If you’re a writer, should the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence worry you? Or is AI more likely to actually enhance your writing? This fascinating book charts the recent history of AI-driven ‘story machines’, probing their strengths and weaknesses, and what they can tell us about the creative writing process."

Heart breaking and then heart mending. Bradington Bay is a story of family legacy and the minefield that is adolescence as a gay man in a largely homophobic world. This is the type of redemptive story needed today more than ever.’

The Story Machine read by Tom McLaughlin

With well developed characters and fast paced plot, Bradington Bay explores themes of sexuality, friendship and love, all within the expanse of a road trip.’

I worked for Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, and am now Manager of Literary Dundee, which sits within the University of Dundee and involves running a year-round programme, a literary festival, a book prize, and a publication. I like to think I’m trying to get people excited about books by producing events that they’ll like, by leading book groups, by trying to remove barriers. If you’ve never been then a book festival is quite an intimidating prospect. So I try to do events in bizarre venues. Or put on free food so the event is leading with the idea of food and drink and then there’s an author in addition.Powerful storytelling, unforgettable characters and a moving journey. A fantastic debut.’ 5 Star review in BookswithDanSamEnd My granny was the big reader in my childhood. She would go to the library once a fortnight and for each of these trips she would get her hair and nails done – she was glam like that! She’d take out a big fat Stephen King or eight, read them in a fortnight, and get more two weeks later. She would drag me along, and after the library we would go and have a sausage roll – I had beans on mine – and I would borrow books to read and swap and share with my friends. Story Machine is committed to putting the environment first. This book is printed using processes that are: Many companies are experimenting with AI,” said Kaplan. “But most are in the R&D stage. We’re excited to partner with Robot Invader to leverage the Story Machine platform that our customers can deploy today to bring generative 2D content to the metaverse.”

One of the theories that we had is that it’s going to be pretty pivotal to make it much cheaper to produce metaverse content,” said Kaplan. “The idea of Story Machine and Robot Invader is the idea of leveraging generative art. But we are still providing the tooling around a no-code environment for how you bring together the game context.” Story machine will let creators create without needing to learn how to code or draw. We want to be humble in our approach, but we believe this is disruptive,” Dai said. Different kinds of content Weili Dai is cofounder and executive chair of MeetKai and Story Machine. Story Machine was founded in 2018. We create unforgettable experiences for readers and writers. We publish exciting new writing. We help artists develop their practice. And we create unforgettable live experiences. Our productions are like no book event you’ve seen before. The past 18 months have given us a chance to reflect on how we operate as a publisher. After much discussion and consideration we are excited to announce that we will be joining under the umbrella of Story Machine. ‘ I couldn’t put it down. It’s so beautifully written and incredibly sensitive. Such a powerful, important book, which I predict is going to be an instant hit.’Sally-Anne Lomas lives in Norfolk. She is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Creative Director of the Cloth of Kindness health and well-being textile art project. She runs writing and movement for well-being workshops. One of the most valuable features of the book is its rich presentation of examples. Readers come away having read nearly 100 instances of mechanically and computationally generated stories, which provide a clear sense of the variety of approaches and the kind of story they produce. Readers are even invited at several moments to experiment with these methods themselves. The authors also integrate computer-generated prose into the book’s text, which serves as a frequent reminder that the act of reading may shift and transform as automation and authorship converge in different ways." I remember going on a school trip to York aged eight with a terrible haircut and a Secret Seven book in my bag – I think it was Seven Go to the Island. We were in this old school which had bunkbeds and I was there with my three best mates and we were having a grand old time. I remember the date was the 7 thMay because in the book it was the 7 thMay too, and I thought that was incredible. That fiction and reality could overlap like that. Even now at the age of 33 if I’m on a train and we’re on a train in the book, it somehow seems more special. And if I’m reading that a character bites her nails I’ll do that. Or if someone in a book gives somebody the stink-eye, I’ll be doing the stink-eye to myself. I guess it’s like mirroring in a conversation with someone, only with an inanimate object.

Ready-to-play Tonie figures comes pre-loaded with songs and stories from your favourite characters. Take bedtime stories wherever you travel with Audiobook Tonies from Disney and Julia Donaldson, or dance along to Music Tonies with fun songs. Each hand-painted Tonie features a cute character design for playtime on and off the Toniebox. Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art." Toniebox kids’ speakers replace over-stimulating screens with simple tactile controls. And once a bedtime story has finished, the Toniebox will automatically turn itself off and go to sleep. Easy, screen-free bedtimes is just one reason this kids’ audio speaker is loved by parents.A stunning, immersive experience that carries you thousands of miles from Millennium Plain to the Antarctic wilds, and reminds you of everything we have to lose if we don’t take better care of our planet’ Sarah Bower All our books will now be printed by Seacourt– the most planet-positive printer in the world. They use a waterless and chemical-free process, 100% renewable energies, and direct zero waste to landfill. The entire printing process has no negative carbon impact, and actually offsets the entire carbon footprint plus 10% by investing in aClimateCare programme delivering social, economic, and environmental benefits in Brazil.