The COVID Chronicles

The collected diaries of the Westport, Connecticut Library
advanced writing class during the COVID-19 pandemic

Book Launch Event & Reception
Monday, May 15, 2023
Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Event 7-8 p.m.

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Help us celebrate the release of the anthology The COVID Chronicles at the Westport Library, located at 20 Jesup Road in Westport, Connecticut. This Westport Library Advanced Writing class project follows the unfolding of the pandemic over the course of seven months.

There will be readings from participating authors and insight from the book's editors, Gina Ryan and Mary-Lou Weisman. Refreshments will be served.

Free to attend. RSVP to the Westport Library HERE.

For more info, there's a write-up about the event in Dan Woog's 06680: Where Westport meets the world.

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About The COVID Chronicles

When the pandemic caused the Westport, Connecticut Library to cancel classes, the students of the advanced writing class agreed to continue writing by recording and sharing the effects of a changed world on their daily lives—from toilet paper shortages to lockdowns to family tragedies. By turns funny, sad, politically incorrect, poetic, argumentative, and always personal, these compiled diaries follow the unfolding of the pandemic over the course of seven months.