FMP (BA): Oxford Literary Festival

I noticed that even though it's a few weeks into this project, I hadn't yet produced a blog post about the Oxford Literary Festival. Instead I had written notes in my sketchpad and on my Pecha Kucha presentation (which I'll write about later on) so I think it might be time to put everything together.

I might've mentioned before that this project might be difficult in terms of target audience because the festival covers quite a wide range of topics, and thus different types of people as well as age groups. That's why I want to produce a book that aims to cover most of these topics instead of just focusing on literature.

Most of the information I gathered about this festival is on their website (here). The festival takes place every year, and this year it's on the last week of March (22nd - 30th) at Christ Church in Oxford, and is being sponsored by FT Weekend. They have provided a "Location and Travel" page on their website which is something I would need to include when it comes to designing their posters. Even though it doesn't really say I have to do these posters I would like to to promote the event. 

They have displayed the post code right at the top of the page although I completely missed this at first because it was included within a paragraph. I was initially looking for a Google Maps gadget, so when I didn't find one I got confused and looked at the page again. 

Judging by the list of guest speakers, it's a pretty big festival. They've even got people such as Malorie Blackman and Michael Morpurgo there (my childhood favourite authors)! Then there's journalists, a comedian, Nobel Prize winners, other authors, a travel writer and a pianist. This gives me a general idea of how wide the range of the topics are.

Other than that they have provided timetables for the whole week and there's quite a mixture of topics such as a creative writing class and general discussions. I am not familiar with most of the people there but from what I can see they are mostly about literature but not just focusing on books but on journalism, politics and history. 

Key information

Location

Christ Church

St Aldate’s
Oxford OX1 1DP

Dates

Saturday March 22nd - Sunday March 30th

Conclusion:

I now have more of an idea of what I want my book to be like, I just wished I wrote this blog post earlier when I had actually written these notes in my notepad. It's going to be quite difficult to produce a  book everyone would agree with and this further persuades me to create something with different styles of typography. 

In terms of creating posters I would definitely have to include their website because people are required to buy tickets beforehand - from what I've gathered on their website - through phone or in person on a different day.

Learning Outcomes:
[8] Developed their ability to scan and organise data, abstract meaning from information and communicate knowledge in a variety of formats.