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Harry Potter TV SeriesFrom Deadline: At its Max streaming event in April 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The...
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Strong PassionsFrom The Wall Street Journal: Peter Strong’s marriage to his young wife, Mary, had not been particularly happy over the previous few months....
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The Literary MemoirNon-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story...
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It’s the End of the Web as We Know ItFrom The Wall Street Journal The web is in crisis, and artificial intelligence is to blame. For decades, seeking knowledge online has...
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ConsensusPG Note: Consensus is an AI that, among other things, works to make certain its answers are more reliable than other AI programs produce. The...
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Were it left to me to decideWere it left to me to decide if we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a...
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Writing and Music: a Not-So-Odd CouplingFrom Writer Unboxed: As some of you may already know, in addition to being a highly sought-after shirtless model for romance novel covers, I...
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The Pursuit of HappinessFrom The Wall Street Journal: Jeffrey Rosen spent the Covid lockdowns of 2020 reading various treatises by Xenophon, Seneca, Cicero, John...
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Florida school requires parental consent for pupils to listen to Black author’s bookFrom The Guardian: A Florida school has received backlash after it required parents to provide written consent allowing their children to...
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On the Future Of NewspapersFrom The Falls Church News-Press: “The internet dissected your daily newspaper into its constituent parts, letting readers find the...
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One of the penaltiesOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
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Art is always politicalFrom The Bookseller: On Tuesday, Arts Council of England (ACE) released a statement about the organisation’s funding policy. You have all...
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The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect todayFrom The Verge: The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has officially gone into effect. Starting on August 25th, 2023, tech giants...
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OpenAI’s Video Generator Sora Is Breathtaking, Yet TerrifyingFrom Gizmodo: OpenAI introduced Sora, its premier text-to-video generator, on Thursday with beautiful, shockingly realistic videos showcasing...
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How to write the perfect plot twist: Anthony Horowitz’s 5 top tipsFrom Penguin UK: It’s fair to say that Anthony Horowitz knows his way around a killer plotline. The bestselling author has not only...
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To writeTo write is human, to edit is divine. Stephen King
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In defence of grumpy old men. The publishing world needs cantankerous codgersFrom Unherd: In every culture, in every era, you will find the archetype of the cantankerous old man. He’s ubiquitous in cinema — the aged,...
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The Loss of Things I Took for GrantedFrom Slate: As a college educator, I am confronted daily with the results of that conspiracy-without-conspirators. I have been teaching in...
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If this was a normal coverIf this was a normal cover for a normal book, I would tell it’s FANTASTIC!GRIPPING! (according to all book covers they’re fantastic...
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6 Important Lessons from Covers of Critically Acclaimed BooksFrom The Book Designer: A book cover is one of the biggest marketing tools a book has—especially in libraries and bookstores. While many...
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Why Some Are More Equal Than OthersFrom Literary Review: The Remigia cave, about eighty miles north of Valencia, features paintings dating from around 6500 BC. Some depict...
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Writing Rules That Beg to Be BrokenFrom Jane Friedman: The following are some of the so-called rules of writing fiction that I take a special delight in breaking. Creative...
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Judge rejects most ChatGPT copyright claims from book authorsFrom Ars Technica: A US district judge in California has largely sided with OpenAI, dismissing the majority of claims raised by authors...
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AI Companies Take Hit as Judge Says Artists Have ‘Public Interest’ In Pursuing LawsuitsFrom Art News: Artists have secured a small but meaningful win in their lawsuit against generative artificial intelligence art generators in...
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A Fundamental HumilityWhat you need is a fundamental humility – the belief that you can learn from anyone. Clayton Christensen
