image courtesy of Francis Saad’s blog (see below)
Best blog on the impact of lockdown is Anaïs Woods’ reflections on the appearance of the cherry blossom in spring: https://anaiswoods.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/just-look-up-week-6-blog/
Zahra Salami’s take on the dramas she has had to face during lockdown. Thank you for your open and honest writing Zahra:
Sarah Vella’s powerful description of life under lock-down, the highs and the lows: :
Francis Saad’s amazing poem about lockdown called “Muzzled”:
Thank you Georgia for sharing your sense of how literature can be “a guiding force, a portal of infinite possibilities” in these rocky times:
Verity Skala’s “Never-Ending Story of Never-Ending Lockdown”:
Angela Wei’s poem “Staying Inside”: https://231australianliterature.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/blog-2-staying-inside/
Izabella Wojtowicz’s powerful poem on the impact of studying Oz Lit from home:
Delaura Cauchi’s painfully comic depiction of how we all struggle to cope in lockdown: https://delauracauchi.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/australian-literature-blog-two/
Andrew Carloss’s reflections on the restrictions we all have to face, but how Henry Kendall (and others) can bring fresh air into our lives: https://andrewcarlossengl202.wordpress.com/creative-blogs-2/
Meagan Carter’s powerful depiction of how a professional writer has to cope with lockdown: https://meagancarterreviews.wordpress.com/2021/09/02/the-mundane-ramblings-of-the-uninspired-author/
Thanks Christine: trying to cope with a housefull of people: https://christineenglishblog.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/blog-2/
Chloe Dixon, as a result of lockdown, finding ways of discovering more about the Australian landscape through literature:
How Emily’s imaginary author copes with the negative impacts of lockdown:
Francis’s amazing poem about lockdown called “Muzzled”:
Ruby Taylor’s poem about all the things that she has missed during lockdown: https://rubytaylor995066241.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/blog-2-australian-literature/
Isabel Toma’s description of nearly two years studying under pandemic conditions and the impact of this on her motivation: https://isabeltomablog.wordpress.com/blog-2-3/
Danny Lembryk’s poem “The shrill cry of the waterbird…” Powerful writing using the rhythm of Kendall’s “The Bellbirds”: https://lembrykreflects.wordpress.com/blog-post-3/
Michael Griffith: Home Page- Literature and Life Summer 2023 