Media Mentions

15 September 2020: ABC Radio Melbourne

Young writer Loyola (13) speaks to Jacinta Parsons (ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoons) about being a young person in the times of COVID-19 and how writing about it helped her get through it.

Young writer Loyola (13) discusses the book A USER'S GUIDE TO A PANDEMIC with Jacinta Parsons on ABC Radio Melbourne (Afternoons show). The User's Guide to a Pandemic is unique digital collection of writing by 83 young Australians sharing their experiences of living through the current surreal times of COVID19. The works take many different approaches to exploring the pandemic: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, personal statements, and ephemeral observations. In collaboration with Story Factory (NSW), The Story Island Project (Tasmania) and StoryBoard (Byron Bay).

Listen to the full show here.





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