But I think the breakthrough for me was with Roald Dahl. I can remember getting a book token as a present and buying George’s Marvellous Medicineand reading it in a velveteen beanbag in my grandparents’ house. I read it all in one sitting which was the first time I had ever done that. A lot of Roald Dahl’s books spoke to me. His language, these great escapades the characters get into. But it was probably Matildathat I most related to – I thought she was the bees knees and that I might be a bit like her. In my ecosystem, I always have the passion to empower the young generation with creativity, for education, to express themselves now with another choice of Story Machine,” said Dai. “I think we can serve the masses with this technology and its affordable costs. We’re very excited. This is why we are launching at the Game Developers Conference.” Story Machine was founded in 2018. We create unforgettable experiences for readers and writers. We publish exciting new writing. We help artists develop their practice. And we create unforgettable live experiences. Our productions are like no book event you’ve seen before.

I remember going on a school trip to York aged eight with a terrible haircut and a Secret Seven book in my bag – I think it was Seven Go to the Island. We were in this old school which had bunkbeds and I was there with my three best mates and we were having a grand old time. I remember the date was the 7 thMay because in the book it was the 7 thMay too, and I thought that was incredible. That fiction and reality could overlap like that. Even now at the age of 33 if I’m on a train and we’re on a train in the book, it somehow seems more special. And if I’m reading that a character bites her nails I’ll do that. Or if someone in a book gives somebody the stink-eye, I’ll be doing the stink-eye to myself. I guess it’s like mirroring in a conversation with someone, only with an inanimate object. Powerful storytelling, unforgettable characters and a moving journey. A fantastic debut.’ 5 Star review in BookswithDanSamEndAn amazing wonderful experience!! The sound of the wind – all so atmospheric! I Loved the hut!!’ Audience member, Norwich Why do I read? Because it’s such a pleasurable thing to do. That an inanimate object can interact with you so that you cry or laugh without anything changing in the real world. That you can read a thing and want to vomit. That Joey in Friends can want to put The Shiningin the freezer to be physically away from it. One of the theories that we had is that it’s going to be pretty pivotal to make it much cheaper to produce metaverse content,” said Kaplan. “The idea of Story Machine and Robot Invader is the idea of leveraging generative art. But we are still providing the tooling around a no-code environment for how you bring together the game context.” Story machine will let creators create without needing to learn how to code or draw.

I adored Malory Towers, The Secret Seven, The Famous Five. The Twins at St Clare’sleft me looking at my life in comparison to theirs in this posh boarding school and their picnics with constant lashings of ginger beer and big fat pies. Blyton writes an impossible-to-match picnic! The Story Machine project has been underway for about a year, said Love. Story Machine helps you create games using generative AI. I attended an event with Deirdre Madden – she had edited a collection of Irish short stories called All Over Ireland and was reading bits of Colm Tóibín and Mary Morrissey. She wanted people to hear it so she could hone in on the bits she especially liked. There was a great line from the Morrissey story ‘Emergency’ where a fighter plane crashes and the parachute ‘faints’ behind the tree. Well that’s just gorgeous. That event had a flavour of close reading. It wasn’t intimidating or scary, people seemed to enjoy it. How can we ensure that the beauty in books, the thing that makes them memorable, is retained in an event? That’s a challenge I feel keenly. Sarah Power of National Centre of Writing says: ‘We are delighted to be a partner organisation for WORKING WELL, bringing creativity into the health environment, and challenging the notion that formal arts, such as writing is only for certain sectors of society. By working with NHS staff, we are excited to follow the impact on the participants and add to the growing evidence base that creative participation and activity is a vital health and wellbeing benefit for all.’ Ready-to-play Tonie figures comes pre-loaded with songs and stories from your favourite characters. Take bedtime stories wherever you travel with Audiobook Tonies from Disney and Julia Donaldson, or dance along to Music Tonies with fun songs. Each hand-painted Tonie features a cute character design for playtime on and off the Toniebox.If you’re a writer, should the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence worry you? Or is AI more likely to actually enhance your writing? This fascinating book charts the recent history of AI-driven ‘story machines’, probing their strengths and weaknesses, and what they can tell us about the creative writing process." In Story Machines, two pioneers of creative artificial intelligence explore the design and impact of AI story generators. The book covers three themes: language generators that compose coherent text, storyworlds with believable characters, and AI models of human storytellers. Providing examples of story machines through the ages, it covers the history, recent developments, and future implications of automated story generation. Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art."

Kaplan said generative AI could be used for localization, sound effects or dialogue. Story Machine creates a set of flows that guide a creator so the likelihood of creating something useful is higher.

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Story Machine and Gatehouse Press are delighted to announce that we have merged to create a bigger publisher able to do more to support talented new writers into print.All our books will now be printed by Seacourt– the most planet-positive printer in the world. They use a waterless and chemical-free process, 100% renewable energies, and direct zero waste to landfill. The entire printing process has no negative carbon impact, and actually offsets the entire carbon footprint plus 10% by investing in aClimateCare programme delivering social, economic, and environmental benefits in Brazil. We are confident you will continue to enjoy the quality new writing we publish. Our most recent books are: A masterful and highly accessible overview of exciting developments in computer-generated literature by two experts in the field." We just want to leverage things and lower the barrier of entry for people being able to create,” Kaplan said.