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

Tracey joins us remotely at Off the Page 2017 to talk about Walden, a Game.

Tracey Fullerton

Jeremy of the Secret Games Company talks about Kim, adapted from the eponymous Rudyard Kipling novel, at Off the Page 2017.

Jeremy Hogan

Guy Gadney of To Play For, talks about adapting John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes and creating online AI thriller The Suspect at Off the Page 2017.

Guy Gadney

Jon Ingold of Inkle and writer of Heaven's Vault, and writer Meg Jayanth, in conversation about 80 Days at Off the Page 2017.

Meg Jayanth & Jon Ingold

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.

Off The Page

Sarah Cole