Until Further Notice

A Year in Pandemic Time

By: Amy Kaler

Narrated by: Nina Richmond

Length: 6 hrs

Publisher's summary

In Until Further Notice, Amy Kaler records a personal account of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. She documents a series of jolts to her thoughts, perceptions, emotions, and habits—an internal seismograph of living through a global emergency. Kaler’s introspection underlines the universal experience of dissonance brought on by COVID-19 and invites listeners to ponder its ambiguities. At the same time, the pandemic lets Kaler put down roots, as she rediscovers her neighbourhood and her city’s natural spaces. Reflexive and relatable, Until Further Notice captures fine-grained, everyday experiences from an extraordinary year.

©2022 Amy Kaler (P)2023 The University of Alberta Press

Critic reviews

“Like Thoreau in his Walden woods, Amy Kaler is studying the natural and social environment around her and observing her own responses.”—Alice Major, writer and poet

“Amy Kaler doesn’t pretend to provide answers or counsel the uncertain, but instead offers a record of in-betweenness—including crucial questions about work, identity, safety and health—in a time of change.”—Tanis MacDonald, author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female

“Amy Kaler puts a personal touch on her pandemic experience in Until Further Notice: A Year in Pandemic Time. Thoughts, emotions, habits: they all fall under the microscope and are fodder for observation. She also talks about how the pandemic forced her to be more engaged with her community and her city’s natural spaces, two positives in an otherwise horrendous mess.”—Justin Bell, Edmonton Journal