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What began as a cozy nook on the corner of the internet, has quickly transformed into a global phenomenon. As of 2025, #BookTok has accumulated 370 billion views, with over 52 million creations jumping on board-skyrocketing bestsellers, reviving backlist titles and informing reading habits worldwide1.
The Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS) and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) have announced "a significant development" in the licensing of content for generative AI.
A pioneering alternative to the opt-out system proposed by the government is supported by publishers and writers and is set to be available for use this summer
Last month, I prompted Meta AI with a question: "Is it okay to use pirated books to train AI?" The machine's response was unequivocal. "Using pirated books to train AI is not okay," it admonished. "In fact, it's a serious violation of copyright laws and can have significant consequences for authors and publishers. Read more
The author of Beyond the Secret Lake, which won the Selfies Award, tells BookBrunch about her inspirations, research, and why she chose to self-publish
Open to all writers over 16.
Entry fee €15 per story
Prize:
1st prize €3,000, 2nd prize week-long writing retreat at Circle of Misse in France plus travel stipend, 3rd prize €1,000
The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished. The winners are chosen by a single judge each year, who reads the stories anonymously.
‘Storytelling is a form of resilience. Think of Scheherazade - for 1001 nights, with every story, she survives, lives a little but longer in the face of authoritarianism or tyranny. Stories give us hope and connect us. Sometimes this tradition is looked down upon or belittled, but I think our superstitions are the projections of our deepest fears... Read more
'Books are comforting, maybe especially when you're growing up, because reading a story that has a main character you can identify with, and - crucially - an ending you already know, is cathartic.'
Poets ‘are the great people in literature because they manage to gather thought and feeling, and intellectual and emotional intensity into words in a way that I haven't done in my writing...
'Storytelling is a form of resilience'
‘Storytelling is a form of resilience. Think of Scheherazade - for 1001 nights, with every story, she survives, lives a little but longer in the face of authoritarianism or tyranny. Stories give us hope and connect us. Sometimes this tradition is looked down upon or belittled, but I think our superstitions are the projections of our deepest fears... Read more