From March, shortly after all this started, through to June of 2020, we had 27 authors, split into three threads of nine, writing short pieces capturing the out-of-timeness of the first months of the covid pandemic.
Each writer responded to the work in the thread immediately prior to their own, so we feel the drift of thought and preoccupation as the world changed gradually or quickly or, perhaps, somehow, hardly at all.
The pieces are moving, and funny, and surprisingly, and insightful -- they are all the good things.
Between Melbourne's first and second lockdowns, the pieces were read and recorded by Allison Browning and Angus Keech.
The music you'll hear is from Motorbike Song, from James Kenyon's 2016 album Imagine you are Driving
Thread 1.
Miles Vertigan
Nicola Redhouse
Jo Case
Angus Keech
Ruby Todd
Louise Swinn
Dani Netherclift
Eleanor Elliot Thomas
Shane Strange
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Thread 2.
Miles Allinson
Leah Muddle
Oliver Driscoll
Caitie Lawless
Antonia Pont
Jessica Au
Anna Thwaites
Emily Kiddell
Charlotte Forfieh
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Thread 3.
Julia Prendergast
Allison Browning
Hayley Singer
Emilie Collyer
SJ Finn
Katelin Farnsworth
Jo Langdon
Bel Monypenny
Ainslee Meredith
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