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Circuits, Cycles, Configurations: an Interaction Model of Web Comics
In November 2020, Francesca Benatti and Alessio Antonini from the UK team of READ-IT, with Sam Brooker of the Richmond University of London, presented a ...
Cora Krömer dissertation defence 14.12.2020
We’re pleased to announce Cora Krömer’s dissertation defence, 14 December 2020, on reading testimonies on social networks. Here is her ...

‘Reading in the Pandemic’ recordings now available
The READ-IT team were pleased to host the event ‘Reading in the Pandemic’, on 18 November, for the Being Human Festival. We enjoyed a great ...

Language toggle function now available on the Contribution Portal
The READ-IT team are continually exploring new ways to talk to readers across the world. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the language toggle ...

READ-IT launches its friendly chatbot
Fancy having a chat about your reading in realtime? Now you can, with the project chatbot. Our friendly bot will ask you questions about your reading, ...

Twitter Takeover for Book City Milano 11-15.11.2020
We’re very excited that our Italian social media champion Camilla Antonioni is taking over the @eureadit Twitter account for @BOOKCITYMILANO 11-15 ...

New French social media champion, Elena Prat, joins the team (28.10.2020)
The READ-IT team is delighted to announce that Elena Prat (pictured above) has joined us as our new French social media champion, from October 2020. She ...

The International Heritage Fair 2020 in Paris, France, 28-31.10.2020
Taking place in Paris this week (28-31 Oct) is the International Heritage Fair. The Fair gathers more than 350 French and foreign exhibitors, sharing a ...

READ-IT Consortium Meetings, 20-21.10.2020 (online)
The Open University were pleased to host the most recent consortium meeting on the 20-21 October 2020. On 20 October, we focussed on individual reports ...

‘Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic: an online conference’, 3-4.11.2020
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for The Open University History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) online conference, ‘Bookshelves in ...