Posts Tagged ‘Marx Memorial Library’
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April news
0April 11, 2016 by Lydia Syson
A quick update…
Over at The History Girls, April is Shakespeare month, though not exclusively. My contribution has been this exploration of the many different ways in which the Bard has been used by writers of children’s fiction, for which I enlisted the help of Tig Thomas, a friend, an editor and an anthologer who knows more about both Shakespeare and period children’s literature than anybody else I know.
Category News | Tags: Carnegie Library, CWISL, library closures, library protests, Marx Memorial Library, Shakespeare in Children's Fiction, Shakespeare month, Shoutsouth
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31st March 2016: Children and Socialism series, Marx Memorial Library, London
0March 8, 2016 by Lydia Syson
New Ways to Tell Old Stories: putting the political into historical fiction for today’s young readers
Lydia Syson and Meirian Jump in conversation at the home of the International Brigade archives.
Lydia, a former BBC World Service radio producer, is the author of three critically-acclaimed novels for young adults. A World Between Us (2012) tells the story of three British volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. Sparked by research into the anthem of the International Brigades, Liberty’s Fire (2015) brings the 1871 Paris Commune dramatically to life for a new generation. That Burning Summer (2013) is set during the Battle of Britain in small rural community where spyfever is infectious and pacifism a dirty word. Lydia and Meirian will discuss hidden histories, unexpected heroes, archives and sources, and the ethics of turning real lives into fiction. All welcome. No need to book. £3 on the door.
March 31st, 2016 7:00 PMMarx Memorial Library
37A Clerkenwell Green
London
EC1R 0DU
United KingdomPhone: 020 725 31485Category Bookings | Tags: Children and Socialism, Historical YA, Lydia Syson, Marx Memorial Library, Pacifism, Paris Commune, political, Spanish Civil War, YA
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Meet the archivist…at the Marx Memorial Library
2June 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
This interview first appeared on The History Girls blogsite on June 6th 2015:
In April I wrote about the Conscience and Conflict exhibition of British artists’ responses to the Spanish Civil War, which closes tomorrow. If you’ve been lucky enough to see it, either in Chichester or Newcastle, you may have noticed some wonderful loans from the Marx Memorial Library, home of the British International Brigade archives. This rich and varied collection is just one reason to visit the Library, which now offers twice-weekly guided tours. I’ve been talking to the MML’s new(ish) archivist and development officer, Meirian Jump, pictured here at work in the reading room in front of a mural by Viscount Hastings, painted in 1934. keep reading
Category News | Tags: archivist, book burning, Clerkenwell, Daily Worker, Eleanor Marx, International Brigade Memorial Trust, International Working Men's Association, Marx Memorial Library, Meirian Jump, socialist history, William Morris
