Tim Byrne's Blog
November 2, 2017
Winner of the Young Adult Dystopia Short Story prize at FromHereToWhere.org
Michael Sheen reads my winning story 'What You Want' available free to listen and download.
The contest is hosted by The Royal Society for Public Health and the Health Foundation. The story can be heard in full and downloaded from Soundcloud
The contest is hosted by The Royal Society for Public Health and the Health Foundation. The story can be heard in full and downloaded from Soundcloud
Winner of the Young Adult Dystopia Short Story prize at FromHereToWhere.org
Michael Sheen reads my winning story 'What You Want' available free at
The contest is hosted by The Royal Society for Public Health and the Health Foundation. The story can be read in full and downloaded from FromHereToWhere.org
The contest is hosted by The Royal Society for Public Health and the Health Foundation. The story can be read in full and downloaded from FromHereToWhere.org
March 24, 2017
LONGLISTED FOR THE TIMES/CHICKEN HOUSE CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION 2017
The Living Memory is longlisted for The Times/Chicken House competition 2017 https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/blo... Available now https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0995458200/
October 16, 2016
September 12, 2016
Unlearned genius and genetic memory
I became fascinated with memory when studying and I read The Art of Memory and working with Emma on the ideas of feats of memory we started thinking about genetic memory.
This article in Scientific American really captures the excitement we had at thinking of exploring other memories, particularly skills involving music and dance.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...#
We combined this with the condition of Hyperthymesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperth... to create a world in which some people can walk into the past through their memories.
One of our goals was to explore what could be learned about ourselves from seeing the limits of our memories being rolled back, something that technological assistance is bringing us closer to every day.
At the time of writing the beautiful new hardback edition of The Living Memory is available to pre-order at a 12% discount with free shipping http://oppositebooks.com/
This article in Scientific American really captures the excitement we had at thinking of exploring other memories, particularly skills involving music and dance.
...his musical genius erupted so early and spontaneously as an infant that it could not possibly have been learned.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...#
We combined this with the condition of Hyperthymesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperth... to create a world in which some people can walk into the past through their memories.
One of our goals was to explore what could be learned about ourselves from seeing the limits of our memories being rolled back, something that technological assistance is bringing us closer to every day.
At the time of writing the beautiful new hardback edition of The Living Memory is available to pre-order at a 12% discount with free shipping http://oppositebooks.com/
