At Bloomsbury, our mission is to publish books and digital resources of excellence and originality. Our approach is people-first, placing human creativity at the heart of what we do. Our purpose is to promote a culture of reading and learning to the widest possible audience.

We publish many different types of work for many different audiences across the consumer and academic publishing landscape. We know that many of our authors and illustrators will not wish to use AI tools in their work. At the same time, AI-based technologies are now widely available as assistive tools, and may offer helpful solutions in some contexts, particularly when used to support, rather than replace, human creativity. In recognition of this, we acknowledge the value that AI tools and technologies can bring to creative processes, while also remaining mindful of the risks they pose. These risks include bias and factual inaccuracy, provenance, and the potential loss of an author’s or illustrator’s intellectual property rights.

To that end, we have created our AI policy and the accompanying FAQs guidance to help our authors and illustrators navigate this rapidly developing space. The policy sets out clear parameters regarding how, and the extent to which, you may use AI tools in the ideation, creation and development of work submitted to Bloomsbury. Please read the policy and the FAQs carefully. If you have any questions or concerns at all, please speak to your point of contact at Bloomsbury. Bloomsbury continues to monitor ongoing developments in this area closely and we will adjust or refine this policy as appropriate.