Chris Joseph Electronic writer and artist

if:book HOTBOOK launched

http://futureofthebook.org.uk/index.php/hotbook/

The HOTBOOK is a ground breaking and free digital resource created by if:book.

The HOTBOOK aims to ignite a passion for literature (past, present and future) by introducing and exploring fragments of great works and presenting them in a way that will excite an audience that is more at ease with an electronic game or gadget than a book and with people who spend time social networking rather than reading.

To receive the free HOTBOOK resources and teachers’ guide, please visit http://futureofthebook.org.uk/index.php/hotbook/

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Some audio clips (very quiet, unfortunately) from the launch event at the Free Word Centre in London:

Viv Bird, Chief Executive of Booktrust:

Roland Marden, Head of Research, Booktrust (1):

Roland Marden, Head of Research, Booktrust (2):

Eleanor Clarke, Head of English, Queensbridge School, Birmingham:

Questions:

Daljit Nagra, poet: