Category Archives: Enid Blyton

Stephen King vs Enid Blyton

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Fiona

I’m being a little bit pre-emptive, here. There is not, to my knowledge any drama going on yet, but I’m sure that there will be soon. Though, as with Jacqueline Wilson Vs Enid Blyton, what really happened was Blyton fans … Continue reading →

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A guide to Enid Blyton biographies

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Fiona

We all know that Enid Blyton wrote a lot of books, an awful awful lot of books. As well as being phenomenally popular she has been a controversial figure both during and after her career. So it’s perhaps not surprising … Continue reading →

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Jacqueline Wilson Vs Enid Blyton

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Fiona

Six months ago, though it feels like less than that, I wrote about English Heritage vs Enid Blyton. The furore that time was over English Heritage updating their website to mention some criticisms of Blyton’s writing. I found the update … Continue reading →

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English Heritage vs Enid Blyton: the rematch

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Fiona

You may remember the outrage in June when English Heritage updated their page on Enid Blyton. I had some thoughts on that, which I shared here. If you missed it, and don’t feel like reading the 1800 words I wrote … Continue reading →

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English Heritage vs Enid Blyton

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Fiona

I’m sure that few Enid Blyton fans have missed the furore over the past week about English Heritage’s website update regarding Enid Blyton. I have seen countless online newspaper articles, individual’s posts and comments and it’s on a couple of … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton: The Untold Story by Brian Carter

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Fiona

Some time ago I had an email asking if I would give permission for a photo of Elfin Cottage to appear in a new book about Enid Blyton. After checking with Stef who had taken the photo, I replied saying … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 4: The World of Children’s Books

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Fiona

I brought this one (and all the other praise and criticism books) home from the staff library at my work. I just quickly skimmed the index to see if Enid Blyton was mentioned. She’s in this one four times but … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 2: The Child and the Book

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Fiona

A few weeks ago I looked at what the Who’s Who of Children’s Literature had to say about Enid Blyton, and it was overwhelmingly positive. This time I want to see what The Child and the Book has to say. … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid 1: From volume 1 issue 10

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Fiona

Recently someone commented on the blog asking how they might find a letter they had written to Enid Blyton many years before. It had been published in Enid Blyton’s magazine in the mid-fifties. I checked all of the copies I … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton, praise and criticism part 1: The Who’s Who of Children’s Literature

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Fiona

Enid Blyton’s life and writing career might seem as if it was a perfect, rosy thing. Half of that is her skill in writing. Even in her autobiography and her letters to children she would never let on that things were less … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s short stories

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Fiona

Enid Blyton wrote a lot of short stories. I was planning to start reviewing some of them to encourage me to read more of them. But first, I thought I would just write a bit about her short stories in … Continue reading →

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Bourne End overview

Posted on February 23, 2018 by pippastef

Over the years we’ve written a lot about our trips to Enid Blyton’s magical home of Old Thatch and Bourne End, even though we haven’t really written about it since. So I thought I would remind you all of our … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Fund for Seven Stories

Posted on February 3, 2018 by pippastef

Originally posted on Seven Stories' Enid Blyton Blog:
We are thrilled to announce a new £¾m fund to benefit the work of Seven Stories, which has been founded thanks to the Enid Blyton Trust for Children.  Its Trustees have decided to wind…

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A new Blyton movie – The Magic Faraway Tree

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Fiona

This is not quite new news. There has been talk of a Faraway Tree movie for at least a few years now. As far back as 2014 there were reports that the series would be adapted for the big screen, … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Garden 2: What we know about the original Old Thatch gardens

Posted on September 15, 2017 by pippastef

Last week we looked at the most up to date information we had from Old Thatch gardens and got an idea of the kind of place the cottage and gardens are, but as mentioned we don’t know very much about … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Garden 1: Old Thatch in the present day, part one

Posted on September 8, 2017 by pippastef

I came across a book The Writer’s Garden by Jackie Bennett, at work last Saturday and immediately started flicking through it to see if I could find any information about Enid Blyton’s own beloved gardens, but the book was annoyingly devoid … Continue reading →

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Blyton’s Britain, part 1

Posted on February 24, 2017 by pippastef

Thanks to a comment on one of my previous posts, from a reader saying that it would be nice to have a list of locations that Enid Blyton used for inspiration and where she lived, I have decided to put … Continue reading →

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Article Review: The Children Who Inspired Enid Blyton’s Famous Five Book covers are revealed

Posted on December 11, 2015 by pippastef

I know I promised you, a review of the audio adaptation of Second Term at Malory Towers, unfortunately I’ve been unable to locate my cassette tape of this one, and at rather the last minute as well. I took drastic … Continue reading →

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My favourite Enid Blyton quotes

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Fiona

This post was inspired by an article on the Guardian site: Six of the best Enid Blyton quotes which was published in honour of Enid Blyton’s birthday this year. Two of the quotes were no surprise as they are always floating … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Enid!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Fiona

Having been born in 1897, it would be Enid Blyton’s 118th birthday today. I think that’s the perfect excuse to celebrate with a piece (or indeed pieces) of cake. Don’t you?

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