What new kinds of stories can we tell as our media become pervasive? What kinds of new experiences do location based technologies offer readers?

Ambient Literature is a two-year research project, a collaboration between UWE Bristol, Bath Spa, and Birmingham Universities, involving a combination of historical and theoretical research and tangible practice-led inquiry. The post will be based at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol.

They are commissioning three authors to make original works and working with readers to understand the beauty and the power of situated literary experiences. The post will run over the length of the project, the post holder assisting with research and delivery in the process of production for each of the three original Ambient Literature works.

As such the post is aimed at a suitably qualified creative producer, who is committed to both delivering excellent projects as well as furthering their research by practice or publication. This research may be in the field of – for example – digital cultural forms, creative practice or new markets in publishing.

Deadline: 27 May 2016

Location: Bristol

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Book Kernel are seeking an entrepreneurial, flexible, senior editor with a desire to do something different.

Person Specification

This person must have editing and publishing experience but needn’t necessarily define themselves as working in the publishing industry – you could be working in technology, theatre, event management, education, or anywhere so long as you can prove you’re suited for the job.

Tender issuers will have:

• edited online and off for at least 4 years;
• knowledge of digital print formats and physical print;
• thorough experience of managing a networked team;
• some experience of teaching;
• some experience of working with schoolchildren;
• a desire to steer a start-up publisher;
• business to business contacts;
• desirably, some experience of video production for online environments;
• desirably, some understanding of creative commons and creative knowledge licences.

Job Description

The role has: heavy editorial duties; logistics for delivery of output; and overall financial planning.

In this role, you will assess publishing proposals, commission, and oversee books for varied clientèle. We publish fiction and non-fiction, specialising in event-based books.

Our team is a flexible, global group of freelancers and you will manage them. We operate our publishing services on a sliding scale of cost and you will need to get the most out of limited budgets.

Going forward, you’ll forge the strategic direction, the advertising, and the implementation [i.e. the creation and editing of books] of the Book Kernel project. You will liaise with event managers, conference organizers, academics, and literary producers to create events and contacts.

Value of Tender: [£10,000] + [contracts earned]
Contract term: 2 years minimum
Contract hours: flexible – contract expected to be taken on as a part of a freelance portfolio

Deadline: 11.59 p.m. March 19^th, 2016

Interviews: March 21^st, 2016 at: PM Studio, Watershed, Harbourside, Bristol. BS1 5TX

Please apply with a two page CV and covering letter to: Ben Gwalchmai

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About Book Kernel

Book Kernel makes a book of an event and gets it there before the event is over.

As well as making physical and digital books for events, our online system can be used for many applications including the documentation of creative projects, learning, and research.

Book Kernel is entering a transitional phase and will be expanding its portfolio over the next two years. The hired person will aid in this transition with a view to becoming Managing Editor in 1-2 years’ time.

This work will require the Senior Editor to report to the Managing Editor, teach Junior Editors, and deliver documentation workshops with freelancers and students from South West England.

As part of our new portfolio of work, we will be working with Bath Spa University on their Paper Cities project. Paper Cities is a Creative Writing Hub that will work with young people to increase creative writing engagement and ability. Paper Cities is funded by Arts Council England’s Strategic Fund for Creative Writing in Schools.

About the role: The Post-Doctoral Research Assistant will undertake research under the guidance of Co-Investigators, Bath Spa Profs Kate Pullinger and Ian Gadd, in collaboration with the UWE-based Ambient Literature core delivery team, Dr Tom Abba, Research Fellow Amy Spencer and Principal Investigator Jon Dovey, and Birmingham University Co-I, Dr Matt Hayler. The PDRA will work in collaboration with all investigators across all three universities, though Bath Spa’s Graduate School at Corsham Court will be the home institution.  The Ambient Literature research project involves a combination of historical and theoretical research; tangible practice-led inquiry; and building a generative network of writers, publishers and creative technologists. It employs and builds on Knowledge Exchange methods and perspectives from previous AHRC research including the Knowledge Transfer Fellowship into Pervasive Media and the REACT Hub Books and Print projects.

About you: Candidates are expected to have a PhD and research experience in a relevant area, which includes digital writing, creative technologies, pervasive media, participatory media, and/or locative narratives. The PDRA will be based at Bath Spa’s Corsham Court campus and will need to attend fortnightly meetings in Bristol.

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Prof Kate Pullinger at k.pullinger@bathspa.ac.uk

Deadline: 12 midnight GMT, Thursday 3rd March, 2016

Interview date: Friday 18 March, 2016

Post start date: 1st May, 2016

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About Bath Spa University: Bath Spa University’s vision is to be a leading university in creativity, culture and enterprise. Through inspirational teaching and research, we transform students’ lives. Based in a World Heritage city and connected to a network of international partners, Bath Spa University will ensure that its graduates are socially engaged global citizens.

We offer you the best of everything.  We’re a modern, forward-thinking university based in a city steeped in heritage.  We offer a tranquil working environment that’s full of people with energy.  And we combine a focus on transforming the lives of our students with a commitment to developing the careers of our staff.

More than just a job – working for Bath Spa University is a chance to explore, discover, learn and grow.

Bath Spa University is a popular university and both students and staff value our attractive campuses, which include a beautiful parkland estate and historic buildings set in inspirational scenery

Bath Spa University has one of the largest and most innovative creative writing departments in the world. Situated within the field of Writing and Performance in the newly formed College of Liberal Arts, there are more than forty permanent members of staff and thirty doctoral students working across fiction, non-fiction, digital writing, poetry, scriptwriting and digital publishing. Our biennial conference, MIX Digital, showcases international creative practice at the intersection of creative writing and digital technology.

‘Ambient Literature’ is a two-year research project funded by the AHRC, a collaboration between Bath Spa, UWE and Birmingham University. The overarching research question is ‘What new forms of literary experience are afforded by locative and pervasive media technologies?’ The main outputs will be three new creative works, a series of ten public seminars and three major public events, as well as a scholarly book.