The Future of the Novel

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In my Mother’s Room
Reflections on the last few months
May 16, 2025 • Simon Okotie

March 2025

A London Guide to the Future of the Novel
Which books does your hometown take you to (on this World Book Day)?
Mar 6, 2025 • Simon Okotie
Laying a Paraboloid
AI and the Future of the Novel
Mar 1, 2025 • Simon Okotie

February 2025

AI and the future of the novel
by RLF Fellow Simon Okotie
Published on Royal Literary Fund • Feb 24, 2025

December 2024

Further dimensions in fiction
An interview with David Rose
Dec 8, 2024 • Simon Okotie

November 2024

My Writing Life: Simon Okotie
"You have to love writing it for its own sake."
Published on Royal Literary Fund • Nov 16, 2024
Creative Digest #11: recent reading and future writing
The latest edition of our departmental Substack looks at two recently published novels and the very future of the novel itself
Published on Creative Digest from City, University of London • Nov 5, 2024

October 2024

Down and Out in Lagos and London
The future of political fiction
Oct 20, 2024 • Simon Okotie
Not a kind of copying
Some thoughts on novelistic influence
Oct 2, 2024 • Simon Okotie

September 2024

Talking to themselves in the last person
On the disintegration of character
Sep 27, 2024 • Simon Okotie
Welcome to the Future!
Why I've started a Substack on the future of the novel
Sep 9, 2024 • Simon Okotie
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