Jeanette Winterson on Aladdin, Frankenstein and artificial intelligence
In an interview with the French outlet En attendant Nadeau, the British writer discusses her new wide-ranging essay Aladdin et moi, out as part of this year's rentrée littéraire.
Jeanette Winterson has published a new essay, Aladdin et moi, arriving in French bookstores as part of the 2026 rentrée littéraire. According to En attendant Nadeau, which interviewed the writer, the book ranges widely: from One Thousand and One Nights to Winterson's own body of work, by way of Dracula and, more unexpectedly, artificial intelligence.
The outlet describes the essay as offering a highly personal view of the present, with Winterson using the tale of Aladdin as a starting point to reflect on storytelling, technology and where they might be heading. The interview also touches on her long engagement with Gothic and fantastical literature, threading Frankenstein and vampire fiction into a conversation about how new tools like AI are reshaping the way stories get told.
No French publisher, release date or further details of the book's content were given in the source material.
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