A User's Guide to a Pandemic

A User’s Guide to a Pandemic is a unique collection of writing by young people in Australia sharing their experiences of living through the current surreal times of COVID-19.

The works take many different approaches to exploring the pandemic: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, personal statements, and ephemeral observations about life in lockdown.

The book is the result of a collaboration between youth writing centres Story Factory (Sydney), 100 Story Building (Melbourne), The Story Island (Tasmania) and StoryBoard (Byron Bay) aimed at amplifying the voices of young people during the uncertainty and disconnection of the pandemic.