Lydia Syson

1. World Book Week writing competition results. . . and other news

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   June 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

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2. 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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   Category News | Tags: Bryan Talbot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, Graphic novel, Liberty's Fire, Louise Michel, Mary M Talbot, Paris Commune, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, Utopia

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3. 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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   Category News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Camberwell Library, CWISL, Durning Library, ebook offer, ebook promo, ePub, iBook, Kobo, Lambeth Libraries, Liberty's Fire, National Libraries Day, Nook, Romantic reads, Sainsbury's ebooks, Valentine's Day reads

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4. 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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   Category News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Cold War, DIY, Liberty's Fire, Luc Sante, Practical Householder, Sky Pony Press, Spanish Civil War, Steven Pinker, Style, That Burning Summer, The Other Paris, The Sense of Style

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5. Gingerbread Pigs

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   December 13, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   My kitchen is heady with the scent of cloves and ginger and muscavado and cinnamon.  The biscuity part of our …
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   Category News | Tags: Armadillo, best gingerbread recipe, Christmas gingerbread, Gingerbread fair, Gingerbread recipe, Liberty's Fire, old-fashioned gingerbread, Paris Commune, Paris en Images, Place du Trône, Prue Leith, Roger-Viollet archive, The History Girls

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6. ‘Resist the attempt to construct an argument’

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   October 19, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   This slogan flashed by while I sat enthralled by William Kentridge’s video installation Notes Towards a Model Opera at the …
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   Category News | Tags: Art, Carnegie, Cultural Revolution, Dada Masilo, Liberty's Fire, librarians, Marian Goodman, More Sweetly Play the Dance, Notes Towards a Model Opera, opera, Paris Commune, Revolution, William Kentridge

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7. In which I go ‘Down The Rabbit Hole’…

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   October 2, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   …with fellow History Girl, Catherine Johnson. A little over a year ago, the world of children’s literature cheered the launch …
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   Category News | Tags: Children's books, Down the Rabbit Hole, Katherine Woodfine, Lady Caraboo, Liberty's Fire, Louise Lamont, Melissa Cox, radio, Resonance FM, Timbutoo

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8. Who are you like?

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   September 18, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   UKYAX is all about breaking down barriers between readers and writers, and finding new ways to spread the word about …
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   Category News | Tags: Chelle Toy, children's book quiz, favourite characters in historical fiction, Liberty's Fire, literary quiz, Lydia Syson quiz, Tales of Yesterday, UKMGX, UKYAX, UKYAX blog tour, YA quiz

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9. UKYA Extravaganza

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   September 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   I’m not sure if it sounds more like a circus or a speed-dating event for authors and readers, but I …
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   Category News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Emma Pass, Kerry Drewery, Liberty's Fire, Nottingham, That Burning Summer, UKYA Extravaganza, Waterstones

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10. In the footsteps of Communards

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    July 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    

    What happened to the revolutionaries who managed to escape Paris after the bloody fall of the Commune? Over three thousand …
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    Category News | Tags: anarchists in Fitzrovia, international school, Liberty's Fire, Louise Michel, The History Girls

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