Author Archives: Fiona

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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Monday

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Fiona

It’s Monday again. It’s six weeks til Christmas. It’s getting colder and we have a range of treats for you this week. Another wonderful Famous Five blog from Corinna, this time looking at Mystery Moor, so I hope you’re all … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five 90s Series: Some (Funny) Captions

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Fiona

It’s not what I promised for this week but circumstances (ie me not feeling well,) have led me to throw this together quickly. I’d like to say there’s a story behind these captions, but other than “Stef and I were … Continue reading →

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Monday Again, and it’s Remembrance Day

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Fiona

We hope you’re all wearing your poppies today, as (in Commonwealth countries at least,) it’s Remembrance Day (also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day.) We’re almost at 35,000 views (25 off as I write this!) as we’ve had a … Continue reading →

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Amelia Jane Again! part 2

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Fiona

I abandoned part one a bit abruptly (it was after midnight and it was already really rather long) so here I am continuing with part two and the other seven stories in the book. The next story in the book is Amelia … Continue reading →

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The Bonfire at Night: A poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Fiona

It’s bonfire night tonight, so I thought we should have a poem to celebrate. I’m going out tonight to see the fireworks, are you? You can also take a look at the poem we put up last year at this … Continue reading →

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November Monday

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Fiona

Gosh, so it’s the first Monday in November (seriously where is the year going?) and it’s also the week of our first birthday! Gosh doesn’t time fly! This time last year I was up in Dundee with Fiona and when we … Continue reading →

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