Author Archive
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4th October 2013: ‘That Burning Summer’ launch party
0September 9, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Come and celebrate at Review Bookshop, Peckham, 7-9 pm…but do let me or Evie Wyld know that you’re planning to …
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3rd October 2013 Publication Day: That Burning Summer
2September 7, 2013 by Lydia Syson
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20th-25th September 2013: Battle of Ebro 75th anniversary commemorations in Spain
0September 5, 2013 by Lydia Syson
The last section of A World Between Us is set during the opening stages of the Battle of the Ebro, the longest …
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Book Genes
0August 5, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Every book has its own peculiar literary heritage, a kind of textual DNA that can be as hard to map …
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This Burning Summer
3July 23, 2013 by Lydia Syson
I remember last July as dreary and overcast. When I went walking on Romney Marsh, trying to soak up the …
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Branford Boase Award Party
0July 19, 2013 by Lydia Syson
A week on and I’m still getting over the glorious celebration of books, reading, writing and above all editing for …
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‘Deberemos resistir! We must resist!’
0June 28, 2013 by Lydia Syson
I don’t know if you remember the moment in A World Between Us when George, walking along a street in …
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Cover Glory
0June 23, 2013 by Lydia Syson
I did wonder whether second novel covers might be like second babies.
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A small shout about…
0June 21, 2013 by Lydia Syson
This time last week I was contemplating the hidden qualities of a household sponge with a small group of Tigers …
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Unbelievable?
4June 6, 2013 by Lydia Syson
‘Isn’t that rather implausible?’ I’ll take a bet that if you write vampire novels or fantasy or dystopia for young people, …
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