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TVO: Changing the Conversation
TVO Enlists Award-Winning Canadian Author Tish Cohen to Tweet a New Work of Fiction
Twitter story launch begs the question - Is literacy alive & well in the age of technology? - as TVO set to air Empire of the Word documentary
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 17, 2009) -
Editors Note: A photo and video are included with this press release.
TVO has enlisted award-winning Canadian author Tish Cohen, to inject a literary voice into the emoticon-, acronym-riddled Twitterverse and to show that literacy is alive and well in the digital age. Beginning on Wednesday, November 18th, Cohen will tweet her newest work of fiction in its entirety, 140 characters at a time, to support the world premiere of Empire of the Word , airing on TVO starting Wednesday, November 25th.
The four-part TVO-commissioned epic documentary series depicts the 5,000-year evolution of the written word and addresses the challenges and opportunities of literacy in the age of technology. Cohen's Twitter story launch is an unorthodox use of the popular micro blogging site which, through its proliferation of shorthand notation, symbols and acronyms, stands in stark contrast to standard literary conventions or prose.
"When TVO approached me with the concept to write a new piece of fiction specifically for Twitter, I was intrigued," says Cohen. "I knew that it would challenge my writing process because readers would consume it in a completely different way, 140 characters at a time. But, it feels so relevant to where we are today and I wanted to show how technology can support the evolution of the written word, and prove that meaningful stories can be found where you least expect them."
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