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Author Archives: Fiona
126 years of Blyton
Enid Blyton was born 126 years ago today! In honour of that I thought I would make a list of 126 great moments from her books. These are in no particular order, in fact I looked up a way to … Continue reading
July 2023 round up
July has been fairly miserable weather-wise, we’ve hardly had any days without rain! But we are the intrepid-ish kind, so armed with waterproofs and umbrellas we get out and about anyway. What I have read Not as much as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, July, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #539
Brodie turned six at the weekend (where does the time go??) and we have been reading Five on a Treasure Island for the past few bedtimes. He is currently convinced that the Five will find the gold on the wreck … Continue reading
Silver and Gold
I treated myself to a new book the other week – Silver and Gold which is a collection of 30 poems. First published in 1925 it was then released again in 1927 in a new edition. I have a slightly … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 34: From volume 2 issue 22
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 22. October 27th – November 9th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Jennifer Goleby, Eye, Suffolk. Dear Miss Blyton, I am sending you a lavender stick … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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Monday #538
July is almost over already, and unfortunately it has been a bit of a wash-out weather-wise. Good for the river levels, not so good for getting out and doing things. We did some sheltering from rain in libraries this week … Continue reading
Worst of Blyton at the library
Way back in 2016 I had just started working in the library (can’t believe I’ve been there seven years already!) I searched the catalogue to see what we had in the way of Blytons and I compiled a list of … Continue reading
Monday #537
It’s Monday night, it’s 11 o’clock, this is Top of the Pops the post I should have written last night and posted this morning. School holidays are still in full swing, we have been visiting the libraries to collect stamps … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 33: From volume 2 issue 21
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 21. October 13th-26th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Helen Chamberlain, Harborne. Dear Miss Blyton, We hope you will like this booklet we have written for … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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Monday #536
I was away on holiday last week – hence the lack of posting. I saw a LOT of puffins but sadly they were all on mugs, postcards, cushions and so on. I managed to refrain from buying any of them, … Continue reading
June 2023 round up
June blessed us with a brief heatwave before endless rainy days, it also brought us the end of the school term. What I have read Quite a bit actually as I have been tending to pick up a book rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing, June, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #534
Somehow it’s July! June seems to have gone by very fast, and now it’s the school holidays. This week we are going to sign up for the library’s summer reading challenge and we are going to try to visit all … Continue reading
Famous Five – The Graphic Novels
This was going to be a review of a single graphic novel, but I started explaining about the two that were published in English, and found there were more in French, not to mention the German translations… So the review … Continue reading
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Tagged Béja, De Vijf, Dutch, French, Funf Freunde, German, Graphic novels, Le Club des Cinq, Nataël, Os Cinco, Portuguese, The Famous Five
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Letters to Enid part 32: From volume 2 issue 20
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from volume 2, issue 20. September 29th – October 12th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Beverley Cooper, 39 Elwood Street, Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dear Enid Blyton, I enjoy … Continue reading
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Monday #533
It doesn’t happen all that often but there is Enid Blyton related news this week! The BBC have announced a new Famous Five adaptation which, apparently, is already being filmed! There will be 3 90 minute episodes and it will … Continue reading
Letters to Enid part 31: From volume 2 issue 19
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 19. September 15th – 28th, 1954 OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Alan Lewis, Belfast, N.I. Dear Enid Blyton, About a week after I received my lovely … Continue reading
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Monday #532
After a week of glorious sunshine today we’ve had a lot of much-needed rain and some thunderstorms – a natural consequence of all the heat. Letters to Enid 31 and Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 10 I … Continue reading
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