Ashely Barnes speaks with BBC Radio Sheffield about short story dispensers at Off the Shelf Festival

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Short stories to go at Off the Shelf Festival of Words

Ashley Barnes, deputy head of the Department of Humanities has been speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield (1:41:20) about Short Story Dispenser machines which were positioned at Sheffield Central Library and the Millennium Gallery during Off the Shelf this year.

The Dispensers offer short stories and poems on different themes and allow readers to select how long they want the story or poem to be.

You can listen back to a number of past events from this year’s festival online.

Ashley Barnes is a Lecturer in Performance and Deputy Head of the Department of Humanities at Sheffield Hallam University.

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