Digital robber barons

A survey of 787 members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found that a third of translators and a quarter of illustrators have lost work to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Translators are also more likely to use AI to support their work, with 37% of respondents saying they have done so, followed by 25% of non-fiction writers.

I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives. I didn't want to ask them what famous author they want to have dinner with or what their top five favorite books are ... yech.  Read more

Novelist Louise Jensen on how her own experiences with the supernatural influenced her new novel, The Intruders

'Becoming an author has made me a more understanding and empathetic editor'  Read more

A tech sector dedicated to boiling things down has raised temperatures in some quarters of the publishing world