What's Up with Enid Blyton?
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She’s everyone and their aunt’s favourite children’s author, but Enid Blyton’s books are a cultural minefield. We talk about “goblins”, Moonface, the naughtiest girls and more as we look back at Blyton’s writing to see what’s aged well and how her work has been tailored in recent years to be politically correct. You can find Supriya Nair at @supriyanair and Deepanjana Pal at @dpanjana on Instagram. This is a Maed In India Production; check us out at www.maedinindia.in.  Theme Music: Easy Wanderlings - Here’s to You If you have any books, reading or literature-related questions, please email us at [email protected].  For a list of all the books mentioned in the season so far, check out: https://thelitpickers.fanlink.to/books
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