Making headlines Monday, 15 March 2010
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Thanks to the Edinburgh Evening News for featuring us in Friday’s paper. You can read the full piece online: “City’s online animation is up for Scots Bafta award“.
Lost and forgotten books Monday, 17 August 2009
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Ginger Gorman has blogged over at the ABC Canberra site about her “Afternoons” show on 6th August, which featured Adam talking about The Lost Book.
There’s an extract from Adam’s interview plus Ginger’s summary of the other lost book stories she uncovered for the show. BookCrossers and book sharers will be particularly interested to learn about the Footpath Library and there’s a great tale from the National Library of Australia.
Thanks, Ginger, for the shout-out!
Easy as ABC Thursday, 6 August 2009
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I’ve been using up a few of my fifteen minutes of fame this week after receiving a contact from presenter, Ginger Gorman, of ABC Radio, Australia. Despite the wicked time difference, we managed to record a phone interview about the Lost Book that was aired on 666 ABC Canberra as a feature on the “Afternoons” show on Tuesday.
Ginger was standing in for regular “Afternoons” host, Genevieve Jacobs, and the theme for her programme was lost books. She collected together an intriguing set of callers and contributers to make a very interesting and enjoyable two hour show. Ginger was very enthusiastic about The Lost Book and asked lots of great questions. It was really fun to take part in the show – thanks Ginger for getting in touch.
If it’s possible to get a link to the programme or even put up the interview here on The Lost Book we will. In the meantime here’s a 12 second snippet talking about Aileen Adler.
Animation in Edinburgh Thursday, 23 July 2009
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Great piece by Laura Cummings in today’s Edinburgh Evening News about animation in the city: Getting animated over capital’s talent.
The reason for the interest in Edinburgh’s animation industry is a forthcoming screening of Ko Lik Films’ work at Filmhouse. The screening’s on Wednesday 29 July at 6pm and will feature some of the stop motion studio’s best work – including one of my personal favourites, Ujbaz Izbeneki Has Lost His Soul. There will be a Q&A afterwards with Ko Lik – if you’re in Edinburgh, why not go along?
OMI: Ali Bowden Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Ali is the director of the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust and one of the people who made The Lost Book possible. She and her colleague Anna were enthusiastic about the initial idea and did a huge amount of promotion as part of The Lost World Read 2009.
In fact, Ali makes all sorts of things possible. The City of Literature do an awful lot with very little – the amazing reading campaign and all the events associated with it only happen because of Ali and Anna’s tireless work and brilliant persuasive skills. For example, here’s Ali persuading someone to read The Lost World – you’d do what she asked, wouldn’t you?!
[Photo from the reading campaign gallery - one of only two where Ali's in front of the camera rather than behind it!]
Many thanks, Ali, for all your support – and for answering our One Minute Interview. Read on for Ali’s thoughts on sniffing books and imaginary friends. (more…)
OMI: Michael Ferguson Thursday, 18 June 2009
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Michael is the composer for episode 5 of The Lost Book, which will be launched tomorrow. The music is amazing – you’ll love it! Michael also wrote the music for episode 3 (which we liked so much we’ve used part of it for our Edinburgh film festival showreel).
Michael has composed music for a range of short films and animations, and his work has been screened at festivals worldwide, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Dublin Darklight Festival and Galway International Film Festival. He recently composed the score for the Film London funded The Beachcombers, which won an ITV ‘Best of Borough Award’, presented at BAFTA 2008.
Michael will be blogging about his work on episode 5 next week. In the meantime, why not read his One Minute Interview? We’re still laughing at the alien abduction story… (more…)
OMI: Andrew J. Wilson Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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Talented Edinburgh writer Andrew J. Wilson has been our second guest writer, following in Jasper Fforde‘s footsteps in helping us to create the “lost book”.
Andrew wrote an installment of Sally Challenger’s journal, adding his 100-word microstory to those written by all you visitors to the website. (Don’t forget, we’re always looking for your help to write the journal – if you can tell us what happens next in exactly 100 words, please do!).
Andrew also helped Watson to track down some details about the mysterious artefact known as the Ikhata. Andrew’s Société Belge catalogue entry for the Ikhata is both informative and funny, and the attached photo finally shows us what this strange object looks like.
Andrew’s dragged himself away from creating alien worlds to answer our One Minute Interview. Keep reading to find out more. (more…)
animation-matic Thursday, 28 May 2009
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Here’s a fun thing for a Thursday.
The other night I was introduced to Nicola Morgan for the first time and was able to congratulate her on her new animation. Thing is, and she’d be the first to say so, Nicola is not an animator, she’s an award winning author. See, there’s this website, goes the story, where you type in the script, play around a bit and press the “make movie” button and Hey Presto. Heck, just what we’ve been waiting for! We’re about to put our feet up and watch episode five make itself!
Nicola has put the semi-automated process through its paces and produced a gem of entertainment. Check it out on her blog. And, while you are there, read the blog. It’s something anyone who wants to write will really get stuck into. Oh, and to find out how to do the animation yourself – it’s at the end of Nicola’s movie. Have fun!
OMI: Liam Webster Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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Our music recording session on Monday went brilliantly, and the music sounds great! This is thanks in no small part to Liam Webster, the MSc Sound Design student who was in charge of the recording and editing. To quote composer Blair, “Liam is an absolute legend and made the entire process very easy.”
Here’s Liam doing his thing with the recording kit (you can also see his colleague Simon Herron in the background). We asked Liam to tell us a little about himself. He says:
Music has always been around. After my education in Jazz Performance and Recording Engineering, I spent time in mastering in Toronto, as a studio engineer in Los Angeles, technical manager on a cruise ship, and live sound in Vancouver. Basically, if you need it to make or record a sound, I’ve worked with it. Now I’m here to get creative experience (and a couple extra letters in my name) before heading back to Toronto to a career in Post Production.
For more, read Liam’s One Minute Interview (well worth it for Liam’s thoughts on who might have stolen the Lost Book) … (more…)
OMI: snaknap Tuesday, 12 May 2009
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snaknap is the fourth member of The Lost Book’s storywriting team to be interviewed (did you read Bibliomane, Tom and Kiwi‘s interviews?). We’ve really enjoyed finding out more about some of the regulars here on www.thelostbook.net and we’ll interview a few more of you next month.
snaknap has come up with all sorts of inventive plot ideas. In episode 4 we’ve named a street in honour of one of them: 4 Mundi Place, the address of Grazp Pharmaceuticals, is inspired by snaknap’s suggestion that there might be one last copy of the book, which has been ripped up and hidden in four different places around the world.
(You can join our storywriting team too. It’s easy! Anyone, anywhere in the world, can take part – simply join in the conversations about The Lost Book’s plot here at www.thelostbook.net and let us have your suggestions.)
snaknap is a theatre reviewer, actor and director – read the interview to find out more… (more…)
OMI: Lucy Perry Monday, 11 May 2009
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This morning we’re recording the music for episode 4 with composer Blair Mowat and Su-a Lee on cello, Iain Sandilands on percussion and Lost Book first-timer Janet Larsson on flute.
So, today’s One Minute Interview is with Lucy Perry, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Education Director.
Without Lucy and her team (in particular Kirsten Hunter in education and Lauren Johnston-Smith and Sheena Macrae in marketing) none of the musical brilliance that is one of The Lost Book’s best features would have been possible. Lucy and Kirsten came up with the idea of commissioning composers to write The Lost Book’s soundtrack, and getting players from the SCO to record the music, and then made it happen.
That’s not all the SCO have been involved in. They’ve set up an e-newsletter for The Lost Book. They organised this month’s treasure hunt, and donated concert tickets as a prize (speaking of which, take a look at winner Bibliomane’s poetic response to the concert). They give out books at their concerts. They are tireless in raising The Lost Book’s profile. And, they help in all sorts of practical ways: the photo shows Kirsten (middle) and Lucy (right) helping Helen (left) to label this month’s delivery of books from Canongate.
Lucy’s taken our One Minute Interview so read on to find out more… (more…)
OMI: Kiwi Tuesday, 5 May 2009
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We’ve interviewed three members of our worldwide writing team: Bibliomane (in Edinburgh), Tom (in Amsterdam) and now Kiwi (in Manchester). We’d still like to interview Snaknap (Snaknap, if you’re reading this, take a look at the post We want to interview you for details).
Kiwi’s been thinking up clever ideas for The Lost Book since it started. Amongst other things, Kiwi’s responsible for the link between K.B.E., the number 4, and chemicals Potassium and Beryllium and for naming secret-society-agent Lyn/Lynx.
(Why don’t you join the storywriting team? It’s easy! Anyone, anywhere in the world, can take part – simply join in the conversations about The Lost Book’s plot here at www.thelostbook.net and let us have your suggestions.)
When not plotting The Lost Book, Kiwi is an engineer. To find out more, read on… (more…)
OMI: Tom Friday, 1 May 2009
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Tom is the second member of our writing team that we’ve interviewed (the first was Bibliomane). Tom’s been making brilliant suggestions since January, invariably combining creativity with good sense. He was the first person to link Grazp Pharmaceuticals to the crime and is responsible for Otto Dafé’s presence in the cafe in episode 3. Tom, I don’t know what we’d do without you! Thanks for all your comments.
(Would you like to join the storywriting team? It’s easy! Anyone, anywhere in the world, can take part – simply join in the conversations about The Lost Book’s plot here at www.thelostbook.net and let us have your suggestions.)
Tom is from The Netherlands and… well, you’ll have to keep reading to learn more about him. (more…)
OMI: Bibliomane Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Bibliomane is a member of The Lost Book’s worldwide storywriting team whose influence you can see throughout episodes 2 – 4 of The Lost Book. High-profile suggestions from Bibliomane that have been voted into the series include the full name of K.B.E. (“Keep Books Extinct“) and the name of our arch-villian Beryl Potts. Thanks, Bibliomane, for all your creativity so far!
(If you’re reading and want to join the storywriting team, it’s easy! Anyone can take part – simply join in the conversations about The Lost Book’s plot here at www.thelostbook.net and let us have your suggestions.)
Bibliomane has taken our One Minute Interview, so keep reading to find out more about the person behind the ideas… (more…)
OMI: Cora Bissett Tuesday, 23 December 2008
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Cora’s voicing our main character, Aileen Adler – as well as all the other female characters. Aileen is a journalist with a passion for finding things out, and a crime to solve.
Cora has an incredible track record in Scottish music, theatre, film and television. She’s rarely off the stage, making lead roles her own – most recently in the David Grieg premiere ‘Midsummer’ at the Traverse and the Fringe First winning ‘Slick’ at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. As a director, she won the Arches Award for New Directors in 2007. She played Jo in the multi-award winning feature film ‘Red Road’ and is also familiar as Yvonne in River City.
She can be seen next hanging from a crane on New Year’s day, above Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, singing and performing!
Take a look at Cora’s One Minute Interview to find out more about her… (more…)
OMI: Sean Biggerstaff Monday, 22 December 2008
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Sean is one of our two stars – he’s the voice actor behind all our male characters. In episode one he plays Kyle, a boy-next-door with a soft spot for investigative journalist Aileen.
Sean’s gained quite a reputation for his work on the stage, the small screen and the big screen. He won the Best Actor – Television Scottish BAFTA for ‘Consenting Adults’ in 2007. He played the lead in Oscar-nominated short film ‘Cashback’, and was so good that he reprised the role in the feature film. You’ll also recognise him as the captain of Harry Potter’s Quidditch Team.
We asked Sean to take our One Minute Interview and here’s the result… (more…)
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