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Bridgerton and Midsomer Murders actors to star in 'amazing' adaptation of beloved novel – all to know
02 May 2025 08:37 GMT
Calling all Enid Blyton fans! The BAFTA-winning co- … 's writer's book series, The Faraway Tree – and … that grandparents who read the books when they were little will … on Blyton's beloved book series, which began in 1939 …
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Geri Horner names her favourite-ever book after 'new chapter in her life'
29 Apr 2025 13:25 GMT
… has named her favourite ever-book as she embarks on a … as a child with historical novel The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak … .S Lewis and anything by Enid Blyton when she was younger.
Article … reading. I loved how a book could transport you anywhere, and …
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Children should be given the freedom to choose books: Panel
27 Apr 2025 07:49 GMT
… Colleen Nelson, a celebrated author of Young Adult fiction whose … for them -- like the Enid Blyton stories.” She referred to … award-winning Emirati author of children’s books, agreed that folk … Publishing houses also share a big responsibility in making books …
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SCRF: Child’s agency in choosing books should be respected
26 Apr 2025 10:49 GMT
… storytelling.
Colleen Nelson, a celebrated author of Young Adult fiction whose … for them -- like the Enid Blyton stories.” She referred to her … added. Publishing houses also share a big responsibility in making books attractive …
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Mostly rainbows and unicorns: Queer books with happy endings and lots of fun
26 Apr 2025 09:57 GMT
… of good queer books published last year alone. The book recommendations that follow … mystery/adventure genre (think Enid Blyton, but even Agatha Christie played … the author of (very good!) sad lesbians books, but her first novel, Tipping …
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If Wes Anderson rewrote Enid Blyton
20 Apr 2025 01:13 GMT
… go of their ankles.
The author Krystelle Bamford
DAVID GOW
This … novel that reads like a Brothers Grimm fairytale fused with an Enid Blyton … week — by the Times books team
Bamford, who was born … ’s funny sentences. The book begins ominously with reflections on …
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Which 3 books leave Reeta Chakrabarti cold?
25 Apr 2025 01:53 GMT
By REETA CHAKRABARTI
Published: 19:01 EDT, 24 April … most extraordinary novels I’ve ever read.
It was published in the … of Enid Blyton and Louisa May Alcott.
But the first ‘proper’ book was … she’s the sort of author I ought to like in …
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Books in the Media: a new offering from Sayaka Murata makes an impact
23 Apr 2025 08:26 GMT
… novel “reads like a Brothers Grimm fairytale fused with an Enid Blyton … end.” The Bookseller’s Lauren Brown called the novel “pacy and … Bamford.
Megan Hunter’s third novel Days of Light (Picador), “ … New Statesman: “It’s a book about what happens when a …
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World Book Day 2025| Sonam Kapoor on inculcating the love for reading in son Vayu: I read to him everyday
23 Apr 2025 05:49 GMT
… Sonam Kapoor and books has been a longstanding … joyful, or at peace. Books have been my companions at … kinds of books—fiction, non-fiction, picture books, and classics … author) Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Enid Blyton in my childhood. These books …
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The gorgeous seaside town walk 80 minutes from Surrey that inspired Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien and Enid Blyton
06 Apr 2025 12:16 GMT
… Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Enid Blyton, Thomas Hardy, John Fowles, and … Trust Brownsea Island that inspired Enid Blyton, off the coast of Poole … areas of Poole, where espionage novel writer John le Carré was …