Kester Brewin

Category: Writing

  • Supporting creative futures in arts, culture and AI…

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    Was great to chair this panel at the British Library as part of the official AI Fringe a couple of weeks ago. The panel featured ex-Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Thangham Debbonaire, who will shortly be joining the House of Lords, alongside: Victoria Ivanova, R&D Strategic Lead, Serpentine GalleriesSuhair Khan, Founder…

  • 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…

  • New Year: Resolution?

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    I’ve been asked a few times – more than last year, it feels, subjectively – what New Year’s resolutions I have. A couple of times in, having dismissed the question, it was asked by my writing group. Well, when a group of writers ask, people you’ve opened your notebooks too (a place more vulnerable than…

  • 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.

  • BlueSky (ex-X)

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    Hardly some great act of activism, but I do not think that Elon Musk is a good person to be wielding power like he does with ownership of X / Twitter. So, I’m out. You can find me on BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/kesterbrewin.bsky.social Fortunate to have gathered an audience there already of over 1000 people. I…