The Interview: David Szalay on why AI won’t be able to replace authors
David Szalay is being shepherded between press engagements at Sydney Writers’ Festival. In 2025 the Hungarian-British author won…
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Comedian Shaun Micallef has been thinking a lot about how “transactional” the world can be. It led him…
As Adelaide Writers’ Week is cancelled, what is the future of writers’ festivals in Australia?
Rosemarie Milsom, the founding director of Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF), is always apprehensive before launching their program. “You’re…
Is AI our modern-day Frankenstein? Jeanette Winterson and Toby Walsh
Everything humans do is a fiction until it is a fact: flying, space travel, communicating instantly across time…