Adventures in Publishing-Land: AI Settlement in Trouble, Cosy Crime Debate & Publishing Gimmicks

Watch as a full video on YouTube On this week's episode we share some exciting awards news involving Tariq and Marco (both winners at the recent Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival!), Nadine reveals a new cover (check her instagram to see it!), plus we discuss the latest in the Anthropic settlement, wonder about whether cosy crime is a reductive term, and in the wake of the Evelyn Clark author reveal, wonder whether marketing gimmicks work for the general public. Plus, Nadine finds another strange story to inspire some fiction, and we pay tribute to Robert Redford with a discussion of our favourite movies featuring him. 00:00 Intro 00:26 Bloody Scotland Prize Winners! 05:26 Is the Anthropic AI settlement in trouble? 17:38 Richard Osman says "cosy crime" is a reductive term - is he right? 28:01 Evelyn Clark reveal - are hidden author reveals marketing genius or gimmicks? 38:22 Off Script - Nadine finds another stranger than fiction story for inspiration 44:56 Off Script - Robert Redford - Our Favourite Movies Links: Judge stalls Anthropic settlement Sign up for Anthropic settlement Richard Osman says cosy crime is reductive Evelyn Clark reveal Nadine's Stranger Than Fiction story Adventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer's Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more! Follow us on Bluesky Follow us on Instagram We’d love to hear your thoughts. Take a moment to complete The Conversation survey and share your views about the podcast. http://bit.ly/theconversationwithnadinematheson-survey "Enjoying 'The Conversation'? Support the podcast by buying me a cup of coffee ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/nadinematheson Purchase books by the featured authors through my affiliate shop on Bookshop.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.