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Author Archives: Fiona
Monday #364
I’m excited to watch the new Malory Towers adaptation which is coming to the BBC iPlayer today. It might make self-isolation that little bit more bearable. If it wasn’t for Brodie I would be devouring books – many by Blyton … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl continued: The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend
A few weeks ago I reviewed the first Naughtiest Girl continuation book by Anne Digby. I didn’t think it was very good, but seeing as I borrowed all six and I can’t return them due to coronavirus self-isolation, I thought … Continue reading
Letters to Enid 21: From volume 2 issue 9
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 9. April 28th – May 11th 1954 OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Judith Allen, 273 Saddlebow Road, King’s Lynn. Dear Enid Blyton, I get sixpence a … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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Monday #363
Letters to Enid part 21 and The Naughtiest Girl continued: The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend The dragon ought to be left to sleep as it is. If you stir it, there’s no telling what might happen. Morgan Jones’ warning … Continue reading
Fan fic Friday: Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 4
So far the children have gone missing and Bill and Anatoly have been trying to work out where they are. Now Anatoly’s in Europe, looking for clues, and Bill’s in London waiting for news. Chapter 4 Anatoly sighed and sat … Continue reading
The Five as you have never seen them before, part 2
Recently I posted some illustrations by Eileen Soper that look like members of the Famous Five but are actually from short stories. Here are some more, this time from the Hodder Story Books (Happy, Merry and so on). Anne and … Continue reading
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Tagged Eileen Soper, Hodder Story Books, The Famous Five
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Monday #362
The Five as you’ve never seen them before, part 2 and Introducing Fanfic Friday (because who doesn’t love alliteration!) Cunningham and Petrov, the Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane Amelia Jane slept for an hour- and then she began having horrid … Continue reading
Letters to Enid 20: From volume 2 issue 8
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, as I admit I’d rather forgotten about them! Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 8. April 14th-27th 1954 OUR LETTER PAGE A letter … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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February 2020 Round Up
So that’s January and February done – oh for spring! There have been too many storms, too much rain, wind and freezing temperatures for most of us I think. I can’t wait for milder weather. What I have read Eleven … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Doing, February, Monthly round up, Reading, Round Up, Watching
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Monday #361
A little later in the day than planned, but it’s still Monday at least. February round up and Letters to Enid 19 The Magic Faraway Tree is getting a new installment next month, written by Jeanne Willis. It is called … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl continued: The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret
As I covered in my post on Blyton’s prequels, sequels and continuations, there are six additional Naughtiest Girl books written by Anne Digby. I’ve borrowed all of them (in two different editions) from my library and now it’s time to … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 3
So far we have posted two chapters of our new fanfiction which takes a look at what happened to Bill, and Anatoly, once the children board the wrong plane. In chapter one we saw the scene at the aerodrome, and … Continue reading
The Five as you have never seen them before
Eileen Soper’s Five are the real Five to me. I grew up seeing her illustrations in lots of my Famous Five books and although I also had some Betty Maxey books too, I always picture Julian, Dick, Anne, George and … Continue reading
Blyton by others: A guide to unnecessary retellings of Blyton’s work
I recently wrote a guide to continuations of Blyton’s series, whether they be prequels, sequels or gap-fillers. While looking for all the possible things to feature I ruled out several books by other authors as they didn’t “continue” a story … Continue reading
The Naughtiest Girl in the School: How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? Part 6
There are only four chapters left so this should be the final part! Part one looked at chapters 1-4, part 2 chapters 5-8 here, part 3 chapters 9-12, part 4 chapters 13-16 and part 5 was chapters 17-20. I am … Continue reading
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Aeroplane chapter 2
Two weeks ago we posted the first chapter of our new fanfiction which takes a look at what happened to Bill, and Anatoly, once the children boarded the wrong aeroplane. Chapter 2 Anatoly thought better than to answer the comment … Continue reading
Monday #358
It’s Valentine’s day on Friday! Romance didn’t often feature in Enid Blyton’s books (just look at Bill’s ‘proposal’ to Allie, below), but we’ve written a few romantic stories featuring some of her characters once they’ve grown up. They are: First … Continue reading
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Tagged Aunt Allie, Bill Cunningham, Bill Smugs, February, Monday, Ship of Adventure, Valentine's Day
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Macaroons
Somehow when I think of macaroons I still picture the little round French macaroons or macarons. I’ve actually made the kind of macaroons that the Find-Outers devoured by the dozen, with Stef when she visited a few years ago. When … Continue reading
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