Pin Drop Studio

Pin Drop Studio
IndustryArts & Entertainment
Founded2012
FounderSimon Oldfield & Elizabeth Day
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsBooks, podcasts, live events and adaptation
BrandsPin Drop Productions, Pin Drop Podcasts, A Short Affair, Pin Drop Live

Pin Drop Studio is an arts and entertainment studio founded in 2012 by Simon Oldfield and Elizabeth Day, with a particular focus on short fiction.[1][2]

Pin Drop Studio publishes short fiction, staged an annual short story award for new writing in association with the Royal Academy of Arts (from 2015-2018), has a podcast series and has hosted events in the UK and USA.[3][4]

Books

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A Short Affair is an anthology of original short fiction from Pin Drop Studio, published in hard-back in July 2018 by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and edited by Simon Oldfield. The book contains eighteen original short stories by best-selling authors alongside new writers from the annual Pin Drop Short Story Award, with a foreword by Tim Marlow. The cover design is by White Cube artist Eddie Peake.[5]

Pin Drop Short Story Award

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Actor, Gwendoline Christie, reading the 2018 winning story from the Pin Drop Short Story Award at the Royal Academy

The Pin Drop Short Story Award was an annual writing prize for new original short stories, held from 2015-2018. Regular judges of the award included the artistic director of the Royal Academy, Tim Marlow, along with the Pin Drop founders, Simon Oldfield and Elizabeth Day.[6] The winning story was presented each year at a ceremony at the Royal Academy, where it is read to an audience by a notable actor.

Award winners:

2015 - Bethan Roberts won with story, "Ms. Featherstone and the Beast", read by Stephen Fry.[7]

2016 - Claire Fuller won with story, "A Quiet Tidy Man", read by British actress Juliet Stevenson.[8]

2017 - Cherise Saywell won with story, "Morelia Spilota", read by British actress and Downton Abbey star Dame Penelope Wilton.[6]

2018 - Sophie Ward won with story, "Sunbed", read British actress and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie.[9]

Pin Drop Podcasts is a series of audio recordings of original short fiction and interviews with authors and actors.[10]

Pin Drop Live

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Pin Drop Studio bookmark given away to fans

Pin Drop Live stages events at venues such as the Royal Academy, Hauser & Wirth Somerset and Soho House in London, New York, Los Angeles, and other cities. Typically an original story is read to an audience by an author or actor, followed by an interview.[11]

Guest readers have included, Stephen Fry, Ben Okri,[12] Russell Tovey,[13] Juliet Stevenson, Sebastian Faulks,[14] William Boyd,[15] Julian Barnes,[16] Richard Dawkins,[17] Princess Julia,[18] Selma Blair,[19] A.L.Kennedy,[20] Dame Sian Phillips, Dame Eileen Atkins,[21] Dame Penelope Wilton, Tom Rob Smith, Peter Blake, Gwendoline Christie, Will Self,[22] Maura Tierney, Graham Swift,[23] Sue Tilley,[24] Molly Parkin, Tuppence Middleton, David Nicholls, Ed Stoppard,[25] and Curtis Sittenfeld.

References

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  1. ^ Baker, Sam (18 May 2014). "The irresistible rise of the short story, featuring Pin Drop Studio". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Salon society: highbrow nights out". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Why should we read short stories?, Monocle Culture with Robert Bound 327 - Radio - featuring Elizabeth Day from Pin Drop Studio". Monocle. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Pin Drop Studio: An antidote to the dreaded 'reading'". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ A Short Affair. 12 July 2018. ISBN 9781471147326.
  6. ^ a b "Podcast: Dame Penelope Wilton reads the winning story from the 2017 RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award by Cherise Saywell. Plus interview by Tim Marlow and Simon Oldfield". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Podcast: Stephen Fry reads the winning story of the 2015 RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award by Bethan Roberts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Fuller wins 2016 Royal Academy & Pin Drop short story prize | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Actress and author Sophie Ward's 'perfect' short story wins 2018 Pin Drop literary award". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Pin Drop Studio Podcasts - multiple sources "free"". Listen Notes. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Events — Pin Drop at Hauser & Wirth Somerset". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Podcast: Pin Drop with Ben Okri | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Burberry Hosts Pin Drop - A Live Reading By Russell Tovey At Thomas's". Getty Images. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Podcast: Pin Drop with Sebastian Faulks. Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Londoner's Diary: William Boyd & Pin Drop Studio at BAFTA". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Pin Drop with Julian Barnes. Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Londoner's Diary: Pin Drop with Richard Dawkins". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  18. ^ "Princess Julia could tell you some stories at Pin Drop Studio". I-d magazine. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Selma Blair at Pin Drop, Soho House, Los Angeles". SelmaBlairStyle.com. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  20. ^ "The Book Show on Irish national broadcaster, RTÉ Radio 1. Sinead Gleeson interviews A.L.Kennedy at a Pin Drop Studio salon. Broadcast on Saturday 15 February 2014". The Book Show. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Pin Drop: short stories with Siân Phillips and Eileen Atkins | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Will Self reads The Shore for Pin Drop". Will Self. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Pin Drop with Graham Swift. Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  24. ^ "Sue Tilley at Pin Drop". Radio Wolfgang. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  25. ^ "Pin Drop with William Boyd and Ed Stoppard. Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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