It was so stressful.' said Moira Gaynor, 28. 'It was this weird combination.no one knew how technology worked, but in order to have a MySpace, we all needed to become mini coders. It didn't help MySpace's fate that it was sold to stodgy old News Corp. Rival MySpace, which launched only a year earlier, quickly became outdated as the cool kids flocked to Facebook. For nearly a decade, Facebook was the place to be, the cultural touchstone, the thing constantly referenced in daily conversations and late-night TV, its founding even the subject of a Hollywood movie. Yet it still finds itself in a battle for relevancy, and its future, after two decades of existence. That's more than a third of the world's population. Today, 3 billion people check it each month.

For those who came of age around the time Mark Zuckerberg launched from his Harvard dorm room in 2004, it's been inextricably baked into daily life - even if it's somewhat faded into the background over the years.įacebook faces a particularly odd challenge. The once-cool social media platform born before the iPhone is approaching two decades in existence.

'It's the branding, right? When I think of Facebook, I think ugh, like cheugy, older people, like parents posting pictures of their kids, random status updates and also people fighting about political issues,' Walsh said, using the Gen Z term for things that are definitely not cool. ‘Morris Gleitzman has discovered the difficult trick of changing reality so that poignancy and laughter are never far apart.Walsh can't imagine a world in which Facebook, which she joined when she was in 6th grade, becomes a regular part of her life again. He may not survive, but he's hoping he will.īlending humour and heart, Maybe is a coming-of-age story about identity, family, and the search for truth and explores the devastating and long-lasting impact of loss and trauma. But before Felix and Anya can embrace the love and friendship of their new world, they must confront the murderous urge for revenge still alive in the old.įelix knows he hasn't faced anything like this before. They have high hopes for their new land, and their dramatic arrival there makes them want to stay. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't actually invited. When he's offered a journey to somewhere far away, he seizes the opportunity. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else.įourteen-year-old Felix is one of them. dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope.’ The Guardianġ946. Shortlisted - REAL Children's Choice Awards 2019 ‘Haunting. Shortlisted - WAYBRA Children's Choice Awards 2019 Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2018

Longlisted - Australian Book Industry Awards 2018 The next powerful episode in the life of Felix, hero of Morris Gleitzman's multi-award-winning Once, Then, Now, After and Soon.

Once then now after soon maybe