Writing From Boston’s Lockdown

What a time it’s been. Staying home, missing family and friends, familiar places and routines out of reach. Many people have lost loved ones, jobs and security.

It’s been natural to think on what matters, the people we care for, the way we live – or used to. Some of us just want to get back to normal, but others hope for something else. something better. What will life be like after the pandemic? How might Boston feel different, be different?

Each week in the depth of Winter, six local writers gathered on Zoom. In lockdown, they shared stories, poems and memories, distilling and honing their texts. This book is the result, a book about this time and this place, about what we’ve missed, what we care about and what we hope for in the future.

The project was part of Writing East Midland’s Elder Tree project supported by Transported and funded by Arts Council England, the Baring Foundation and National Lottery.

Authors: M.D. Cartwright, Sonya Hundal, Jane Kay, Frances Sabey, Tess Sanderson and Brian Skinner.

Drawings: Rose Redzia

Editor: François Matarasso

Pages: 148  paperback ISBN: 978-1-9160984-0-4

£5 plus £1.60 postage