Reading Time: 2 minutes The Writing Platform is commissioning articles on how artificial intelligence is being used as a tool for writing for the screen and stage as well as how it is depicted on screen and stage. We are looking for articles that engage with the debates and concerns around generative AI and creativity and are keen to… Read more »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Regardless of whether you’re an emerging or established writer, it’s no secret how frustrating the writing process can be. Taika Waititi aptly sums it up in my favourite way, “What does writing actually mean? Sometimes writing is opening up your laptop, looking at a blank page for about eight hours, feeling sad, and closing it…” … Read more »
Reading Time: 4 minutes The UK creative industries are financial powerhouses, recognised internationally for writing, art, video games, film, television and other creative talent. For proof, you just need to look at the numbers. Government statistics show that the creative industries grew by 6.8% in 2022 and contributed £124.6bn to the national economy. That’s more than the UK car… Read more »
Reading Time: 2 minutes From generative writing tools to augmented publishing processes, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing and challenging the landscape of creative writing and publishing. To respond, MyWorld and Bath Spa University’s Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (CCCI) and Narrative and Emerging Technologies (NET) Lab have developed a series of free webinars, Writing with Technologies, to offers… Read more »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wednesday 2 July 2025 at Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus Now in its eighth year, Bath Spa University’s MIX has established itself as an innovative forum for the discussion and exploration of writing and technology, bringing together researchers, writers, technologists and practitioners from around the world to make, think and talk. After our unique collaboration… Read more »
Reading Time: 3 minutes From generative writing tools to augmented publishing processes, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing and challenging the landscape of creative writing and publishing. This free four-part webinar series, the second series of webinars from MyWorld and Bath Spa University’s Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (CCCI) and Narrative and Emerging Technologies (NET) Lab, offers an in-depth… Read more »
Reading Time: 6 minutes We were in lockdown when the final piece of the Ephemeral City puzzle fell into place. It was late 2021 and my book Ex Libris had been out for more than a year. Though it had been released at the height of the first pandemic wave, the idea of a novel made from recombinant chapters… Read more »
Reading Time: 2 minutes In this time of rapid technological advancement, the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative practices has become a focal point of academic research within MyWorld. Recognising the importance of this fast-evolving landscape, Bath Spa University’s Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (CCCI) and the Narrative and Emerging Technologies (NET) Lab recently curated the Writing with… Read more »
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the early stages of algorithmic creative writing, Christopher Strachey‘s love letter generator, developed in the 1950s using the first general-purpose electronic computer Ferranti Mark 1, stands as a pioneering effort. This early endeavour marked the genesis of a transformative journey that has unfolded through subsequent decades, shaping the landscape of creative expression in the… Read more »
Reading Time: 3 minutes What forms will literature and creative writing take ‘after AI’? And what will happen to the book? Will it survive as a medium? Or, like the Sony Walkman and Nokia mobile phone before it, will the printed codex move into obsolete retro-mode, having been replaced by functional iterations of itself in different states of mutation? … Read more »