Elaine Castillo: Moderation

Elaine Castillo: Moderation In Conversation with Carody Culver 11 Oct BOOK ABOUT THE SHOW Thirty-something Girlie Delmundo has a black belt in emotional repression. A social media content moderator and a first-generation eldest daughter, she deals efficiently with trauma every day, both online and in her extended Filipino-American family. But Girlie’s life takes a turn when she’s promoted to moderating virtual-reality theme parks – and when she finally meets a person she might actually like. Acclaimed US writer Elaine Castillo’s second novel is a wickedly witty skewering of Big Tech, an astute portrait of invisible labour, and an exhilarating Austen-style romance for the internet age. PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL ABOUT THE AUTHOR Elaine Castillo – Named one of “30 of the Planet’s Most Exciting Young People” by the Financial Times, Elaine Castillo’s novel Moderation was longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named one of the Top Ten Books of 2025 by The Atlantic, Slat