Lost Islands: Inventing Avalon, Destroying Eden

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Author: Kevan Manwaring
Publisher: Heart of Albion
Price: Paperback £14.95

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Bard, professional storyteller and keen island-hopper Kevan Manwaring has combined his passions in an evocative guide to the legendary islands of the world, exploring not only their mythic geography but also their true meaning in our collective psyche.

Atlantis, Avalon, Hi Brasil, the Western Isles: such utopias haunt the Western imagination. Some are not even islands, like the magical village of Brigadoon where time stands still, but all are grist to Manwaring’s insightful mill.

In an era of climate change and global uncertainty, myths of lost islands are more poignant today than ever before. Manwaring charts the demise of islands such as the Isles of Scilly and Easter Island – ‘lost’ either by partial inundation of the sea or because of severe ecological changes.

If we don’t learn from these myths and take note of what is happening in the real world – will ‘this island Earth’ of ours go the way of Atlantis?

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