‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

Nine-year-old girls reciting the gnomic prose of Don DeLillo – it sounds like an extreme English detention, but for film-maker Ben Rivers this was the foundation of his new movie, and the... Read more »
‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 | Books

‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 | Books

Recently I was at a film event where I was introduced to a big producer by a very nice actor. The actor said, “this is Patrick, he has a debut novel coming... Read more »
‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work | AI (artificial intelligence)

Thousands of authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman have published an “empty” book to protest against AI firms using their work without permission. About 10,000 writers have contributed to... Read more »
‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 | Books

Arts Council England faces legal threat over magazine’s withdrawal of poet’s work | Books

A poet is threatening Arts Council England (ACE) with legal action after a magazine it funds withdrew her work from publication based on her “social media presence”, which she believes refers to... Read more »
‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell review – a landmark appraisal of the great novelist’s work | Toni Morrison

I have waited years for this book. But before I tell you what it is, I had better tell you what it is not. On Morrison is not a biography. Except for scattered references,... Read more »
‘Read this and you will be happier’: experts pick the self-help books that really work | Books

‘Read this and you will be happier’: experts pick the self-help books that really work | Books

Books to help you … Find love Chosen by Philippa PerryAmir Levine’s Secure, to be published in April, is grounded in attachment theory, in which there are four main styles of bonding:... Read more »
More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work | Books

More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work | Books

More than half of published novelists in the UK believe artificial intelligence could eventually replace their work entirely, according to a new report from the University of Cambridge. The study, conducted for... Read more »
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen and other creatives urge government | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michael Rosen and other creatives urge government | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen ­copyright rules, some of the UK’s leading cultural figures have said.... Read more »
More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work | Books

Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’ | David Szalay

David Szalay, 51, grew up in London and now lives in Vienna with his wife, having previously moved in 2009 to Hungary, his father’s birthplace. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the... Read more »
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