Keele Hall Readings - Kate Pullinger | 13 February 2023 | 7:30pm | University Common Room, Keele Hall 

Kate Pullinger writes for both print and digital platforms and is winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, one of Canada's most prestigious literary prizes. Kate's most recent novel, Forest Green, a story about a logger who works in the forests of British Columbia, came out in 2021. In May 2021 Pullinger won the Marjorie C. Luesebrink Career Achievement Award, given every year by the Electronic Literature Organisation in the US.  Her most recent digital fiction, Breathe, a ghost story that knows where you are, is available for free on your phone. It was shortlisted for the New Media Writing Prize in 2019. Her prize-winning digital fiction projects, including Inanimate Alice, have reached audiences around the world. 

Kate is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University where she is also Director of the Centre for Research in the Cultural and Creative Industries. She is currently the academic lead on Amplified Publishing, looking at the future of publishing. Find her at www.katepullinger.com 

 

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