Kester Brewin

Category: Books

  • Yes, the audiobook for God-like is coming…

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    Thanks to everyone who’s requested this. Obviously, I’ve taken the pirate approach… taking control of the means of production… 🏴‍☠️ … but I’m fortunate to have some good audio production resources built up with various work projects and band stuff over the years. It’s actually quite enjoyable to do… but will require some honing, so…

  • Street-level innovation & Building meso-narratives.

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    Really good report out this week from an excellent acquaintance, Rachel Coldicutt, who runs Careful Industries. It is possible to rapidly spark a culture of inclusive innovation across the UK, that begins in neighbourhoods and forms a golden network of locally rooted community incubator organisations, supported by long-term investment and clear success measures. As well…

  • God-like ‘most compelling radical theology text I have read’

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    Many thanks to Tripp Fuller for including God-Like in his top 20 reads for 2024. Thrilled to have that generous support for the book from someone who reads a LOT, and is an all round very smart thinker too. Some great other books on the list too – including my friend Tad Delay’s excellent exploration…

  • AI and the Novel

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    I’ve been thinking a bit about Generative AI and the particular form of writing that is the novel. And the more I think about it, I’m becoming convinced that the novel – which is an exceptionally distilled form of creativity, one that takes perhaps the longest time of any art form, and is ultimately created…

  • Happy George Saunders Day

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    It is the 10th of December. If you’re not a celebrant, get this book now. It’ll change your year, I promise. If you’re a writer, or interested in the craft, I highly recommend his book of his course on the Russian masters. It’s wonderful.

  • God-Like in Frome

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    Brilliant time down in Somerset on Friday presenting on the book to a packed church in Whatley, just outside Frome. The event was the first in a series using the space to consider challenging contemporary questions. The regular congregation is quite small I was told, but village life is thriving, and they are using the…