Jekyll & Hyde 2008 - Latest News
Wed 2 April Scots Language Activity Sheets
Download these Scots language activites, created by writer and storyteller James Spence, who translated the graphic novel edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde into Unco Case o Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde. This unit is 7 pages long.
Fri 29th Feb Jekyll & Hyde on the telly!
Scotland on TV has been following our campaign, and caught up with the creators of the Jekyll & Hyde graphic novel at the book launch last week - watch Cam Kennedy, Alan Grant and the team discuss the making of the book in this short film.
__________________________________
Tues 26th Feb Pick Your Poison: Final Public Events
This weekend is your last opportunity to take the special guided tours created for the campaign: In The Footsteps of Stevenson and The Jekyll & Hyde City. We still have a few tickets left for the Gothic Fiction debate, and Wednesday sees the Double or Quits: New Writing event. Book now!
__________________________________
Fri 22nd Feb New Event Announced
Due to popular demand, we are delighted to announce a second performance of Jekyll & Hyde: A Specimen at 9pm on Saturday 1 March, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Call 0131 556 9579 or email reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com to book your £5 tickets.
__________________________________
Fri 22nd Feb Photo Gallery Updated
We have added several images to our Campaign in Pictures pages. Photos from yesterday's school workshop and the official launch of the comic can be found towards the bottom.
__________________________________
Fri 22nd Feb Replacement Film Screening Announced
Vue cinema at Ocean Terminal were due to show The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as part of Jekyll & Hyde week - this has to be cancelled. The replacement film will be Van Helsing, at the same time: 11am on Sat 23 February.
__________________________________
Fri 22nd Feb All 10,000 books set free at 10am today!
Yes, we have lift-off! This morning at 10am all 10,000 free books will have left the office and be available all across town. Last year they flew away, so don't delay of you want to pick up a copy. If you have missed out, the pocket edition is also available in Edinburgh's book shops, and so is the freshly released graphic novel version. There are signing sessions today at Blackwell's an tomorrow at Waterstone's/ Full details here.
__________________________________
Fri 22nd Feb The Metro J&H serialisation part 5 is up
The fifth part of the exclusive 10 day serialisation with artwork from the graphic novel can be downloaded from The Metro site.
__________________________________
Thu 21st Feb First books handed out on the Royal Mile !
The official launch of the free books is tomorrow at 10am, but a few lucky punters who braved the winds cross the Royal Mile at noon stumbled into a Jekyll or Hyde, and walked off with the first free book hand-outs: watch it on the STV news bulletin.
__________________________________
Thu 21st Feb The Metro J&H serialisation part 4 is up
The fourth part of the exclusive 10 day serialisation with artwork from the graphic novel can be downloaded from The Metro site.
__________________________________
Wed 20th Feb Colour Your Own J&H Comic!
A new activity module has been added to the site, that allows you to get all creative with 3 pages from the comic book, before colour was added to it. Let rip in your own style, and show us what you can do with 3 original inks from the graphic novel edition. Great for the class room or at home!
__________________________________
Wed 20th Feb The Times Educational Supplement on the J&H comic
The Times Educational Supplement looked at this year's One Book - One Edinburgh event in detail, and mainly from a school and teacher's point of view. It appeared in print earlier, and the article has just been put online, in case you've missed it.
__________________________________
Wed 20th Feb The Metro J&H serialisation part 3 is up
The third part of the exclusive 10 day serialisation with artwork from the graphic novel can be downloaded from The Metro site.
__________________________________
Tue 19th Feb Watch the silent movie version online!
We have added a stream of the 1920 silent movie version, starring John Barrymore as Jekyll and Hyde, to site. The movie will also be shown at the Filmhouse this Saturday if you hate small screens and have an hour free. You can watch the movie here.
__________________________________
Tue 19th Feb The Metro J&H serialisation part 2 is up
The second part of the exclusive 10 day serialisation with artwork from the graphic novel can be downloaded from The Metro site.
__________________________________
Mon 18th Feb Alan Grant & Ian Rankin on BBC Radio Scotland
Both authors were interviewed today about Jekyll & Hyde and their involvement with this year project on BBC Radio Scotland's Book Cafe. listen to the show (10 minutes right from the start!).
__________________________________
Mon 18th Feb Listen to Ian Rankin's introduction
The Inspector Rebus author has a well-known fondness for the Jekyll & Hyde story, and he has provided an introduction for the One Book - One Edinburgh edition of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. You can find it in the pocketbook edition, or simply listen to Ian Rankin online.
__________________________________
Mon 18th Feb Metro Online starts 10 day serialisation
Our campaign media partner The Metro Online has started their exclusive 10 day serialisation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. Click below to take you to the page on the Metro site. in case you can't find it later, we have given it a Tiny URL link so it is easy to type in too, but make sure you use the right capitalisation (a "big H").
The Metro or tiny.cc/Hg07f
__________________________________
Sun 17th Feb J&H serialisation starting tomorrow
Tomorrow (Monday the 18th) The Metro Online will publish the first part of an exclusive 10 day serialisation of our One Book - One Edinburgh version of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. It is the original text with exclusive artwork taken from the Graphic Novel. This will be hosted online, starting tomorrow.
The Metro
__________________________________
Sat 16th Feb Steveson's relationship with Father Unveiled
OK, not the juicy shocker that that line suggests, but today's Daily Mail sports a well-written 2-page spread about the contrasting moral fibre of "The Men of Two Halves", RLS Stevenson and his father. It also gives a brief glimpse into the complex relationship between the respectable face of civil life at the time, and the murkier reality of life behind the surface.
__________________________________
Fri 15th Feb Interview with Cam Kennedy & Alan Grant
The new issue of The List looks forward to the upcoming fortnight of Jekyll & Hyde One Book One Edinburgh events. Its online counterpart features an interview with the dream team behind the graphic novel version that will be launched next Thursday. You can read the interview online.
__________________________________
Thu 14th Feb Social network with Jekyll and Hyde You can now join our message boards on Facebook and Bebo and discuss the book, see photographs and more. Current Facebook conversations include - set in Edinburgh or London? Still a classic tale?
__________________________________
Fri 8th Feb 23rd Feb: extra date Cam+Alan signing graphic novel plus instore performance
If you missed out on a ticket for the fully booked talk with Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant at the National Library on the 23rd of Febrauary we have good news: Waterstones have just confirmed that the Cam and Alan are rushing down to the East End Princess Street branch of Waterstones right after that event, and will be signing copies of their hot-of-the-press graphic novel version of Jekyll & Hyde.
As an added bonus, there will also be a free public performance of Jekyll and Hyde: A Specimen in the shop. Check our overview of events and booking info
__________________________________
Mon 4th Feb Events are booking up fast All tickets for the book launch, the Jekyll & Hyde discussion with Ian Rankin and the graphic novel night with Cam Kennedy and Alan Grant are now gone.
There are still tickets available to the other events, of which many are free, but ticketed. We urge you to book early to avoid (further) disappointment. Check our overview of events and booking info
__________________________________
Sun 3rd Feb Edinburgh Lectures: Alan Grant
Alan Grant, one of the two comic book giants behind the One Book - One Edinburgh graphic novel adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, was invited to speak as part of the 2008 Edinburgh Lecture series, and somehow managed to dodge a formal lecture and opted for a more casual approach instead.
The Forbidden Planet has just put a great article online with a lengthy report of the evening, which had Alan talking informally with writer Denise Mina about how he got into comics, the place of comic books in the literary world, and his disappointment about the lack of visible hospital corridor romances in our NHS. A great warm-up to the launch of the Jekyll & Hyde graphic novel on the 21st of February, and the upcoming appearances of Alan and Cam Kennedy during the reading campaign.
forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=6344
___________________________________
See also:
The Campaign in Pictures:
Don't forget to check out the Campaign Gallery, where we will add photos throughout the campaign to show how Edinburgh embraces the 2008 One Book - One Edinburgh reading campaign.
