Tale of a Great Sham(e)Text is an electronic text inspired by the work of Anna Parnell (1852-1911). Anna Parnell led the Ladies’ Land League between 1881-1882, the first Irish female political organisation which, after the arrest of thirteen women in 1881, held a simultaneous meeting of between 400 and 500 branches of the Ladies’ Land League on 1st Jan 1882. She wrote a book about her experiences during that time, A Tale of a Great Sham, which was not published until 1986.

This work, which consists of a Twitter bot: @TaleOfAGreatSh1; a blog: https://taleofagreatshametext.wordpress.com; a GameScore at: http://www.fitchsounds.com/TGS/TGS.html; a YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK5ANXloQX8wu1YD2VupxHga; and a Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/taleofagreatshametext which is also the host for a Tale Of A Great Sham(e)Text Podcast. This transmedia text is a creative response to the work work of Anna Parnell.