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The anthology Unmasked collects stories, poems, cartoons and photos about the pandemic by a wide range of people. Photo: Shamini Flint When Covid-19 lockdowns began last year, Singapore-based Malaysian author Shamini Flint found herself struggling. Despite being a writer for many years, she found it difficult to express her feelings in thoughts or words. After speaking to her other established writer friends, she found that many of them were feeling the same. “I suppose, if one has been writing about the world as it is for a long time, a paradigm shift of such magnitude is difficult to manage. “Around the same time, I noticed that many non-writers, for lack of a better word, were sharing thoughtful pieces on social media and using the unexpected time to find new ways of expressing their viewpoint on the new normal. I decided that, if I could not write, it was an opportunity to help project these other voices so we could all draw on our collective experiences ....
An image from the lockdown in Kuala Lumpur featuring Civil Defence personnel delivering food for quarantined guests at a hotel. Photo: The Star/Azhar Mahfof Conspiracy theories, frontliners and marginalised communities. The healing power of a garden. A trek through the mystical Sarawak highlands. And a nine-year old’s first encounter with death. These may all seem like very disparate topics, but they are all united by one theme. They are all pandemic-era stories in The Lockdown Chronicles,an anthology of 19 fictional works in Malaysia. The book, edited by Shireen Zainudin and Viji Krishnamoorthy, offers a glimpse into new Malaysian realities in the past year. ....