US publication

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January 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

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December 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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New Blood for the Republic: the Spanish Civil War, eighty years on

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September 6, 2016 by Lydia Syson

80th anniversary commemorations and conferences have been taking place up and down this country as well as Spain to mark …
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The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia: book review

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May 8, 2016 by Lydia Syson

Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with Louise Michel, teacher, poet and revolutionary heroine of the 1871 Paris …
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April news

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April 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 …
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Judith Kerr

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March 8, 2016 by Lydia Syson

Barely had I written this appreciation of Judith Kerr for The History Girls than I discovered that When Hitler Stole Pink …
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31st March 2016: Children and Socialism series, Marx Memorial Library, London

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March 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 …
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US Cover Reveal

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February 26, 2016 by Lydia Syson

A complete change of style for the new cover of That Burning Summer which is coming out with Sky Pony Press in …
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February News: National Libraries Day and Ebook Special Offers

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February 3, 2016 by Lydia Syson

If you value your local library, this Saturday is the day to show your appreciation. Find out what’s going on …
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Happy ‘Nu’ Year

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January 6, 2016 by Lydia Syson

My New Year’s resolution should possibly be to work out how to exert better control over my headline images on …
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