WELCOME
0May 18, 2023 by Lydia Syson
… you’ve reached the website of Lydia Syson, writer, educator and Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow. Photograph by Gianluca De Girolamo, Adshot, …
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Category News | Tags: author page, book reviews, books, Lydia Syson, Lydia Syson website
Article: Breaking into the middle of the story. . .
0May 17, 2023 by Lydia Syson
I was delighted to read Paloma Fresno-Calleja’s very perceptive analysis of Mr Peacock’s Possessions in the journal Critique: Studies in …
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Category News | Tags: Castaway narratives, Colonial history, Critique, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Neo-Victorian, Robinsonade
Writers’ Rights and Human Rights
0July 16, 2018 by Lydia Syson
Here’s a link to a piece I’ve written for the Historical Writers’ Association excellent online magazine, Historia about tackling slavery in fiction, …
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Reports from Raoul – 30.2622° S 178.5948° E
1June 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 …
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Category News | Tags: Experiencing Marine Reserves, Kermadecs, Mr Peacock's Possessions, New Zealand, NZDF, Ocean Sanctuary, Rangitahua, Raoul, Raoul Island, Sir Peter Blake Trust, WWF
Bookings & Events
0May 24, 2018 by Lydia Syson
Please contact lydiasyson@gmail.com to discuss bookings of any kind. You’ll find more about her work in universities as a Royal …
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Category Bookings | Tags: author visit, book an author, Booking, events, literacy, Lydia Syson, school author visits, school visit
Mr Peacock’s Possessions: sources and background reading
1May 4, 2018 by Lydia Syson
As noted in the book, the most important sources for Mr Peacock’s Possessions were: Elsie K Morton Crusoes of Sunday Island, 1957. Steven Gentry, Raoul …
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Category Reviews & more | Tags: Bibliography, blackbirding, island fiction, Kermadecs, Lydia Syson, Missionaries, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Native Teachers, Niue, Pacific Slave Trade, Raoul Island, sources
Heading towards publication day. . .
1May 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 …
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Category News | Tags: HMNZS Canterbury, interview, Kermadecs, Kim Hill, Lydia Syson, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Ocean Sanctuary, Pacific islands, Pew Trusts, Raoul, Sir Peter Blake Trust, volcanic islands
2018 news
0February 24, 2018 by Lydia Syson
A book cover, an expedition, a story.
Category News | Tags: Kermadecs, Lancastria, Mr Peacock's Possessions, New Zealand, Ocean Sanctuary, Pew Trusts, Raoul Island, Scoop magazine, Sir Peter Blake Trust
Authors for Grenfell Tower auction
0June 23, 2017 by Lydia Syson
Raise money for residents affected by the Grenfell Towers fire through the Red Cross London Fire Relief Fund and get …
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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 …
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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
