‘News’ Category
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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US publication
1January 31, 2017 by Lydia Syson
The new Sky Pony edition of That Burning Summer will be on the shelves of American bookshops from today, in beautiful hardback, …
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Poems inspired by GUERNICA, 1937
4December 14, 2016 by Lydia Syson
A report earlier this year concluded that the number of civilians around the world killed by explosive weapons had risen …
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