‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refuge The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Authors shocked to find AI ripoffs of their books being sold on Amazon Book spamming, sometimes with multiple bogus titles going online in one day, has hit writers like Rory Cellan-Jones The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023
Self-publishers must declare if content sold on Amazon’s site is AI-generated Retailer announces new rules for its Kindle Direct Publishing forum after complaints about AI-produced works being sold under human writers’ names The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023
Society of Authors calls use of bad reviews for book blurbs ‘morally questionable’ After several critics complained of being quoted out of context on the covers of Jordan Peterson’s new book, the industry body has spoken out against the practice The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 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
Writers’ earnings have plummeted – with women, Black and mixed race authors worst hit Research shows that the income of professional authors averages only £7,000 in the UK, making the profession ‘inaccessible and unsustainable’ to most The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022
‘I would not be free to express my opinion’: Philip Pullman steps down as Society of Authors president Move comes in the wake of writer’s controversial comments about Kate Clanchy’s book Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022