Chronically Contemporary

The internet and books; every few years one is decried to be taking down the other, but what if we combined the powers of both?

For these writers, writing contemporary fiction means incorporating the contemporary world as it is – forums, social media and videos included. Booker Prize–longlisted author of Endling Maria Reva, Josh Silver, author of Fruit Fly, and National Book Award–longlisted author of Rejection Tony Tulathimutte discuss how digital media and contemporary culture infiltrates their work and how they are writing against the conventions of fiction.

Discuss the here and now with Maria, Josh and Tony, with Carody Culver.