While JK Rowling remains immune to her fans' calls for more Harry Potter, Enid Blyton is currently enjoying a small boom, thanks partly to remaining highly responsive to the wishes of a new generation ...

From Whispering Island to the golf course she owned, Enid Blyton raided Dorset for story locations. As the Famous Five turns 75, our writer goes putting with Enid Corfe Castle in Dorset has, as ...

The books see the Famous Five try to find a gluten-free cream tea A spoof series of four books called Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, which reimagines the Famous Five as adults, is to be published. Five ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Royal Mint is said to have "concern over the backlash" that may result over an Enid Blyton commemorative coin. Beloved children's book author Enid Blyton has found herself in hot water, 60 years ...

The Royal Mint turned down a proposal to honour Famous Five author Enid Blyton with a special edition coin due to concerns that her dated views on race and gender would spark a public backlash, ...

A new drama reveals how Enid Blyton, author of The Famous Five and Noddy books, was a ruthless self-promoter, exploiting her own children to further her career. Bonham Carter plays the title role in ...

Ginger-ale, ham sandwiches, meat pies, pop biscuits and google buns. If Enid Blyton comes to your mind while reading this, then you would’ve spent your childhood reading Famous Fives, The Faraway Tree ...

Although her books evoke a particular time in Britain, Enid Blyton has found an unexpected following in India. On the 125th anniversary of the author's birth, Kamala Thiagarajan discovers what draws ...

Seventy-five years since Enid Blyton wrote the Famous Five, she is no longer much in vogue. Outdated, charged with colonialism, and spoofed in stocking-filler titles like Five Go Gluten Free, Blyton's ...

I’m always looking at new books for big authors to interview. So, I was intrigued when I came across Jacqueline Wilson’s brand new version of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree, which is out in May.

Enid Blyton is the only children's author to have outsold JK Rowling. But Rowling has sold her books faster. In 10 years she has produced seven novels, some remarkably fat, and two slim spin-off books ...