Posts Tagged ‘historical fiction’
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World Book Week writing competition results. . . and other news
4June 6, 2017 by Lydia Syson
Authors aren’t just for World Book Day, and the positive effects of an author visiting a school continue to have an impact long after books and banners have been packed up. (Here I am at Sidcot School, Somerset, where bookseller Books on the Hill kindly looked after sales and signing.) Not that the author always sees this. Happily, some of the schools I visited in March this year have sent me a selection of the writing their students produced in response to our sessions. I promised to send a hardback copy of the US edition of That Burning Summer to the author of the story I liked best. Little did I realise how hard it would be to choose.
Category News | Tags: author visits, books to introduce children to politics, historical fiction, Island of Last Hope, Liberty's Fire, Rainham Mark Grammar School, Sidcot School, That Burning Summer, The Mount School, winner, World Book Day, World Book Week, writing competition, YA for Sarah Waters fans
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Diving deeper: into the ‘Glass Room’
0April 27, 2014 by Lydia Syson
Writing historical fiction demands total immersion. It’s a fairly obsessive process, but well worth it. Bit by bit, you build up an increasingly accurate and nuanced picture of the world your characters inhabit, discover what makes them tick, what might affect the way they think and feel about events. Not surprisingly, I was immediately intrigued when I was invited to use the new ‘immersion room’ at Sydenham School, London, for a planned event with some of their year 8 and 9 students. keep reading
Category News | Tags: audio visual, Author Profile, author visit, event, glasshouse, historical fiction, immersion room, LMF, NLT, School, South London Press, Sydenham School, total immersion, writing competition
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Channel Radio Competition
0November 13, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Romney Marsh’s 24/7 radio station, Channel Radio, and Kent law firm Gullands are offering a copy of Romney Marsh set THAT BURNING SUMMER in a Twitter competition. Just follow @Gullands_HR_Law with #businessbunker (that’s the name of the programme) and look forward to the announcement of the winner on Tuesday 4th Feb. (Thanks to Amanda Finn!)
Amanda @gullands_HR_law @OI_RoyaCroudace @jododds on #businessbunker show today pic.twitter.com/ljjjHVm8cP
— Paul Andrews (@vanillaweb) January 28, 2014
Category Bookings | Tags: Competition, historical fiction, Romney Marsh, That Burning Summer, World War Two
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Morning Star 17th March 2016
0April 11, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Category Reviews & more | Tags: historical fiction, Morning Star, Opinion
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Top Ten
2November 29, 2012 by Lydia Syson
I’ve been having a lot of fun and also a little anguish this week choosing my ten favourite historical novels for young readers for the Guardian Children’s Book Website. Do visit the site to find out more. These lists are inevitably distinctly personal, and of course I’d love to know what you think of my choices. Well, that’s as long as you love the books as much as I keep reading
Category News | Tags: Alice Walker, Alison Uttley, Barbara Leonie Picard, challenge, change, E Nesbit, Elizabeth Wein, Geraldine Symons, Guardian, historical fiction, Joan Aiken, Judith Kerr, must read, Nancy Mitford, Philip Pullman, rebellion, top 10
