Lost Islands: inventing Avalon, destroying Eden

by Kevan Manwaring

Imaginary, otherwordly and lost islands frequently feature in literature. This study considers these mythic isles in the context of climate change and Earth itself as a threatened 'island'.

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Kevan Manwaring is a prize-winning writer & lecturer in creative writing who lives on the ancient downs of Wiltshire. He is the author of over twenty books including The Windsmith Elegy series of Mythic Reality novels; Desiring Dragons, Oxfordshire Folk Tales, Northamptonshire Folk Tales, The Bardic Handbook, and Ballad Tales (ed.). He loves walking in other worlds, but sometimes he prefers to ride his Triumph motorbike.

Winner of the One Giant Write SF Novel Competition