Going Digital: Exploring Future Literature
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About this event
Writers and artists have more choice of how to present their work today than ever before – and digital expands those choices exponentially.
But the question for us is, how do we make those choices? With so many possibilities, how do we begin? The digital future promises endless vistas; how do we find out which tools will unlock our imaginations?
Going Digital will try to answer a few of those questions, with Beth Senior, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Art [SODA] and author and creative writing mentor Mickela Sonola.
Plus, we’ll be presenting the three winners of our Going Digital competition – three answers to how to create compelling, must-see digital work, pointing three new ways into the future.
Event Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Free, Suggested Donation £10
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Access: This event will have AI-generated auto-captioning. Please e-mail radhaika@cultureword.org.uk with any questions.
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Beth Senior is the Programme Lead for the Foundation Year and Academic Lead for Outreach and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Manchester Metropolitan University’s new School of Digital Arts (SODA). As Outreach Lead and EDI Co-ordinator, Beth supports the team in developing their recruitment and increasing the widening participation from diverse communities onto degree programmes, engaging young people both locally and further afield.Originally training as a three-dimensional designer, Beth has over 20 years’ experience of teaching games and creative digital media. With an MA in Animation, she has presented at educational conferences and had her work included in a documentary looking at British Women in Animation.
Beth’s design background has always informed her choices and she has embraced new technology throughout her career. Her practice has explored the concept of being a dual professional, looking at how creative practitioners can maintain their creative practice whilst working in education. She is passionate about widening participation in the arts and decolonising the curriculum in art subjects, looking at how it can be embedded into non-traditional discourse spaces and how our creative practice can be used to illustrate culture and drive positive societal change.
As Programme Lead for SODA’s Foundation Year Beth leads on the continuing development of the Foundation Year and contributes to the development and delivery of the BA Game Art for SODA.
Mickela Sonola is an author and creative writing mentor. She has published fiction, poetry, and a multi-narrative adventure online story called Changeling. Her young adult novel is a spin-off of that digital tale and will be published in 2022. Mickela has been leading creative writing workshops for over twenty-five years and has a flair for creating safe spaces for writers to find their voice and develop their craft.
When she is not writing or teaching, you will find her on her walking her dog Honey, or reading on her *boat.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/writeherewithmickela where she presents a FREE weekly writing workshop. *Bed
Organiser Commonword Cultureword
Organiser of Going Digital: Exploring Future Literature
Commonword is a writing development organisation based in Manchester, providing opportunities for new and aspiring writers to develop their talent and potential. Our competitions, workshops and events act as a point of focus for many writers seeking encouragement and confidence. From small beginnings in 1977, we have grown into the largest new writing, community writing and publishing organisation in the North West. We work on regional, national and international levels, promoting new writing and helping new writers become more successful.
Cultureword is one of the strands of Commonword. It was established in 1986 as a centre for Black creative writing in the North West of England. It has achieved national renown for discovering, developing and promoting Asian, African Caribbean and Chinese writers. Cultureword provides the facilities for people to develop their writing, and our activities act as a point of focus for many writers seeking encouragement and confidence. Cultureword is a part of Commonword.
