Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 44

TARA’S LOCKET - A VR STORY WITH STEPHEN SHAW Big Motive has spent the last eighteen months working towards the creation of a virtual reality (VR) experience for children, culminating in the recent release of Tara’s Locket for iOS and Android. Come along and join us for a lunchtime talk that will cover the creative process and challenges of bringing a story, bound by two dimensions, to life as a completely immersive, three-dimensional world. 12.45PM // £7 INC. LUNCH | £5 EVENT ONLY // CRESCENT ARTS SOMETHING ABOUT HOME BOOK LAUNCH Join us for an evening of poetry and prose to launch an exciting anthology of new writing on the themes of migration, identity and belonging. Something About Home features 60 original works and provides an invigorating array of creative responses to the experience of living with, and between, two worlds. Assembled by editor Liam Harte, the anthology is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It features the work of over a dozen writers who live, work or study in the city and its environs and who took part in a workshop led by the acclaimed poet Moyra Donaldson, who will read at this event. 5PM // FREE EVENT // CRESCENT ARTS Thur 15 Jun