{"id":21827,"date":"2014-10-23T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21827"},"modified":"2014-10-23T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:19:28","slug":"books-of-the-unexpected-going-beyond-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/23\/books-of-the-unexpected-going-beyond-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Books brought to life by art exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 392px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Culture_4_books_big_MU.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21832\" alt=\"\u201cBooks of the Unexpected\u201d offers a different perspective in the world of literature. Photo by Mair Unwin\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Culture_4_books_big_MU-392x312.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21832\" alt=\"\u201cBooks of the Unexpected\u201d offers a different perspective in the world of literature. Photo by Mair Unwin\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Culture_4_books_big_MU-392x312.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Books of the Unexpected offers a different perspective in the world of literature. Photo by Mair Unwin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Down at Craft in the Bay, Books of the Unexpected offers a new side to the world of books, proving that movies aren&#8217;t the only way to bring books to life.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition presents a variety of pieces inspired by books. It shows the artists\u2019 interpretations of the words they read into something visual, and have given them a new lease of life beyond the pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood stories are very sticky and stay with you long after the last page has been read,\u201d says Betty Pepper, one of the contributing artists who has a piece heavily inspired by Roald Dahl.\u00a0 \u201cI have always loved Roald Dahl and his stories are some of the stickiest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bookworm or not, \u201cBooks of the Unexpected\u201d is a library of imagination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is a book more than a book? 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