childrensliterature

Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born #OTD, 13 September. A huge influence on his writing was Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870–1916). Dahl wrote,

“In all literature, [Saki] was the first to employ successfully a wildly outrageous premise in order to make a serious point. I love that. And today the best of his stories are still better than the best of just about every other writer around.”

@bookstodon

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https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n16/katherine-rundell/ferrets-can-be-gods

#Scottish #literature #RoaldDahl #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Saki

Opening Lines: TREASURE ISLAND

On BBC Sounds: former Head of Channel Four Drama & Controller of BBC Drama Production John Yorke explains why Robert Louis Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND has a profound & lasting impact even in the age of Minecraft, Reality TV & YouTube

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hl0j

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #Kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #TreasureIsland

“Newton had a way of making everyone in the movie react to him like astonished children, agog at the snarling, bug-eyed, peg-legged creature in their midst”

Today, 19 September, is #TalkLikeAPirateDay – but really it’s #TalkLikeRobertNewtonPlayingLongJohnSilverDay 🏴‍☠️🦜

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/film-version-treasure-island-gave-us-our-image-pirates-180967149/

#Scottish #literature #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #TreasureIsland #RobertLouisStevenson #film #movies #classicmovies #pirates

Call for papers:
Irish & Scottish Women Writers for Children, c. 1750–1940
12 Dec, University of Edinburgh – free

Although significantly overlooked, Irish & Scottish women wrote children’s literature across various genres & forms. Papers on the symposium themes are invited by 31 August.

@litstudies

#Scottish #Irish #literature #womenwriters #ChildrensLiterature #18thcentury #19thcentury #20thcentury #CallforPapers

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