Posts Tagged ‘Sir Peter Blake Trust’

  1. Reports from Raoul – 30.2622° S 178.5948° E

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    June 14, 2018 by Lydia Syson

    I’ve been spending the week going through my notes and listening to sound recordings made on the HMNZS Canterbury in the Kermadecs earlier this year, reliving some magnificent moments as I write a number of features for various newspapers and magazines both on the expedition and the human history of Raoul Island. keep reading


  2. Heading towards publication day. . .

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    May 3, 2018 by Lydia Syson

    As I write this in London, the Kermadecs – the chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific where Mr Peacock’s Possessions is set – feel further away than ever.  Here’s a photograph of me back in March saying a sad farewell to Raoul, reimagined in my book as Monday Island.  I’d come within feet of its landing rock in a NZ Navy speedboat, flown over the island in a  keep reading


  3. 2018 news

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    February 24, 2018 by Lydia Syson

    A book cover, an expedition, a story. keep reading



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