Van Badham is an internationally award-winning writer and theatremaker. As a journalist, she’s written for The New York Times, The Telegraph (UK) and The Age, and she maintains a weekly column for The Guardian. Widely published as an essayist and poet, she’s appeared in anthologies for Hardie Grant, Black Inc, MUP and QUP, and wrote the novel, Burnt Snow, for Pan Macmillan. Her plays include Banging Denmark for STC, The Bloody Chamber for Malthouse and The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars for Griffin Theatre. Van appears regularly on television and radio as a commentator, critic and activist.
'Van Badham is one of the most lucid, insightful and witty
journalists in Australia, and seeing her expose the dark rising
madness of conspiracy theories is both a joy and a panic attack all
at once.' – Johann Hari, New York Times best-selling
author‘Van Badham’s research is rigorous, her argument revealing
and her writing absolutely impeccable. A chilling reveal on the
world’s newest cult.’ – Jamila Rizvi, best-selling author and
presenter 'This book will compel you – and indeed all of us
– to act to reclaim the internet for the good of
humanity.' – Ginger Gorman, multi-award winning journalist and
author
'As gripping and terrifying as a thriller, but the really chilling
twist in the tale is that none of it is fiction.' – Jane Caro,
Walkley-award winning author
'From Cosplay to QAnon, a terrifying, fascinating look at how an
unregulated space of geeks and gamers became fertile ground for
deliberate misinformation and political manipulation.' – Dee
Madigan, campaigner, author and speaker
'a book that deserves - or perhaps, more pointedly, demands - to be
widely read.' – Ian McFarlane, The Canberra Times
'a moving cry for reason in the chaos of a twilight world.' – Ian
McFarlane, The Canberra Times
'a book that deserves - or perhaps, more pointedly, demands - to be
widely read.' - Ian McFarlane, The Canberra Times
*The Canberra Times*
'a moving cry for reason in the chaos of a twilight world.' - Ian
McFarlane, The Canberra Times
*The Canberra Times*
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