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Today's prompt is brought to you by the news that Katherine Arden is hosting a Winternight trilogy reread on Instagram. She posts scattered thoughts in her Stories, posts to her grid if she has something more substantial to say, and does Live events roughly once a week. You can follow the whole thing on her Instagram account, ![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
arden_katherine.
One of the changes that the pandemic accelerated — and which I feel is a change for the better — was the massive increase in online events like this: livestreams on Instagram, Q&As or panel discussions on Zoom, online book launches, and more. It's not just that it opens these events up to more people who might not have been able to travel to in-person events, it also seems to have opened up more opportunities for creators, journalists, commentators, and other experts who were limited for whatever reason in terms of travelling to in-person events. I used to travel to London for book launches and author events at big book shops, and to be honest I don't really miss it — it was always really awkward to go on my own, whereas watching a similar discussion online on my own doesn't feel that way. Plus the cost and hassle of trying to get to central London by 6 or 7pm on a work night was usually prohibitive.
So my question today is this: what is a cool online interactive event that's caught your eye recently? This doesn't just have to mean things involving live video or audio — it could be things like text-based chat as well.
I've already answered this question above, but I'm interested to hear what other people have discovered and enjoyed (or are looking forward to) recently.
arden_katherine. One of the changes that the pandemic accelerated — and which I feel is a change for the better — was the massive increase in online events like this: livestreams on Instagram, Q&As or panel discussions on Zoom, online book launches, and more. It's not just that it opens these events up to more people who might not have been able to travel to in-person events, it also seems to have opened up more opportunities for creators, journalists, commentators, and other experts who were limited for whatever reason in terms of travelling to in-person events. I used to travel to London for book launches and author events at big book shops, and to be honest I don't really miss it — it was always really awkward to go on my own, whereas watching a similar discussion online on my own doesn't feel that way. Plus the cost and hassle of trying to get to central London by 6 or 7pm on a work night was usually prohibitive.
So my question today is this: what is a cool online interactive event that's caught your eye recently? This doesn't just have to mean things involving live video or audio — it could be things like text-based chat as well.
I've already answered this question above, but I'm interested to hear what other people have discovered and enjoyed (or are looking forward to) recently.