About this Event
Cory Doctorow is coming to Victoria!
Join bestselling author Cory Doctorow for an author talk, Q&A, and signing of his new book 'Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It'.
About the book: Cory Doctorow's Enshittification takes a witty yet incisive look at the tech landscape, where platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Google start off great—before they inevitably turn terrible. In this contemporary moment of digital decline, Doctorow explores how tech giants lure users in with convenience and then degrade their services over time, squeezing profit at the cost of user experience. With a mix of sharp humor and deep insight, he unveils the slow creep of "enshittification," turning the online world into a worse place, one algorithm at a time.
About the author: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books including ENSHITTIFICATION and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS (a followup to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series. His next book is THE REVERSE CENTAUR’S GUIDE TO LIFE AFTER AI (June 2026).
He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is an AD White Professor at Cornell University; an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate; a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University; a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science. He co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.
Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles and London. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Awardee for lifetime achievement. In 2024, the Media Ecology Association awarded him the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. York University (Canada) made him an Honourary Doctor of Laws; and the Open University (UK) made him an Honourary Doctor of Computer Science.
Doors at 6:30, event at 7:00.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria, Canada
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