The Bookseller & beyond

I write a monthly column for The Bookseller, the UK book trade's paper of record. The column explores how Allied Intelligence, creativity and technology intersect with publishing, culture and how we think. Some columns are behind The Bookseller's paywall; the links below will take you as far as they can.


The Bookseller Column

Slop, slush and sludge

The Bookseller · 3 June 2026

The mathematics of superabundance

The Bookseller · 28 April 2026

Book publishing, artificial intelligence and the science of surrender

The Bookseller · 30 March 2026

Can you hear the canary?

The Bookseller · 9 March 2026

Publishers as property managers

The Bookseller · 2 February 2026

The job market just voted on AI

The Bookseller · 12 December 2025

The revolution is in the conversation

The Bookseller · 7 October 2025

Converse, don't command

The Bookseller · 3 September 2025

From conflict to collaboration

The Bookseller · 1 July 2025

Publishers must be technology leaders

The Bookseller · 2025

Artificial intelligence: The new aesthetic

The Bookseller · 22 May 2025

Do we prefer aural?

The Bookseller · 23 April 2025

Building better brands

The Bookseller · 20 March 2025

A creative alliance

The Bookseller · 19 February 2025

Translating yourself

The Bookseller · 24 January 2025

Survival machines

The Bookseller · 28 November 2024

Cutting through the Babel

The Bookseller · 1 November 2024

Craft and creativity

The Bookseller · 3 October 2024


Academic & industry writing

Knowledge as Civic Infrastructure

Guest post · The Scholarly Kitchen (Society for Scholarly Publishing) · April 2026

AI in Our Lives: Reshaping Creativity and Learning

Peer-reviewed article · Interscript, University College London · March 2025

Editorial board member, JAISD

Journal of AI for Sustainable Development · Published under the auspices of UNESCO and IRCAI


Public evidence

Written evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee

UK Parliament, inquiry on large language models · Reference LLM0021 · September 2023