New media artists and writers Jon Winet and Peter Likarish are busy in pre-production on Tyneside Novel,
a Twitter-based fiction work to be created over a three-day period from
13th-15th June by a soon-to-be-formed community of writers. The US-based
duo will travel to Newcastle to work on site at Culture Lab and hope to
involve local writers in the project. Inspired by Mike Hodge’s 1971
film Get Carter, Tyneside Novel will launch with
characters travelling by train from Edinburgh to Newcastle. As in the
film, Newcastle's compelling social and physical cityscapes will play
starring roles.
Follow @NewWritingNorth on Twitter if you’d like to be involved and for additional information, including information on
meet-ups in advance of the project launch, gathering spots that will
allow writers to work together during the project, and a website that
will allow readers and writers to track Tyneside Novel's
progress. Online publication of the completed work is expected by the
end of the year.
