Reads’ category. The stories will be available on the FREE Ether Books app. More info on the Ether Blog….
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Support the ’26 Treasures’ Book from Unbound
January 26th, 2012
26 is a network of professional writers who care about words (the name 26 stands for the 26 letters of the alphabet).
In 2010, they persuaded London’s Victoria & Albert museum to choose 26 objects from its British Galleries and randomly assigned them to 26 writers. Each person wrote exactly 62 words – 26 in reflection – in response to the object. In 2011, 26 took the idea to the National Library of Wales, the Ulster Museum and the National Museum of Scotland, where writers were let loose on objects as disparate as a medieval illuminated book, a beggar’s badge and a 16th century Scottish guillotine. Now they have produced a book of the results, including contributions from Lucy Caldwell, Gillian Clarke, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul Muldoon, Bernard McLaverty and Maura Dooley.
But the book will only be produced if enough people sign up – in advance – to buy a copy, because 26 have teamed up with the innovative startup Unbound Books and this is the way Unbound runs things. 26 has 35 days to gather enough support to make the book happen. Click here to visit 26 Objects on the the Unbound site and buy a piece of the future (and the past).