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Naomi Alderman: ‘A writer’s job is courage. You’ve got to be as honest as you can”

The bestselling author of The Power talks about her new techno-thriller, coping with grief and finding hope in the darkest of stories

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self: Hilary Mantel's final book is a reminder of the many stories she still had to tell

In A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing, Hilary Mantel writes: “There is no failed writing, only work pending.” She’s referring to the 97 notebooks that she kept in a wooden box. Mantel promised: “There is nothing I won’t say, only what I haven’t said yet.”

The Conversation · Oct 19, 2023

Margaret Atwood Reviews a “Margaret Atwood” Story by AI

Plus a poem that a chatbot took ten seconds to write

The Walrus · Oct 5, 2023

Iowa school district banned books based on ChatGPT’s advice

The banned books include ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

US school board uses AI to ban books, including Margaret Atwood’s

ChatGPT is being used to help identify books to ban in school libraries over in the US

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023

Authors are resisting AI with petitions and lawsuits. But they have an advantage: we read to form relationships with writers

The first waves of AI-generated text have writers and publishers reeling.

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2023

9,000 authors rebuke AI companies, saying they exploited books as 'food' for chatbots

More than 9,000 authors are calling out the tech companies behind generative AI in an open letter that states there is an inherent injustice in exploiting copyright-protected works to train chatbots without consent, credit or compensation.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2023

Margaret Atwood, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and thousands of authors sign an open letter to AI leaders

Over 8,000 authors including Booker-winners Margaret Atwood and George Saunders, and bestselling writers Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Egan, among others have signed an open letter to Generative AI Leaders asking them to seek permission, give due credits and fairly compensate writers for using their copyrighted works to train AI.

The Times of India · Jul 20, 2023

Authors call for AI companies to stop using their work without consent

Margaret Atwood, Viet Thanh Nguyen and 8,000 others have signed an open letter asking that permission is obtained and compensation given when a writer’s work is used by AI

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Thousands of writers demand AI stop using work without permission

Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Franzen and James Patterson among signatories of Authors Guild-organised letter.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2023