Name/TitleBook: What's That Poem?
About this objectSpiral bound book with plastic dust cover titled ''What's That Poem?' A Memoir of Verses, Comments and Reflections shared by a [women's] Glasgow Book Group during Lockdowns One and Two ~ March 2020 - March 2021 ~ Edited by 'Deanna Ellis' and 'Bonnie Carter''. Self-published in early 2024, the book's contents are listed as follows:
Setting the Scene
- Background to Book Group
- The Start of the Pandemic
- The Book Group Responds
The Chats and Lockdowns begin
- March 2020
- April 2020
- May 2020
- June 2020
Quote - 'Scotland could eradicate COVID-19 by end of summer'
- July 2020
- August 2020
- September 2020
Second Wave - Christmas will be cancelled this year?
- October 2020
- November 2020
- December 2020
New Year - Vaccines hail beginning of the end of lockdown?
- January 2021
- February 2021
- March 2021
Postscript
- Time passes and memories fade
- What Poems and Chats meant to Book Group members
Reference Sources
Thanks
Note: the names used in this book are pseudonyms created by the Book Group members to preserve their anonymity.
Maker'Ellis, Deana' and 'Carter, Bonnie'
Maker RoleEditor and Publisher
Date Made2020-24
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, plastic
Organic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 165 x D: 27 mm
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsHealth & well-being
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association KeywordsFemale friendship, sisterhood
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom:
The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb a widening outbreak of COVID-19, closing many sectors and ordering the public to stay at home. This was incrementally lifted, starting from several weeks later. Similar restrictions were introduced in late 2020 and early 2021 as infections rose. Restrictions applied to certain areas, and then on a larger scale, differing between the four countries of the United Kingdom to which Health is devolved, with the central government being responsible for England [continues]...
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2024-65
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved