Name: Tom Battey by Sarah Cole in Off The Page
Duration: 10 min 46 s
Description: Tom speaks about his 2016 Off the Map entry, Midsummer, at Off the Page 2017.

Off the Map was held at the British Library as part of the London Games Festival Fringe on Sat 08/04/17, organised by myself and Stella Wisdom. 

The aim was to explore the overlap between literature and games. We invited a host of great speaker to explore how games and literature interact as the boundaries between art forms blur, how are the fictional worlds of our favourite novels and plays represented in games, and what games bring to the written word in return.

Lynda Clark did a nice write-up of the event which you can find at https://foracademicpurposes.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/off-the-page-literature-and-games-at-the-british-library/

Our speakers were:

- Stella Wisdom, speaking about the British Library's Off the Map competition
- Tom Battey speaking about his entry to Off The Map, Midsummer
- Gary Green, speaking about games in libraries and Odyssey Jam
- Darren Edwards, on International Games Day @ your library
- Christie Golden, New York Times bestselling author, joined us remotely to speak about writing novels for game franchises.
- Jon Ingold of Inkle and writer Meg Jayanth, speaking about 80 Days
- Tracey Fullerton joined us remotely to speak about Walden, A Game 
- Guy Gadney, speaking about his work on adapting John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes
- Jeremy Hogan, speaking about Kim, based on the Rudyard Kipling novel
- Jakub Szamalek, Senior Writer at CD Projekt Red, on The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt

Off The Page

Alison Morton interviewed by Frances Cornford, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/112

Alison's craft specialism -  Textiles

Alison Morton - Memories of textiles

Rod Kelly interviewed by Elizabeth Wright, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/111


Rod's craft specialism -  Silversmith

Rod Kelly - Levi jeans

Tessa Clegg interviewed by Frances Cornford, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/101

Tessa's craft specialism -  Glass

Tessa Clegg - First year of making

Jane Short interviewed by Elizabeth Wright, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/97

Jane's craft specialism -  Enameller

Jane Short - Soldering

Jacqueline Stieger interviewed by Elizabeth Wright, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/96

Jacqueline's craft specialism -  Jeweller / silversmith

Jacqueline Stieger - Casting of trousers

Lois Walpole interviewed by Frances Cornford, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/105

Lois's craft specialism -  Basketry

Lois Walpole - Putting art into baskets

Michael Lloyd interviewed by Elizabeth Wright, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/114

Michael's  craft specialism -  Silversmith

Michael Lloyd - Scottish Parliament Mace

Takeshi Yasuda interviewed by Frances Cornford, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/100

Takeshi's craft specialism -  Ceramicist

Takeshi Yasuda - Senses

Richard Kindersley interviewed by Frances Cornford, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/108

Richard's craft specialism -  Letter cutter

Richard Kindersley - Embodied knowledge

Kate Malone interviewed by Hawksmoor Hughes, Crafts Lives, British Library, catalogue reference C960/83

Kate's craft specialism -  Ceramicist

Kate Malone - Passing on skills & Mo Jupp

Christie Golden, New York Times bestselling author, joins us remotely at Off the Page 2017 to speak about writing novels for game franchises such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Assassin's Creed.

Christie Golden

Darren speaks about International Games Day at your Library at Off the Page 2017.

Darren Edwards

Gary talks about games in libraries, and Odyssey Jam at Off the Page 2017.

Gary Green

Tom speaks about his 2016 Off the Map entry, Midsummer, at Off the Page 2017.

Tom Battey

Stella talks about the British Library's Off the Map competition at Off the Page 2017.

Tom Battey

Sarah Cole

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