AWW21 Lateral Histories - Chris Flynn and Laura Elvery
Can works of fiction inform us more effectively than non-fiction? Chris Flynn and Laura Elvery\u2019s audacious works illuminate history and offer critiques of today. Chris\u2019s fantastical novel Mammoth is narrated by the fossilised remains of a 13,000 year old wise-cracking mammoth. Each of the twenty short stories in Laura Elvery\u2019s collection Ordinary Matter is inspired by a Nobel Prize-winning female scientist. With their lateral approach to history, these unlikely starting points have resulted in richly rewarding and wildly imaginative outcomes.
\nChaired by Danielle Clode