Articles by Kate Pullinger

Will AI Destroy Great Writing? 

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: 4 minutes Is a still image generated by artificial intelligence a photograph, a snapshot of what the AI tool ‘sees’ online, or is it something else entirely? Can the copyright of a film script drafted by AI be owned by the human who prompted it? Will graphic artists and creative writers soon find their labour is no… Read more »


Call for Writers

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: < 1 minute     The Writing Platform offers a unique environment to publish writing that focuses on non-traditional. We publish at the intersection between technology and writing and support sharing knowledge that is underrepresented in traditional academic publishing.  TWP connects you with your community of artists, scholars, and publishers and provides the capacity for high impact publishing…. Read more »

Breathe – a digital ghost story

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: 3 minutes What happens when a story comes to you where you are reading? What new types of storytelling are made possible when narrative accesses technology to personalise itself to you? Breathe is a digital ghost story to be read on your phone. It tells the story of a young woman, Flo, who can communicate with the… Read more »

Call for Academic Articles

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Writing Platform offers a unique environment to publish academic writing that focuses on non-traditional research outputs and non-traditional research methods. We publish at the intersection between technology and writing and support sharing knowledge that is underrepresented in traditional academic publishing.  TWP connects you with your community of scholars and provides the capacity for high… Read more »

Landing Gear Online

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2001 I read an article in the Guardian newspaper that told the story of a body landing in a supermarket car park in southwest London. Two investigative journalists tracked down the identity of the dead man; he was a young Pakistani who had bought – actually paid money to someone – into the myth… Read more »

Inanimate Alice: Her Unexpected Rise from Marketing Tool to Pedagogical Blockbuster

Kate Pullinger

Reading Time: 5 minutes In 2006 Chris Joseph and I were commissioned to create a series of interactive stories for a marketing campaign for a feature film that didn’t exist.  From that inauspicious beginning, Inanimate Alice has gone on to become one of the most popular digital stories for educators around the world, from primary to doctoral level.  How… Read more »