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Roald Dahl's daughter Olivia died of measles aged seven.
He called them 'stinkers' and 'nauseating little warts', but author Roald Dahl's characterisation of children as vulnerable is necessary for them to ultimately triumph.
These books will kickstart a lifelong love of reading, and build a bedtime bond between parent and child.
An idyllic childhood in Wales inspired one of the world's most treasured children's writers in unexpected ways.
A war hero and a philanthropist, or a bully and a misogynist – there are many versions of the enigmatic author.
From Jabberwocky to the BFG's gobblefunking, playing with words is the first step to mastering them – not something to be ironed out of teaching.
Roald Dahl hated adaptations of his work, and often I agree with him. The original books have such a place in so many people’s hearts and open up the imagination so much that once on screen they can feel…
The discount supermarket chain Aldi has come under fire in recent days for removing Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes (1982) from its shelves following a complaint from a customer on its Facebook page. The…
Last week, Penguin released a 50th-anniversary edition of Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – to an astonishingly negative reception. Die-hard Dahl fans on Twitter were scathing…
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Lecturer in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
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Emeritus PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Children's and Adolescent Literature, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in English, University of the West of England
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
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Lecturer Human Development, Wellbeing and Counselling USQ
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Lecturer in English Literature, QLD rep for Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association, University of Southern Queensland
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PhD candidate in English, University of Hull
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Professor of English Literature, Cardiff University
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