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Half of UK authors fear AI could replace them – what my new research suggests about the future of the novel

Back in 2023, I was completing my doctorate on AI and gender bias and my debut novel, Something About Her, had just been published. It was also the year that many prominent authors including Jodi Picoult, John Grisham and George R.R. Martin filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using their…

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The uptick in book banning has spread to the stage. Jodi Picoult is hitting back

The superintendent of Mississinewa High School in Indiana canceled a production of ‘Between the Lines’

The Independent UK

Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read

From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present

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Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves

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In brief: Powsels and Thrums; By Any Other Name; The Politics of Time – review

An evocative collection of writings from the great Alan Garner; a frenetic tale of literary misogyny featuring Shakespeare’s ‘Dark Lady’; and a progressive new way to look at work and time

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By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult review – Shakespeare was a woman

Through a modern playwright and a Tudor figure, the bestselling American author creates a dual narrative about the erasure of women’s creativity

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She has sold an estimated 40 million books.

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Abigail Breslin Pays Tribute To My Sisters Keeper Co-Star Evan Ellingson After His Death At 35

After the death of My Sister’s Keeper’s Evan Ellingson, Abigail Breslin pays tribute to her late co-star.

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George R.R. Martin and other top authors take on OpenAI

Literary stars including the Game of Thrones author, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, and Jonathan Franzen, sue OpenAI over copyright.

Fortune

John Grisham and George RR Martin among authors suing OpenAI for ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin allege that ChatGPT has committed ‘flagrant and harmful’ copyright infringement

The Independent UK

John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

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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.

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Neil Gaiman comforts debut author after two people show up to her book signing

‘I have sat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach… and ask me where the bathroom is,’ commented author Jodi Picoult

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Debut author comforted by Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman after two people showed up to her book-signing

‘I have sat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach… and ask me where the bathroom is,’ commented author Jodi Picoult

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan and The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse.

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The Book Thief review – assured and courageous musical adaptation of global bestseller

The paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult

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