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Paul Graham Raven

Paul is a writer, researcher and consulting critical and creative futures practitioner. He lives in Malmö with a cat, some guitars, and too many books.

the circus comes to town

the circus comes to town

Hello, worldbuilders! This is your weekly newsthingy... and we're gonna start with An Actual Announcement. Talk and workshop: The Conference, Malmö, Mon 26th August 2024 I will be giving a talk entitled Wisdom for worldbuilders: fictions, futures, fandoms on the morning of Mon 26th August. Said talk is

week 32 / 2024

week 32 / 2024

Malmöfestivalen and the rain have arrived in town at the same time; who will win? We ask this and much much more in this week's Worldbuilding Agency weeknotes... now in an exciting new format!

it isn't the phones (but it isn't not the phones)

it isn't the phones (but it isn't not the phones)

Let's clamber into the express elevator with Karl Schroeder, and have a little think about EVs and the Doomscroll. Mind the doors!

null but not void

null but not void

Hello, worldbuilders! What's been happening at Worldbuilding Agency this week? No essay or interview Um, yeah—bit of an absence at the middle of the week, wasn't there? Sorry about that. There's an interview in the pipe, but it's awaiting approval from

week 31 / 2024

week 31 / 2024

This week: weeknotes go meta!

bite the dog days that bit you

bite the dog days that bit you

Low humour in high summer... or is it the other way around? Anyway, here's what happened at Worldbuilding Agency this week.

week 30 / 2024

week 30 / 2024

This week: in defense of theory, by way of Daoism... and against the imperatives of branding one's work and oneself.