Version Zero: David Yoon’s Takedown of the Digital World

Hong Kong International Literary Festival
  • Sat 13-11-2021 11:00 AM - 1 h

The Jockey Club Studio Theatre


Live:
$100 (Adult)
$70 (Student)

Online Streaming:
$50 (Adult)
$35 (Student)

Synopsis

How can we save ourselves from the perils of the virtual world?  What would happen if someone rebooted the internet?  In his first adult novel, bestselling YA romcom author David Yoon draws on his decades in the tech industry to satirise big tech, internet culture and our own social media consumption.  The result is Version Zero, “an addictive, brain-hacking exploration of the tech-run world we live in, and a rollercoaster so fast it will blow your hair off” (Sylvain Neuvel).  Join David in conversation with Daniel Elam about the digital world, crafting a thriller, and his work as co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House YA imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of colour.
 
This event is supported by the U.S. Consulate-General of Hong Kong and Macao
 
Authors will appear virtually.
 
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Featuring
David Yoon grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter.  He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Frankly In Love, which was a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book, and the adult thriller Version Zero.
 
J Daniel Elam is an assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong.
 
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