Produce electronic book of short stories
Sara Thompson
Public relations editorial intern
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Creative writers at Avondale College have been published for a second time this semester, as part of a communication student’s electronic book project.
Fresh Produce is a collection of short stories written by students in the Creative Writing class and produced by Monique Long for her Independent Topic in Communication. The idea for the book came when Monique realised while many of the poems the students wrote for assessment would be commercially published alongside that of established authors in Wording the World, which launched October 21, their short stories had no purpose outside of the classroom. “After getting published in the anthology, we didn’t want the rest of the work to go to waste,” says Monique.
It has not been wasted. Fresh Produce is not only a representation of student accomplishment—Paul Praestiin from student graphic design studio ‘that design’ designed the book—but also of modern technology—those attending the launch viewed the book on Apple iPads. “This is the electronic generation,” says Avondale College president Dr Ray Roennfeldt. “This is where people are going.”
Monique describes electronic publishing as simple and effective. “You can take the book anywhere [on your iPad] or access it [on the Internet] from anywhere in the world.” Classmate Andrea Shotter agrees. “There’s a ripple effect,” she says. “You don’t know where it will end.”
This also pleases senior lecturer in communication Carolyn Rickett. “It’s gratifying to see students’ work move from a workshop space to a wider audience,” she says.