Lost Book turns up in the world of cyberspace

Published on Monday 2 February 2009 08:52

THE first episode of an online interactive animation created to promote the city's 2009 reading campaign has gone live.

The Lost Book is being created by Edinburgh-based digital animation studio Binary Fable, and is part of the Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature Trust's 2009 reading campaign, The Lost World Read.

Rather than a re-telling of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale The Lost World, however, the team are asking people to send in their own ideas for a story about intrepid reporter Aileen Adler and her dog Watson, as they investigate the mysterious case of a stolen book.

Helen Jackson, director of Binary Fable, said: "The Lost Book brings together different art forms and encourages creativity on lots of different levels."

An accompanying soundtrack to each short episode is being performed by musicians from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

The first episode is online now at www.thelostbook.net, and viewers are being encouraged to send in ideas for the next episode, to be broadcast in March.