Whatever is to become of books?

Sojournposse will be hosting another Inspiration Room event at The London Design Festival 2011 on 17 September at University College London. The theme, “Whatever is to become of books?”, addresses the future of books as the placeholder of ideas in the digital age. Now that we consume information online and in downloads, what would happen to storytelling? Are we ready for a life without books?

The seminar will pool contributions from book publishers, designers and multimedia storytellers. This event is backed by Department of Anthropology, University College London, in support of the masters programmes targeted at the design, creative and advertising communities: MSc Digital Anthropology, MA Material & Visual Culture, and MA Materials, Culture & Design. This event is also done in support of the 3/11 Tsunami Photo Project for iPhone app.

Venue: UCL Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building, UCL Main Campus, Gower Street WC1E 6BT London. Contact: info@sojournposse.com. Twitter: @sojournpossef8. We are also on Facebook and Google +

Please scroll down to see the one-minute video viral of a prototype of a book scanner. Or click here

For tickets, programme details and speakers' profiles, visit http://storyofbooks.eventbrite.com

SPEAKERS

The British Library: Aquiles Alencar Brayner, Digital Curator. www.bl.uk. Twitter @britishlibrary.

Blurb Books: Teresa Pereira, Regional VP of European Market Development. www.blurb.com. Twitter @blurbbooks.

Photo Book Club: Matt Johnston, photographer, researcher and teacher. www.photobookclub.org. Twitter @photobookclub.

Oxford International Centre for Publishing Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University. www.ah.brookes.ac.uk/publishing. Twitter @PubOxford.

The Comics Grid: Ernesto Priego, researcher, poet, translator, editor and curator. PhD in Information Studies at University College London. www.comicsgrid.com. Twitter @comicsgrid.

The Ballet Bag: Emilia Spitz and Linda Uruchurtu, co-founders and editors. www.theballetbag.com. Twitter @theballetbag.

Not On The Wires:  Marcus Gilroy-Ware, lecturer, Online Journalism, City University, also LLM MA candidate at Birkbeck, University of London researching intellectual property and media law. www.notonthewires.com. Twitter @notonthewires.

NUJ Books & Magazine Branch: Fiona Swarbrick, book editor, National Organiser in the NUJ Publishing Department. www.nujbook.org 

Mag+: Sam Syed, Creative Director of Bonnier Technology Group. www.magplus.com. Twitter @magplus