{"id":1259,"date":"2008-06-18T04:50:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T04:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/ifbookblog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2008-06-18T04:50:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T04:50:39","slug":"readers_wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureofthebook.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/18\/readers_wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Notebook -?\u009d readers wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"

if:book readers may remember my excited post<\/a> from last October when Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize. I had coincidentally re-read The Golden Notebook<\/em> over the summer and when I realized that none of my younger colleagues had read it, or even knew anyone of their generation who had read it, I started musing about the possibilities of having readers from two generations reading it together, commenting publicly in the margins in something like CommentPress.
\nI mentioned this idea to Antonia Byatt of the British Arts Council only to find that she, by coincidence, had also just re-read the book over the summer. Antonia was intrigued by the idea and eight months later we have a grant from the Arts Council and a deal with Harper Collins that will make this a reality. In mid-October 3-5 readers will begin reading The Golden Notebook and carry out a conversation in the margins. The site will be open and the rest of us will be able to follow their reading and participate in a related public forum.
\nWho do you think should be the readers? <\/strong>The book is perhaps best known for its role in the beginning of the women’s liberation movements of the 1970s but it also confronts complex issues of race and the political fall-out from the ideological collapse of the soviet union. The original idea was to invite women from different generations, but we’re open to other ideas.
\nPlease, tell us who you would like to see as the designated readers. We’re interested in general categories but also in specific recommendations. You can even nominate yourself. [The Arts Council grant includes a generous honorarium for each of the readers.]
\nBy the way we’re working with a fantastic group in London, apt<\/a>, to build a completely new CommentPress-like application that should be much better for reading both the text and the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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