My buddy Ian today pointed me towards this intriguing short children's story designed for the iPhone called "Shadows Never Sleep." As Ian says:Shadows Never Sleep is different. "Reading" the story involves using the "zoom" function of the iPhone and moving moving the page beneath the screen. It is an interesting way to move through a tale and certainly engages you in the process.I just installed it and it's quite captivating. Best part? It's free from the iTunes App store.
George A. Walker’s Nightlife
While in art school in the 1980's noted book artist and wood engraver George A. Walker had to keep a visual dream diary for one of classes. The assignment was simple- set your alarm clock every evening and when it goes it off in the morning "set to paper whatever fragments could be salvaged...before the fanciful thoughts dissipated in the harsh glare of dawn"Some 25 years later George A. Walker is still keeping his diary. Not only is he recording his dreamscapes on paper but he is producing an accompanying wood engraving! Walker says his "dream diary is a record...
The Russian Winnie-the-Pooh: Vinni Puh
I kind of love these Russian animated versions of Winnie-the-Pooh I recently stumbled across. If you know the stories as well as I do (I think my daughter and I have read each of the book stories several dozens times over the last six years), the fact that these are in Russian won't matter much. There's an odd charm to them: such beloved and well-known characters (previously so perfectly captured by E.H. Shepard) filtered through the character of another country. Here's "Winnie-The-Pooh and the Honey Tree":Also: Part II, Part III, and Part IV.
Rowan Oak
The University of Mississippi has a slick interactive website that lets you explore William Faulkner's long-time home, Rowan Oak.
Ga. Bookstore Seeks Funds To Stay Open
NPR reports:The owner of Wordsmiths bookstore in Decatur, Ga., is appealing for donations to help pay his bills. Word of his plight is spreading in the literary world. But some wonder whether it's appropriate for a for-profit enterprise to ask for donations.