Black Books asks writers to sign AI agreements

Australian writers and literary agents are worried after Black Books asked its authors to consent to their work being used to train artificial intelligence, according to The Guardian. I have made a few editorial comments in the text. This story should come under the heading of What the Fuck! But that’s too crude. Black Books…

Gaiman cancelled amid sex abuse allegations

Popular UK speculative fiction writer Neil Gaiman has been ‘cancelled’ following allegations of sexual assault. Eight women have accused Gaiman of sexual assault. The allegations first surfaced when two of the accusers spoke out on the British podcast Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman in July 2024. The women have not gone to the police and charges…

Georgia Blain

I’m not a big fan of the domestic drama, where there’s a maddie in the family, an absent father, a mother who has dementia, an unfulfilled love affair, and scene setting in Fitzroy, Bondi or St Kilda. I’m not a against people writing this stuff – and I blame bloody Helen Garner for starting this…