Nathan Penlington

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Today marks the start of the school Easter holiday AND the opening of our new #ChooseYourOwnAdventure space. Hurray!🎉 What are you waiting for? Book your tickets here (entry included with a Galleries ticket): storymuseum.org.uk/buy-museum-tic… @chooseadventure 📸@j.h.o.l.l.a.n.d

The secret's out. For the past few months I've been working with @TheStoryMuseum on a new interactive exhibit that celebrates the original Choose You Own Adventure series. I can't wait for you all to begin exploring! Opens 1st April.

@IanMaddrell @JQW @Bob_Fischer @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow @demiankatz Now that's an obscure series. But there can't be many cyoa style books missing from gamebooks.org - a huge amount of work has gone into that site!

@npenlington @JQW @Bob_Fischer @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow @demiankatz You've done it!! It's called Trance and it's on that site!! Thank you so much!!

OK, another request - this time from @IanMaddrell. A 1980s 'Choose Your Own' type book in which you play a nurse, solving the problem of what put you (or possibly your brother) into a coma/trance? Contemporary setting. Anyone help? @ScarredForLife2? @RyanShirlow? @npenlington?

@Bob_Fischer @IanMaddrell @JQW @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow @demiankatz The triumph of the hive mind.

@IanMaddrell @npenlington @JQW @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow @demiankatz Fabulous - delighted we got there! Cheers all.

@IanMaddrell @JQW @Bob_Fischer @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow Nothing with this cover is ringing a bell, although I can think of a few 'wake up with memory loss' books. The founder of gamebooks.org might be able to help - @demiankatz any thoughts?

@JQW @Bob_Fischer @ScarredForLife2 @RyanShirlow @npenlington That's not the one I'm afraid, I remember the cover quite well. It was a drawing of the nurse (sort of painted airbrush type painting), female short cropped here, sort of overlooking a country house. I think the country house was the place the person was in the coma / trance.

Important conversations about the relevance of a monarchy in the 21st century have been muted by the sheer amount of propaganda. Especially conversations about Wales. The last true Prince of Wales was slaughtered by the English, time to end the title. twitter.com/RepublicofWale…

@hackneycouncil Official guidance says that cultural events do not have to be cancelled. twitter.com/lewis_goodall/…

Regretfully, we have made the decision to cancel Hackney Carnival on Sunday to observe this period of national mourning We’ll be looking at whether it's feasible to hold Carnival later this year, or if we can showcase the artists’ work in another way

@mayorofhackney @jarede @hackneycouncil Official guidance says that cultural events do not have to be cancelled. twitter.com/jarede/status/…

@jarede @hackneycouncil It's coming as a full statement, and no we like the rest of the UK will observe national mourning.

@Bob_Fischer @forteantimes Ha. My reading brain isn't working today either, missed the double book!

@npenlington @forteantimes Oh, even The Boy In The Book! Sorry - mind not working properly today :)

Fighting Fantasy, the UK equivalent to Choose Your Own Adventure, celebrates 40yrs! Excellent feature by @Bob_Fischer in the latest @forteantimes

@cassettewitch @medieninitiativ Thanks for the mention @cassettewitch - @medieninitiativ I think you'll find it interesting theboyinthebook.co.uk

Anyone have a favorite interactive video essay / essayistic interactive documentary?

@BourgMaurice @James_ab_Nye @elf_lyons Thanks for the mentions! The theatre show launched as a digital version last summer for those didn't get chance to experience it, or those that wanted to choose again theboyinthebook.co.uk

@James_ab_Nye @elf_lyons @npenlington We concur with this! Nathan's show "Choose Your Own Documentary" show was amazing, and gave the audience so many opportunities to guide the narrative.

Hold on to your laptops...the interactive version of The Boy in the Book has been nominated for the prestigious Webby Awards 2021. Please vote and share, it would mean a lot and would help keep the project online as a free to play experience. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

@AngelaCleland @rtjpoet @dzifa @Okwonga @poetniall And Bang said the Gun too of course!

@AngelaCleland @rtjpoet @dzifa @Okwonga @poetniall A couple of regular monthly things around 2005/6 too - Ahren & Wayne ran New Blood at Poetry Cafe, and Dorna ran Spoken Cabaret in Camden.

Poets who met me back in the day (by which I mean the mid-2000s), what were all the regular poetry nights called? Obvs Shortfuse, Unplugged, Utter, Poejazzi...but what else? My memory is like a room that someone else has tidied... @rtjpoet @dzifa @npenlington @Okwonga @poetniall

@AngelaCleland @rtjpoet @dzifa @Okwonga @poetniall Paul Lyalls' Express Excess was still running in Chalk Farm every Wednesday. Shortfuse ran every Thursday for 8 years, Paul started his night a few years before us!

@Herbieherbert10 Thanks for the shout out @Herbieherbert10 x

If you haven't tried #TheBoyInTheBook yet (or want to know more about it), then tonight is the perfect opportunity. As part of @OElectricdreams we'll be hosting a free synchronised session at 6pm, followed by an online live Q&A at 8:30. Sign up here - electricdreamsfestival.com/theboyintheboo…

Check out a synchronised session of #TheBoyInTheBook plus a live Q&A from the @CYODoc team on August 5th at 8pm - it's part of @OElectricdreams - a festival connecting people and art through the internet ow.ly/gJOJ50APqIg

@marksandspencer Thank you, she was excited you replied! She's also been using your mini-food to leave picnics for invisible fairies. So they've been put to good use.

@npenlington Wow! This is really impressive! Your daughter's clearly got some filmmaking skills! 📽️ - Conor

My 4 year old daughter wanted to make a film this afternoon. So we made this. It's called "Magic Tea". It's an unlikely combination of @SylvanianUK & @marksandspencer. Who knows what she has in mind for the sequel.