‘News’ Category
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Who are you like?
0September 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 …
keep readingCategory 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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UKYA Extravaganza
0September 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Emma Pass, Kerry Drewery, Liberty's Fire, Nottingham, That Burning Summer, UKYA Extravaganza, Waterstones
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In the footsteps of Communards
0July 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: anarchists in Fitzrovia, international school, Liberty's Fire, Louise Michel, The History Girls
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‘The Red Virgin’
0June 23, 2015 by Lydia Syson
There is a character in Liberty’s Fire who is not named, but can be easily identified as Louise Michel, the best known …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: English Anarchists, Fitzrovia, Fitzrovia Festival, French in exile, Henry Nevinson, international school, Liberty's Fire, Louise Michel, Margaret McMillan, N.F.Dryhust, Paris Commune
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Meet the archivist…at the Marx Memorial Library
2June 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
This interview first appeared on The History Girls blogsite on June 6th 2015: In April I wrote about the Conscience and Conflict exhibition of …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: archivist, book burning, Clerkenwell, Daily Worker, Eleanor Marx, International Brigade Memorial Trust, International Working Men's Association, Marx Memorial Library, Meirian Jump, socialist history, William Morris
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Blog tour roundup. . .
0May 12, 2015 by Lydia Syson
Liberty’s Fire is now out in the world, and the first reviews have even appeared – you’ll find links to all those …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Authors for Nepal, earthquake fundraising, First Step Himalayas, Julia Williams, Liberty's Fire, Liberty's Fire blog tour
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Citoyennes: women of the Paris Commune
0May 5, 2015 by Lydia Syson
The mythical figure of the pétroleuse, hideous or heroic depending on your point of view, has now almost been forgotten. For …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: André Léo, Anna Jaclard, Citoyennes, Communardes, Elizabeth Dmitrieff, International Workingmen's Association, Liberty's Fire, Louise Michel, Marie Ferré, Montmartre, Nannie Dryhurst, Nathalie Lemel, New Caledonia, Paule Mink, Union des Femme, Vigilance Committee, Women in Paris Commune
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Coming up…
2April 12, 2015 by Lydia Syson
Lots of good things happening this month and next… On Tuesday 14th April the Anne Frank Trust will be at …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: #notsilent, #UKYADay, Anarchist school, Anne Frank, Anne Frank Trust, Competition, Countdown YA, David Rosenberg, Days of Hope, family history, Family Tree, Fitzrovia Festival, giveaway, Louise Michel, Philosophy Football, Rebel Footprints, Spyfever, UKYA
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Conscience and Conflict
0March 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
A ground-breaking exhibition exploring British artists’ many and varied responses to the Spanish Civil War transfers tomorrow from Pallant House …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: AIA, Artists Take Sides, Conscience and Conflict, Henry Moore, Simon Martin, Spanish Civil War, Surrealists
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Bees not fleas
0February 24, 2015 by Lydia Syson
Fellow YA author Helen Grant and I struck up conversation on Twitter at the weekend after reading a couple of …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: children's writing, Courtauld, Dodie Smith, Helen Grant, Philippa Stockley, RLF, The Guardian, The History Girls, The Starlight Barking, YouGov poll
