Swallow's Dance // An Interview with Author Wendy Orr
Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr is a beautiful portrait of the Aegean Bronze Age set during the time of the Theran eruption through the eyes of a young girl. This interview with our CEO Jan van der Crabben and author Wendy Orr discusses Wendy's fascination with the Minoans, Akrotiri and the Bronze Age Aegean, and how her visit to Santorini and Crete influenced her writing.
- BLURB OF SWALLOW'S DANCE -
I wonder if the first day of Learning is always like this - do the girls on the hill always feel the ground tremble under their feet?
Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet.
With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born reduced to nothing. With her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira has only the strength and resourcefulness within herself to find safety.
- WENDY'S LINKS -
Wendy Orr's Website https://www.wendyorr.com/
Find Wendy on Twitter - @wendyorr
Find Wendy on Instagram - @wendy_orr_author
Find Wendy on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WendyOrr.Author
- BUY THE BOOK -
Australia - https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/childrens-fiction/Swallows-Dance-Wendy-Orr-9781760297879
International - https://www.bookdepository.com/SwallowS-Dance-Wendy-Orr/9781760297879?ref=grid-view&qid=1530589329856&sr=1-1
- WATCH NEXT -
The Minoans: A Civilization of Bronze Age Crete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxnfIe4zgO0&list=PLRIPanKDxKpsSF_JIkIrkvbvzHjbKHbsx&index=1&t=369s
The Mycenaeans: A Civilization of Bronze Age Greece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioHxDVCGE&list=PLRIPanKDxKpsSF_JIkIrkvbvzHjbKHbsx&index=2&t=111s
The Minoans and Mycenaeans: Civilizations of the Bronze Age Aegean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=criZ8DDhu6g&t=1s
- WANT TO KNOW MORE? -
Read our book review here - https://www.worldhistory.org/review/228/swallows-dance/
Aegean - https://www.worldhistory.org/aegean/
Thera - https://www.worldhistory.org/thera/
Minoan Civilization - https://www.worldhistory.org/Minoan_Civilization/
Akrotiri Frescoes - https://www.worldhistory.org/article/673/akrotiri-frescoes/
- CHAPTERS -
0:00 Introduction
0:40 What is the book about?
6:10 The inspiration for Leira
12:42 Travelling to Crete during the process for writing Swallow's Dance
14:00 Akrotiri on Santorini
18:05 Where did you get the idea of the crocus collection and the Swallow Clan? History vs. artistic liberty
22:28 Social organisation of Akrotiri, to what extent is that based on research vs filling in gaps?
24:24 What is it that fascinates you about the Minoans and the Bronze Age Aegean?
29:57 New book in the works; Cuckoo's Flight
34:15 Attributions
- ATTRIBUTIONS -
IMAGES: https://worldhistory.typehut.com/swallow-s-dance-an-interview-with-author-wendy-orr-images-and-attributions-5600
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