River stories are in the news a lot just now. If youโre in London & youโd like to hear an immersive fictional river story told by a river, a sheep, a beaver, an alder tree, some lichen, a fish, a skylark, a dragonfly & a couple of humans, please come! โฌ๏ธ
๐๏ธ pay what you can ๐ฆซ
Creative writing lecturer @ellenwiles has written and produced a new immersive fictional sound story about the @nationaltrust's ecological restoration work on an Exmoor river. The project will be launched by the @britishlibrary on 7 July. https://t.co/mpNRuYPlDK
Did you know that you can get a free digital membership to the National Poetry library (if you live in the UK)? It means you can access tonnes of audiobooks and ebooks for absolutely free! Check it out! https://t.co/y0ObeBN38U
Explore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBookExplore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBookExplore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBookExplore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBookExplore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBookExplore @eventsBL:
๐ถ Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with @jr_carpenter, @jules_rawlinson & @ellenwiles
๐จ Develop drawing skills at @zsllondonzoo
๐ Celebrate our 50th anniversary with @nikkibedi, @LKN_Libraries, @DavidNWriter, @garyyounge & @GrantaBooks
The Animals exhibition is great โ sounds from the humpback whale to the extinct Kauaสปi สปลสปล bird as well as exquisite images & illustrations including a monkfish-monk and tardigrade explorers. Great opp to visit โฌ๏ธ
Want to come see the Animals exhibition? Of course you do!
If you're free this Sunday (2nd July) then do take advantage of our next pay what you can day. Tickets can be pre-booked here https://t.co/YF0MePwkaC
We made a thing! Booking's open for an immersive sound story installation @britishlibrary (7-11 July) narrated by human & non-human inhabitants of a river valley. Cast includes the brilliant @whelangemma playing a flatulent sheepโจ Tix (pay what you can): https://t.co/OcXMEIcCRD
had absolutely incredible time seeing Daisy Hildyard in conversation with @ellenwiles last night. Daisy has just won the @RSLiterature prize and I canโt wait to delve more into her work. Thanks to @TheLitPlatform Fest for such an incredible evening.
Iโve been thinking a lot about humans as animals & interconnectedness โ Daisy Hildyard writes phenomenally about this in her novel Emergency @FitzcarraldoEds and Iโm v excited to interview her tomo @explodingbakery#exeter as part of @TheLitPlatform fest
@UniOfExeterHASS ๐๐ท
In 2006, students from Xavier High School in NYC sent Kurt Vonnegut five letters asking the aging writer to visit their class. What he wrote back is one of the most inspiring things ever: