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AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI

Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September

‘Every kind of creative discipline is in danger’: Lincoln Lawyer author on the dangers of AI

Michael Connelly says tech is moving so fast that he feared his new novel would seem ‘archaic’ before it was published

Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches

As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors

AI could never replace my authors. But, without regulation, it will ruin publishing as we know it

Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught, says literary agent Jonny Geller

Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks

More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the best

How the far right seeks to spread its ideology through the publishing world

Efforts raise questions about the far right’s place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administration

I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft

Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heist

‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements

Authors asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’ system

James Bond nightclubs, vodka, aftershave: 007 writer on the spy’s future with Amazon

As the Bond franchise heads to the online giant, thriller author William Boyd foresees a slew of spin-offs and says AI is not a threat to human screenwriters

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

More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to ­wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’

Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrong

‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon

Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers’ platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

US Authors Guild to certify books from ‘human intellect’ rather than AI

The Human Authored online portal allows members to register their book and use a specially designed logo on covers and promotional materials

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  • Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
  • ‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site
  • Australia social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?
  • Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?
  • Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
  • Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds
  • The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working
  • Steve Cropper obituary
  • Is your relationship solid – or sinking? The bird theory thinks it knows
  • ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage
  • Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review – inept game-based horror is one of the year’s worst
  • Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
  • HyperVerse promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ accuses Australian Sam Lee in US court of duping him with ‘elaborate deception’
  • Tom Felton: ‘I agree with Barbie – blonds have more fun’
  • Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories
  • The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
  • ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn
  • Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks
  • TV Tonight: celebrating two of the best Christmas films ever
  • ‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era
  • Instagram and Facebook begin shutting down accounts as Australia’s under-16s social media ban looms
  • Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can’t help
  • ‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds
  • Doom, gloom … and Belle Gibson? The top Google searches in Australia in 2025
  • Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?
  • ‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy
  • Oh. What. Fun. review – Michelle Pfeiffer leads Amazon’s underbaked Christmas turkey
  • India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app
  • Mr Men and Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

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