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Episode 1 is all about memory and childhood reading with a nod to Enid Blyton. There is no doubt about it, but Enid Blyton gave us those lovely Home County phrases that got us good marks in our school compositions. Enid was a defining presence in our childhoods, and that deserves consideration. Members of the FaiReview Book Club will discuss their childhood and young adult reading, and their love affair – or not – with Enid Blyton, joined by advocate of 20th century Irish children’s literature, Alan O’Brien. So, welcome to Ria Skehan, Dr Niamh O’Dowd, Edel Connolly, Dr Susan Weir and Alan O’Brien in Five Have a Wonderful Adventure in Near FM.
About the series
Spiffing Yarns: the Strange Allure of Enid Blyton, is about much more than the childhood experience of reading Enid Blyton’s books and the age-old children’s classics through the eyes of older and younger readers. It’s about advocacy for children’s reading, using Enid Blyton as the springboard for a much wider discussion about modern childhood reading, shared reading, and the benefits of reading, discussed by children and teenagers, as well as by librarians, booksellers, teachers, authors, and children’s literature experts, who will attempt to deconstruct and examine critical leitmotifs in children’s literature and how they have slowly moved from political incorrectness to issues of social justice.
