Posts Tagged ‘Mr Peacock’s Possessions’
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Breaking into the middle of the story. . .
0May 17, 2023 by Lydia Syson
Paloma Fresno-Calleja has written a very perceptive analysis of Mr Peacock’s Possessions in the journal Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Castaway narratives, Colonial history, Critique, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Neo-Victorian, Robinsonade
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Reports from Raoul – 30.2622° S 178.5948° E
0June 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Experiencing Marine Reserves, Kermadecs, Mr Peacock's Possessions, New Zealand, NZDF, Ocean Sanctuary, Rangitahua, Raoul, Raoul Island, Sir Peter Blake Trust, WWF
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Mr Peacock’s Possessions: sources and background reading
0May 4, 2018 by Lydia Syson
As noted in the book, the most important sources for Mr Peacock’s Possessions were: Elsie K Morton Crusoes of Sunday Island, 1957. Steven Gentry, Raoul …
keep readingCategory Reviews & more | Tags: Bibliography, blackbirding, island fiction, Kermadecs, Lydia Syson, Missionaries, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Native Teachers, Niue, Pacific Slave Trade, Raoul Island, sources
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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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: HMNZS Canterbury, interview, Kermadecs, Kim Hill, Lydia Syson, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Ocean Sanctuary, Pacific islands, Pew Trusts, Raoul, Sir Peter Blake Trust, volcanic islands
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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
