“Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath

S3E98 Today's special episode of Ear Read This was recorded on location in Portobello Library, where Ash interviewed novelist Alice Thompson about artificial intelligence, the effect of Edinburgh on the imagination of a writer and the influence of Sylvia Plath. 

For copies of books mentioned in the podcast please visit Salt Publishing: 

https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/chimera-9781784632540?srsltid=AfmBOoqcVviTu-PSkktp9HMgUK6lSgCGgxLZ48NqRlu-2CDT-vU5Ab0J

Or Portobello Bookshop: 

https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/contributed-by/alice-thompson

And to read my review of Alice's latest novel, Chimera: 

https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2024/02/07/a-shipload-of-symbolic-freight-on-chimera-by-alice-thompson/

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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