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We were disappointed alongside our authors when the COVID-19 pandemic forced venues to cancel countless readings and other in-person events, and at first, virtual meetings seemed a paltry replacement. However, six or so months in, we’ve seen the many amazing things...
As part of our 2020 titles’ relaunching campaign in response to canceled events and divided attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this reading ALSO features the authors of all our 2019 books, making this lineup a force to be reckoned with. The reading will...
Nicola Mason: Because the book involves time travel, there are two Aarons and two Violets (what one reviewer calls a ménage à quatre). As readers, we are privy to the thoughts of both Violets—the impassioned musician in 1988 and the frazzled mother of two in 2006....
Nicola Mason: In your essay “A Phenomenology of Fiction,” you describe how modern philosophy and quantum physics undergird not just your characters’ perceptions but your writing methodology as well. I was particularly struck by Christopher Tilley’s treatment of...
Nicola Mason: In Keeping Time, Aaron is an archaeologist—and American expat in Scotland—and his knowledge of Neolithic sites and rituals derives in large part from your script-writing research for Half Life, an environmental art event (taking place across a hundred...