Saturday, October 11, 2014

Typewriters at Books by the Banks


Books by the Banks is a festival in downtown Cincinnati featuring lots of authors signing books, talks on publishing, and other fun events. I got to see my old friend, and very successful SF writer, John Scalzi.



WordPlay had a room where kids were invited to write flash fiction, create blackout poetry using old magazines, and — of course — try their hands at typewriting. It's fair to say that the typewriters were the main attraction. 


There was a steady stream of visitors who peeked in, attracted by the clacking sound, and wanted to give the machines a try.


Typewriters, books, and people — a great combination!

6 comments:

  1. Fantastic. What a great setting and occasion. Well done WordPlay. When I was a kid, typing on sheets in many different colours was the way to go.

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  2. Great to see the youngsters at the typewriters. Great PR for WordPlay too.

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  3. This is good to see, cheers to WordPlay!

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  4. Oh, what fun! I'd love to have been there.

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  5. That looks like it's at the Duke Energy Center. And it looks fantastic.

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