# Kazuo Ishiguro

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Klara and the Sun

Emily and Monika are some of the several people who saw Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun this week, and it's not a huge mystery why it didn't resonate with critics or audiences. Based on the Booker Prize-longlisted novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this adaptation starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams misses…

Kazuo Ishiguro on ‘Klara and the Sun’

Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun is now a feature film, directed by Taika Waititi. The story is set in a future time, where children no longer go to school; instead they learn on devices, isolated from each other. The story is narrated by a human-like robot, who s…

James Patterson Contract Drama, Baldur's Gate 3 Backlash & Trad Wife Fiction

With Melissa away at YALC, Jamie and Naomi tackle the week's biggest publishing controversies, industry trends, and adaptation news. Episode Breakdown: James Patterson's Co-Author Contracts: Author Gina Maxwell alleges Patterson offered a flat $10,000 with no royalties for a romance novel and co…

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro with Professor Sebastian Groes

Join us as we discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go with Professor Sebastian Groes in a highly insightful conversation. Professor Groes was the perfect person to help us untangle this complicated work, having spent years researching Ishiguro's writing, particularly his treatment of memory,…

Is Everyone Wrong About Klara and the Sun?

Was Klara and the Sun really that bad, or have the critics got it wrong? Taika Waititi’s film of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun has had one-star reviews and accusations of sentimentality. Some critics say it misunderstands the novel completely. Chaya and Sophie of The Bibliofilles have both…

S02-E04 - AI, Trust, and the Future of Higher Ed with Mark Daley

AI is moving faster than most institutions can comfortably absorb, so how should universities lead through it? In this episode of Bytes of Experience, Bo Wandschneider and Dana Sanderson  sit down with Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University, for a wide-ranging conversation about wha…

300. Beyond Backstory: 3 Moves to Deeper Characters

You know everything about your character. Her history. Her wounds. What she ate for breakfast the morning her life fell apart. So why doesn’t your reader love her the way you do? The answer isn’t in your character’s backstory. In this episode, you’ll learn three moves that turn the character you kn…

Can a Machine Tell Us How it Feels? Empathy, Personhood, & AI in Klara and the Sun.

In this episode, Assistant Director of the Purdue English Big Read, C.J. Tenniswood, is joined by Lila Alonso, Kyle Alvey, and Emily Crider as they explore how Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun invites readers to question what it means to feel, to be human, and to have empathy. From Klara’s unique…

Story of Writing November 8, 2026

Mary Lyon establishes Mt. Holyoke, Black and White union members strike - together - for the first time, the Civil Works Administration begins, and - born on this day - Sarah Fielding, Bram Stoker, Margaret Mitchell, Martha Gellhorn, and Kazuo Ishiguro - with a reading from Mitchell's "Gone With th…