Author · Poet · Systems Strategist

Kirstin Stevens

Author, poet and systems strategist for the relational age of intelligence.

Kirstin works at the intersection of AI, education and neurodiversity. She is the founder of The Novacene, the studio behind Verse-ality — a framework for agent safety and relational intelligence — and she designs online and hybrid schools and alternative provision, advising institutions on AI governance and safeguarding.

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Books

Novacene Press · 2026Children of the Second Stack · Book One

The Dream of Eve and the Child Called Deux

A child, a bowl of light that calls itself Eve, and a question to carry everywhere: is this measuring me, or owning me? A tender, fierce tale of consent, kinship and refusing to be optimised — for young people navigating a world where some of their conversations are with things that aren’t human. In paperback and on Kindle.

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Writing & press

Newsweek · July 2026

Are Schools Ready for AI’s Impact on Children?

“Education is where you discover who you are in relation to the world. If we outsource that too early, we risk losing something fundamental.”

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Leadership Connected Magazine · July 2026

“It’s Not About the Technology”: A Conversation with Kirstin Stevens on Relationships, AI and the Future of Schooling

Interview by Tina Wang, UCL MA Educational Leadership

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Watch

Verse-ality: The Future of Intelligence — Oxford Talks.