Book Talk: Field Notes from a Pandemic with Ethan Lou

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Alumni Relations

Description:

Join us on January 29 for a book talk with author, journalist and Toronto Metropolitan University alumnus, Ethan Lou (Journalism '15). Ethan will discuss his nonfiction book, Field Notes from a Pandemic. This book is equal parts travelogue and pandemic guide which examines the societal effects of COVID-19 and takes readers on a mesmerizing journey around a world that will never be the same.

Field Notes from a Pandemic is named among the CBC’s best Canadian nonfiction for 2020. It was born from an essay written by Ethan Lou in Maclean’s about being caught in the Chinese pandemic lockdown while visiting his ailing grandfather. Through a personal account, the book examines COVID-19’s societal and geopolitical impacts. 

About the author:

Ethan Lou’s Field Notes from a Pandemic was named among the CBC's best Canadian nonfiction of 2020. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, the South China Morning Post, the Walrus, and the Washington Post. Lou is a former Reuters reporter and has served as a visiting journalist at the University of British Columbia. His next book is Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West.

For more information on Ethan, visit: ethanlou.com (external link, opens in new window) 

Contact for more info:

Laura Greflund, Alumni Relations Officer
laura.greflund@torontomu.ca