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Awesome Authors
A celebration of the magic of children's literature throughout July 2016
A celebration of the magic of children's literature throughout July 2016
A celebration of the magic of children's literature throughout July 2016
Dr Sophie Coulombeau explores the limits of children's literature.
成人快手 Radio 3Mariella Frostrup presents a special programme celebrating children's literature.
成人快手 Radio 4Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock recalls meeting the storyteller in his writing hut.
成人快手 Radio 3Michael Rosen celebrates the dazzling language and clever observation of Dahl's poetry.
成人快手 Radio 3Performance poet Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Dahl's heroine Matilda.
成人快手 Radio 3Jeremy Dyson remembers his 10-year-old self's discovery of Dahl's short stories for adults
成人快手 Radio 3The revolutionary science behind The Water-Babies and its influence on social reform.
成人快手 FourFrank Cottrell Boyce on the myth Dahl built around his plane crash during World War II.
成人快手 Radio 3Bestselling children鈥檚 author Julia Donaldson shares her musical passions.
成人快手 Radio 3How Edith Nesbit created a new kind of children's fiction, a blend of magic and realism.
成人快手 FourRoald Dahl tells his own story in his own words with the help of his granddaughter Sophie.
成人快手 Radio 4JK Rowling's books are those most adults say every child should read, a 成人快手 poll reveals.
The illustrator discusses his working relationship with the renowned author
What does Dahl's correspondence with his mother Sofie tell us about his writing?
Samantha Bond explores Edith Nesbit鈥檚 favourite place to visit as a child
Former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman on how to become a successful author
Watch the trail for The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl on 成人快手 Two
Three children's authors talk about their writing on 成人快手 Northern Ireland's The Arts Show
Celebrating everything awesome about authors, brilliant about books & wicked about words
Will you prevail as a genius like Matilda or is the title Mr or Mrs Twit fitting?
Radio 4 celebrates Roald Dahl's centenary with plays and documentaries - find out more
The Awesome Authors season is part of Love to Read, a celebration of reading in 2016
All Books programmes for today, the week ahead and available on 成人快手 iPlayer
Richard Coles finds out how a few passages have blighted the book鈥檚 reputation
