Plympton's first event: a Conversation with Twitter and The New Yorker
Dear supporters,
First off, wow. Two days to go and we're over $20,000 past our goal!
We don't know where to begin in thanking you for your enthusiasm. But how's this for a try? On Thursday October 18th we'll be throwing our first-ever event, a conversation between Twitter and The New Yorker on the future of fiction hosted by the New York Public Library with generous sponsorship by The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. It's an invitation-only affair for writers, agents, and editors but we've set aside a limited number of reserved seats for our different levels of suporters on a first come first served basis. You can RSVP here: http://plympton.com/events/twitter-new-yorker-nypl-fiction/kickstarter-rsvp/
Here's a little more about the event:
Andrew Fitzgerald, Twitter's head of Editorial Programming and representative to the publishing industry, will give a presentation about the uses of Twitter for creative story-telling. Fitzgerald argues that Twitter is a platform ripe for experimentation and that we are only just in the early stages of learning what we can do with the 140 character tweet. He draws on examples of authors experimenting with Twitter, including Jennifer Egan and Teju Cole.
He will be joined by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor of The New Yorker, to discuss the publication of Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan's short story Black Box via Twitter this past May.
Twitter will make a special industry announcement at the event.
The presentation and discussion will run from 3 to 5 p.m at the New York Public Library's South Court Auditorium. A reception afterwards, from 5 to 7 p.m., will be hosted at The Bar Downstairs, located across the street at 485 Fifth Avenue.
Seating capacity is limited at 177 so don't forget to RSVP. http://plympton.com/events/twitter-new-yorker-nypl-fiction/kickstarter-rsvp/
And, hey, while we're at it, let's try to make it to $55K before the clock runs down tomorrow night! Think of all the great fiction we could produce. We sure are.
Hope to meet some of you soon,
Yael & Jenny of Plympton
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