Sufiya Ahmed grew up loving Enid Blyton’s stories. She recalls that her library stocked “the Famous Five adventures, and the boarding school series, Malory Towers and St Clare’s, which I absolutely loved”. “I started to dream about being a writer just like Blyton.” “Sufiya Ahmed’s partnership with Hachette was to reimagine the Famous Five into modern Britain” Fast forward to …
Enid Blyton: The most comforting children’s books ever Alamy Although her books evoke a particular time in Britain, Enid Blyton has found an unexpected following in India. Alamy Blyton was a prolific author, at times producing 50 books in a year Even today, there's a thriving demand and brisk trade in Enid Blyton across India. The author "colonised young Indian …
An India-born author based in London, who grew up reading Enid Blyton stories, has penned her own set of adventures for the Famous Five characters created by the celebrated English children’s writer, more reflective of modern British life. “There are more diverse characters in Kirrin village, which is the setting of the Famous Five books, and in the second story …
With due credit to Enid Blyton now in the process of being cancelled from public memory, a Famous Five has descended on Tamil Nadu to help the southern state government manage its economy. According to Tamil Nadu Governor, Banwarilal Purohit, this institution called the Economic Advisory Council will include former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan, Nobel laureate Esther …
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