How about a 'book club'? I am not at all sure if that is the right name, it probably isn't in that I don't mean we all decide to read the same book and discuss it which is what a book club usually seems to be. Maybe 'books - reading and creative writing' would be better. What I am suggesting and would be very willing to coordinate - or support or participate - would be a strand combining some of the following:
- creative writing (some brilliant stuff has happened in the past but we can make a new start - Schoems [short poems about schome a terrific innovation we could have another go at)
- multimedia authoring (not treading on toes of machinima etc but rather to do with making pictures and describing events for the
http://schome.open.ac.uk/wikiworks/index.php/The_Schome_Park_bliki- some of which could be let's say 'fictionalised' - slight fantasy or totally outrageous (as long as fun, non-offensive and within the acceptable use policy).
- taking part in & just discussing things people do with books - OK read, talk about them even study them in English lessons - & also the social online/offline ways of networking around books - sharing free books such as the BookCrossing scheme.
If there are any positive responses at all I will schedule an event or two in the calendar. Obviously I would need some help - if it's OK if I start coordinating - or happy to support others. I have found the forum hard to keep up with (although much easier since a big archive job was done a while ago thanks Fox and everyone who did that) so on the other hand if this suggestion is very much like another elsewhere do point me to it.
Rowan
PS Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong with the link I feel very stupid
as I have done this loads of times OK before
