The Malaysian Insider :: Books
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| Twitter fiction festival kicks off Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:46 PM PST  Twitter announcing the fictionfestival.©2011 Twitter The virtual event that opened on Wednesday will run to December 2, according to the social network's official blog (blog.twitter.com). It is being conducted in five languages — Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish. While everyone is free to take part under the #twitterfiction hashtag, the festival's selection panel, made up of US publishing industry experts, picked 29 entries from around the world to highlight on a dedicated page. The Twitter media team's head of research and development, Andrew Fitzgerald, stressed the festival was "not a competition". "There will be no winner, we just want to showcase creative storytelling," he told AFP ahead of the event. A young American woman, Elliott Holt (@elliottholt), opened proceedings on Wednesday at 2400 GMT with a crime story that plays on the idea of a Twitter feed used as evidence. Among the tales on offer — which come from a mix of published and novice writers — Lucy Coats (@lucycoats) from Northampton in Britain will retell 100 Greek myths in 100 Tweets. London-based Faiq Muneef will be tweeting an Arabic-language story called "The Crying Canary" from Sunday at 1300 GMT. From today to Sunday at 0900 GMT, @00serialTW will be unfurling a stream of tales inspired by the work of Italian writer Italo Calvino. And Marc Capelle (@marccapelle), the head of the French journalism school ESJ, will tell the story of Marcel Lasoen (@MarcelLasoen), an elderly man using Twitter to reconnect with his family, from today to Sunday at 1100 GMT. Bookworms can tune in using the #twitterfiction hashtag, or consult the webpage set up for the festival, at twitter.com/hashtag/twitterfiction. — AFP/Relaxnews |
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