TY - GEN
T1 - When the Walls Close In
AU - Eaton, Anthony
N1 - Dr Anthony Eaton has been writing for children, young adults, and adults since the late -1990s. He is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Canberra where he researches the changing nature of young adult fiction in Australia and the lived experience of creative practitioners at the nexus of creative and academic work. He is editor of the journal Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - When the Walls Close In was written during the first weeks of the Australian Covid-19 lockdown. During this period, my wife and I were told to work from home, where we were also responsible for schooling our 5- and 11-year-old children. It quickly became apparent that juggling two full-time jobs, plus managing two children at opposite ends of the primary school continuum was going to require significant time and energy from all of us. When the Walls Close In... was originally just a mock abstract, standing alone with nothing following it, written for the amusement of my colleagues. After a particularly fraught morning, though, I set out to capture the particularly singular experience of living through a global event at a domestic level. I adopted an entirely dialogue-driven narrative as a means of positioning readers within the moment. Upon completion it seemed an obvious fit alongside the mock-abstract
AB - When the Walls Close In was written during the first weeks of the Australian Covid-19 lockdown. During this period, my wife and I were told to work from home, where we were also responsible for schooling our 5- and 11-year-old children. It quickly became apparent that juggling two full-time jobs, plus managing two children at opposite ends of the primary school continuum was going to require significant time and energy from all of us. When the Walls Close In... was originally just a mock abstract, standing alone with nothing following it, written for the amusement of my colleagues. After a particularly fraught morning, though, I set out to capture the particularly singular experience of living through a global event at a domestic level. I adopted an entirely dialogue-driven narrative as a means of positioning readers within the moment. Upon completion it seemed an obvious fit alongside the mock-abstract
KW - pandemic, homeschooling, creative writing
M3 - Other contribution
SN - 9781740885058
PB - University of Canberra
CY - Canberra ACT
ER -