Join hosts Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about TikTok, Booktrovert, Meta, and training AI on copyright books. Then, stick around for a chat with Ewan Morrison!
Ewan Morrison: Described as the ‘most fluent and intelligent Scottish writer of his generation’ by Booker Prize judge Stuart Kelly, Ewan Morrison is an award winning novelist and screenwriter and an essayist. Morrison’s writing has been praised by renowned authors Lionel Shriver, Ian Rankin, Fay Weldon, Douglas Coupland, James Frey, Irvine Welsh, James Robertson, Luke Rhinehart and Hanif Kureishi among others.
Ewan’s eighth book, the ‘darkly comic thriller’, HOW TO SURVIVE EVERYTHING was published by Contraband in the UK in 2021, and in the US with Harper Perennial in 2022. It tells the story of a teenage girl who is abducted by her survivalist father, who believes that a world ending pandemic has begun.
In November 2022, the book was optioned for a TV series and developed by Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers, Pieces of Her), Fifth Season & Kindling Pictures.
Check It Out!
Ewan Morrison: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/
For Emma: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/
NetGalley Launches Consumer Marketing Platform, Booktrovert
https://pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/wts/uc%5Ecn92hyTaq3Eyd89-6%7C%5E3QzBbB4m%7Er6Cr2L4c
TikTok Owner ByteDance to Shutter 8th Note Press Imprint https://pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/wts/uc%5Ecn92hyTaq3Eyd89Eq%7C%5E3QzBbB4m%7Er6Cr2L4c
Judge in Anthropic Case Rules That Training AI on Copyright Books Without Permission is Fair Use – https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/federal-judge-rules-copyrighted-books-are-fair-use-ai-training-rcna214766
Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch – https://www.wired.com/story/meta-scores-victory-ai-copyright-case
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James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Dick Wybrow – https://www.dickwybrow.com/
JP Rindfleisch: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/en-cad
Ewan Morrison: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/
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