Author Archives: Fiona

Looking at The Famous Five Annual 2014, part 1

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Fiona

As I mentioned before, I got this for my birthday. I’ve only briefly skimmed it until now, so I thought it was about time I actually read it, so I will share some of my thoughts on it as I … Continue reading →

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Another Monday

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Fiona

So it’s Monday again, where did the weekend go? Well, wherever it went it’s now another week, and time for me to tell you what’s coming up on the blog. We’ll have more fanfic for you this week, Wednesday will … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Fiona

Having read chapters seven and eight a line at a time I can now say I found thirteen changes between them (again, not including random adding and removing of hyphens or I’d be here for a week.) Apologies in advance, … Continue reading →

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Monday Monday Monday!

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Fiona

Another week into the New Year, where is it going?! It seems to be heading by so fast already! Anyway, this last week, we reached a tremendous new score for our most viewed day. We went up from 298 to … Continue reading →

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How to make canvas wall art

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Fiona

I got crafty again last year and made Stef another Christmas present, another Famous Five themed one. It wasn’t actually what I had originally intended to do, but I hadn’t been able to find an important component of my original … Continue reading →

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First Monday of the year

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Fiona

It’s the first Monday of 2014, and with a lot of grumbling most of us are back at work (I’m definitely grumbling.) It’s not all bad, though, as we have something very special and exclusive lined up for Wednesday, so … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Fiona

Continuing with Five on a Treasure Island, I’ve looked at chapters five and six. It appears that as the excitement and action starts in the story, the editor’s pen has started to fall more heavily. In chapters five and six, … Continue reading →

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New Year Week

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Fiona

So we’re almost into the New Year and we’re having another quietish week here on World of Blyton, however Fiona’s blog for this week is another interesting one about the textual changes in Five on Treasure Island. Again we shall … Continue reading →

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2013 birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Fiona

I was lucky enough to receive quite a few Blyton-y presents between my birthday and Christmas this year, so I thought I’d do a wee blog to show off what I got! For my birthday I got the Famous Five … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Everyone & Christmas News, a poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Fiona

Christmas has come at last, so we hope you all have a lovely time. We’re sure you’ll all be too busy with presents, crackers and food to be browsing the internet but we’ve popped up a cute Blyton poem for … Continue reading →

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Last Monday before Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Fiona

Eep, yes we really are that close to Christmas now, so I hope you’ve got everything nearly ready by now! Wednesday is Christmas day, so we won’t be putting up a contributor post this week, though there will most likely … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 2

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fiona

Continuing on from my post two weeks ago, about the alterations in modern editions I’ve now looked at chapters three and four of Five on a Treasure Island. CHAPTER THREE: A QUEER STORY AND A NEW FRIEND The first edit … Continue reading →

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Two Mondays till Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Fiona

So we’re almost at Christmas, and things are getting busy! But before we’re too bogged down in the idea of Christmas, I hope you will join me in wishing Fiona a very Happy Birthday for yesterday! This week Fiona will … Continue reading →

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More About Amelia Jane! part 2

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Fiona

So, picking up where I left off last time, reading this book for the first time. AMELIA JANE AND THE TELEPHONE In Amelia Jane and the Telephone, Amelia Jane has been away for a few days, and in that time … Continue reading →

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Three Mondays till Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Fiona

It’s Monday again, and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (in my house it is anyway!) I’ve got most of my Christmas shopping done, just a few bits and pieces to get now. Our contributor this week will … Continue reading →

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Five on a Treasure Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fiona

Something that comes up again and again in discussions about Blyton’s books is the issue of updating. Some readers say that word as if it were a dirty thing, others say it positively. I’m in between really, I prefer to read … Continue reading →

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Advent Monday

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Fiona

So we’ve made it through the year and it’s the first Monday in December, which means a lot of you will have started your advent calenders yesterday. If I had one, I would have done. So this week we have … Continue reading →

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More About Amelia Jane! part 1

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Fiona

Let’s start with me admitting to something: I’ve never read this book before. I didn’t have it as a child, but at some point in the  past few years I bought a copy (paid £13.50 for a first edition without … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in November

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fiona

Well, I’ve no idea where November went. I think for me it disappeared in a blur of working extra shifts and not getting any Christmas shopping done (oops!) There’s that dreaded C-word. It’s a month to Christmas now, so you’ll … Continue reading →

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Comparing Hollow Tree House and The Secret Island

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Fiona

Hollow Tree House was one of my favourite Blyton books as a child, though I’ve not read it in ages. I meant to, after blogging about my childhood books ages ago, but I just never got around to it. The … Continue reading →

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