A User’s Guide to a Pandemic - Media Package

A User’s Guide to a Pandemic is a unique digital collection of writing by young people in Australia 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 about life in lockdown.

Released in September 2020, the online 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.

Below is a media package including a blog, media release, story examples and list of media received by the book.