Enid Blyton – For Reading Addicts

Children's Literature New Releases News

January 12, 2022

Jacqueline Wilson to Write New Magic Faraway Tree Book

Jacqueline Wilson is writing a new Magic Faraway Tree adventure, the first to be published…

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Authors News

June 19, 2021

English Heritage admits Enid Blyton’s work is “racist and xenophobic”.

Enid Blyton has hit the news again with controversy with a reassessment on how much…

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Adaptations News Television

March 23, 2020

‘Malory Towers’ release date brought forward by BBC

Malory Towers is coming to the BBC sooner than we thought. The BBC announced their plans…

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News

September 4, 2019

Royal Mint Blocks Plans for Commemorative Enid Blyton Coin After Fears of a Backlash Against her Morals

The idea of a commemorative coin celebrating English children’s author, Enid Blyton, was rejected in…

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Adaptations Children's Literature News

July 10, 2019

Enid Blyton’s ‘Malory Towers’ is back with a 21st century makeover

Malory Towers, Enid Blyton's boarding school adventures, first hit our shelves in 1946 in a series…

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Children's Literature Inspired by Literature

January 27, 2017

Sam Mendes Secures Rights to Enid Blyton Stories.

Director Sam Mendes, of Neale Street Productions, has secured rights to Enid Blyton's The Magic…

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Children's Literature News

September 17, 2016

Famous Five Books Show Original is Best

Hatchette Does U-Turn on Revisions Language changes over time, social structures adjust, and what was…

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Authors Quotations

August 11, 2016

10 Eternally Excellent Enid Blyton Quotes

There cannot be many readers who as children did not have a shelf full, or…

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New Releases

May 22, 2016

Five Get the Parody Treatment: Enid Blyton’s Work Spoofed

Famous Five Parody Books to be Released It wasn’t long ago we were bringing you…

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Quizzes

August 26, 2015

QUIZ! Which Famous Five Character are You?

The staple of childhood for many of us, the Famous Five adventures gave us a…

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