Pin Drop Studio
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{{Infobox company
| logo = File:Pin Drop Studio logo .jpg
| industry = Arts & Entertainment
| founded = 2012
| founder = Simon Oldfield & Elizabeth Day
| hq_location = London, United Kingdom
| area_served = Worldwide
| products = Books, podcasts, live events and adaptation
| brands = Pin 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10831961/The-irresistible-rise-of-the-short-story.html|title=The irresistible rise of the short story, featuring Pin Drop Studio.|last=Baker|first=Sam|date=2014-05-18|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-02-27|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/salon-society-highbrow-nights-out-9771072.html|title=Salon society: highbrow nights out|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-02-27}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://monocle.com/radio/shows/culture-with-robert-bound/327/|title=Why should we read short stories?, Monocle Culture with Robert Bound 327 - Radio - featuring Elizabeth Day from Pin Drop Studio|website=Monocle|access-date=2018-02-27}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/pindrop-studio-an-antidote-to-the-dreaded-reading/article16374167/|title=Pin Drop Studio: An antidote to the dreaded 'reading'|work=The Globe & Mail|access-date=2018-02-27}}
Books
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.{{Cite book|url=http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-Short-Affair/Simon-Oldfield/9781471147326|title=A Short Affair|date=2018-07-12|isbn=9781471147326|language=en}}
Pin Drop Short Story Award
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-ra-pin-drop-short-story-award-2017|title=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|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-02}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-stephen-fry-short-story-award|title=Podcast: Stephen Fry reads the winning story of the 2015 RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award by Bethan Roberts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-27}}
2016 - Claire Fuller won with story, "A Quiet Tidy Man", read by British actress Juliet Stevenson.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fuller-wins-royal-academy-pin-drop-short-story-prize-338201 |title=Fuller wins 2016 Royal Academy & Pin Drop short story prize {{!}} The Bookseller |website=www.thebookseller.com |access-date=2018-02-27}}
2017 - Cherise Saywell won with story, "Morelia Spilota", read by British actress and Downton Abbey star Dame Penelope Wilton.
2018 - Sophie Ward won with story, "Sunbed", read British actress and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/pin-drop-win/|title=Actress and author Sophie Ward's 'perfect' short story wins 2018 Pin Drop literary award|work=Goldsmiths, University of London|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}
Pin Drop Podcasts is a series of audio recordings of original short fiction and interviews with authors and actors.{{Cite news |url=https://www.listennotes.com/c/85f2b6da10a84a0abf6454c950943047/pin-drop-studio-podcasts/ |title=Pin Drop Studio Podcasts - multiple sources "free" |work=Listen Notes |access-date=2018-03-20}}
Pin Drop Live
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hauserwirth.com/events/16106-pin-drop-russell-tovey|title=Events — Pin Drop at Hauser & Wirth Somerset|website=www.hauserwirth.com|access-date=2018-08-09}}
Guest readers have included, Stephen Fry, Ben Okri,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-short-stories-with-ben-okri|title=Podcast: Pin Drop with Ben Okri {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-02}} Russell Tovey,{{Cite news|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/event/burberry-hosts-a-live-reading-with-pin-drop-at-thomass-688014361#/russell-tovey-attends-the-live-reading-event-hosted-by-burberry-with-picture-id630337888|title=Burberry Hosts Pin Drop - A Live Reading By Russell Tovey At Thomas's|work=Getty Images|access-date=2018-05-02}} Juliet Stevenson, Sebastian Faulks,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-short-stories-with-sebastian-faulkes|title=Podcast: Pin Drop with Sebastian Faulks. Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-27}} William Boyd,{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-don-t-forget-to-book-all-the-queen-s-horses-10152129.html|title=Londoner's Diary: William Boyd & Pin Drop Studio at BAFTA|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-04-28}} Julian Barnes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/short-stories-with-julian-barnes|title=Pin Drop with Julian Barnes. Royal Academy of Arts.|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-27}} Richard Dawkins,{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-bond-shaken-stirred-but-not-etonian-please-10130329.html|title=Londoner's Diary: Pin Drop with Richard Dawkins|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-02-27}} Princess Julia,{{Cite news|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjdag5/princess-julia-could-tell-you-some-stories|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212909/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjdag5/princess-julia-could-tell-you-some-stories|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2018|title=Princess Julia could tell you some stories at Pin Drop Studio.|date=2016-09-20|work=I-d magazine|access-date=2018-02-27}} Selma Blair,{{Cite news|url=https://selmablairstyle.com/2016/04/06/not-to-be-missed-selma-blair-at-pin-drop-la/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407012359/http://selmablairstyle.com/2016/04/06/not-to-be-missed-selma-blair-at-pin-drop-la/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 April 2016|title=Selma Blair at Pin Drop, Soho House, Los Angeles|date=2016-04-06|work=SelmaBlairStyle.com|access-date=2018-05-02}} A.L.Kennedy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/radio1/the-book-show/programmes/2014/0215/504323-the-book-show-saturday-15-february-2014/|title=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|website=The Book Show|date=15 February 2014 |access-date=2018-04-28}} Dame Sian Phillips, Dame Eileen Atkins,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/pin-drop-sian-phillips-eileen-atkins|title=Pin Drop: short stories with Siân Phillips and Eileen Atkins {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-02}} Dame Penelope Wilton, Tom Rob Smith, Peter Blake, Gwendoline Christie, Will Self,{{Cite web|url=http://will-self.com/category/short-stories-online/|title=Will Self reads The Shore for Pin Drop|website=Will Self|access-date=2018-05-02}} Maura Tierney, Graham Swift,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/short-stories-with-graham-swift|title=Pin Drop with Graham Swift. Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-27}} Sue Tilley,{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiowolfgang.com/s/soho-house-stories/sue-tilley|title=Sue Tilley at Pin Drop|website=Radio Wolfgang|access-date=2018-05-02}} Molly Parkin, Tuppence Middleton, David Nicholls, Ed Stoppard,{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/short-stories-with-william-boyd-and|title=Pin Drop with William Boyd and Ed Stoppard. Royal Academy of Arts.|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2018-02-27}} and Curtis Sittenfeld.
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External links
- [https://pindropstudio.com Official website]
Category:2012 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Arts organizations established in 2012
Category:British writers' organisations
Category:British salon-holders
Category:American salon-holders