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As fat as Henry VIII? A phrase I wasn’t allowed to use in my novel
25 Jan 2026 04:23 GMT
… has become the latest author subjected to a sensitivity … Perthshire, the author, who has sold 19 million books, revealed that … was to go through Enid Blyton’s books and list every … sensibilities of a book published now. Rereading those novels again, there are …
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‘I could never hope to equal it again’: Jeffrey Archer announces next novel will be his last
21 Jan 2026 04:17 GMT
… was published.
The 85-year-old author has sold more than 300m books … 1976, according to his publishers. His 1979 novel, Kane and Abel, was … Enid Blyton,” Robert McCrum wrote in 2009.
Archer’s career as a novelist …
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Our famous beach beloved by Enid Blyton has been SHUT, turned into an ‘eyesore’ & covered in decades-old rubbish
09 Jan 2026 11:53 GMT
… beloved by children’s author Enid Blyton has been closed after … of beloved children’s author Enid Blyton.
The Famous Five writer … reportedly a favourite of beloved author Enid BlytonCredit: BNPS
“ … instance.”
Children’s writer Enid Blyton used to stay near …
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Adam Mayhew's '50 Down 32 to Go' Delivers Side-Splitting Nostalgia for Britain's Quirky Coming of Age
26 Jan 2026 11:25 GMT
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About the Book:
In 50 Down 32 to … ’s eccentric underbelly, think Enid Blyton meets The League of Gentlemen … nostalgia, Mayhew wrote this book to bottle his ironic life … nods, moment.
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National Trust turned beach beloved by Enid Blyton into ‘horrible eyesore’
08 Jan 2026 14:11 GMT
… beloved by the children’s author Enid Blyton.
Engineers took out sea defences …
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Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel
16 Jan 2026 12:53 GMT
… a good boarding school novel. Spanning both childhood and … children’s literature (from Enid Blyton to J.K. Rowling) … school is irresistible for novelists! Yes, the children … of knowledge—that the novel takes shape.
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Bedford Author Wins International Writing Contest
13 Jan 2026 19:18 GMT
… Eastern Cape, South Africa author Dorothy de Kok is a … winning story will be published in the international bestselling … novel: an earnest and spectacularly terrible fan fiction of Enid Blyton … emotionally attached to borrowed books and “forgetting” to …
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The Magic Faraway Tree Comes Alive: Enid Blyton’s Beloved Tale Hits The Big Screen
07 Dec 2025 03:59 GMT
… readers today. For an author often criticised for dated … celebrate
While some of Enid Blyton’s tropes may feel … her own book—The Homebound (Hachette India, 2025), published recently.
For … says. Pallavi agrees, saying “Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree series taps …
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25 books that brought back the joy of reading in 2025
27 Dec 2025 07:40 GMT
… of controversy when it was published in Japanese and won the … book-within-a-book set in the 1950s. Ryeland tracks down an author … (a send-up of Enid Blyton). This clever novel will hit different if … more readable, but this one, published in India in 2025, walks …
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Andrew Garfield has been cast in the big screen adaptation of Enid Blyton's 'The Magic Faraway Tree'
28 Nov 2025 13:38 GMT
… of waiting, Enid Blyton’s popular children's novel, "The … release in March 2026.
Originally published in 1939, the " … My mum bought all my Enid Blyton books, I’m going to take … ' books, and the magical worlds created by Enid Blyton. To be …