Podcasts about Blyton

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 33:00

In this episode, Ben gives his definitive fast food rankings.

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CTF with Ben Blyton #08 - Four Coronas Please feat. Jack Walton

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 30:42

In this episode, Ben is joined by Jack Walton to talk about NRL part-time jobs after the season ends, COVID-19 current affairs, and answer your questions.

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CTF with Ben Blyton - Solo Ep #05

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 29:09

In this episode Ben talks about Coronavirus, NRL's new promo vid, and answers your questions.

CTF with Ben Blyton - NRL Supercoach Edition Trailer

Chewing the Fat Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 2:56

Subscribe to Chewing the Fat with Ben Blyton - NRL SuperCoach Edition to keep up with all things NRL, as well as some handy hints for SuperCoach and tipping in the 2020 season.

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CTF with Ben Blyton Solo Ep #04 - Super Coach?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 46:50

In this episode Ben discusses rearranging your bedroom and the arousal that can bring, NRL off-season rankings, MAFS, and answers your questions.

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CTF with Ben Blyton Solo Ep #03 - Vale Holden.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 46:22

In this episode, Ben discusses the strange parallels between Holden and Rugby in Australia, dodgy news reporting, MAFS, answers your questions, and names his throwback movie and song of the week.

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CTF with Ben Blyton Ep #06 - You Play Footy Mate? with John Beith

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 51:26

In this episode, Ben calls up John Beith to chat Cricket, Oscars, NRL, and answer your questions. Ben also give his first MAFS power rankings for the year.

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CTF with Ben Blyton Solo #02 - Married at First Yarn

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 32:36

In this episode, Ben discusses suspect phone ads, answers your questions, and breaks down the first week of MAFS. Ben also gives his first round of throwback movie and song of the week.

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CTF with Ben Blyton Solo #01 - Rogue One

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 23:30

In this episode, Ben goes all Castaway on us and does a solo podcast. He discusses servo attendees, tries to debunk accents, and answers some listeners questions.

Ep. 51: Golgappa with Shakti Salgaokar

Gol Gappa

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 80:44

Every Maharashtrian household has one silent yet significant witness in the family, Kalnirnay. This week Trupti is joined by Shakti Salgaokar. She is the Executive Director of Kalnirnay who tells us the story of how this publication came into being the symbol of India's heritage, its editorial process, shares her love for books, films, acting and much more. शक्ति साळगावकर प्रत्येक मराठी घराचा अविभाज्य भाग म्हणजे कालनिर्णय... तारखा असो वा पंचांग, अग्रलेखां पासुन वेग-वेगळ्या पदार्थांच्या रेसिपीज पर्यंत... सगळ्याच गोष्टी एका छोट्याशा कालनिर्णय मध्ये सापडतात! शक्ति याला "आज्जीचं फेसबुक" म्हणते! आज नवीन वर्षाच्या निमित्ताने आपल्याशी गप्पा मारायला आणि कालनिर्णय सारखी महत्त्वाची गोष्ट अस्तित्वात कशी आली? त्यात झालेले बदल, नव-नवीन लेख कसे जोडले जातात? आणि अजुन बरीच गुपीतं आपल्या सांगायला येत आहे शक्ति साळगावकर फक्त गोल-गप्पा विथ तृप्ती खामकर वर. You can follow Trupti Khamkar on Instagram @actortrupti You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

Novelist Enid Blyton

Great Lives

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 27:46

Janice Turner recently wrote a sweet, sensitive article about packing up the contents of her parent’s house. “The experience was almost unbearable,” she began. Among the items passed down from the attic, “my entire childhood,” were a heavy sledge, Twinkle and Jackie annuals, “and a heavy trunk of 60 Enid Blytons.” 60 Enid Blytons - imagine that! Janice Turner aka @victoriapeckham and winner of press interviewer of the year, is nominating Enid Blyton in a programme filled scandal, racism and lovely archive. Blyton was rejected in 2019 from a commemorative coin because of the controversy that continues to swirl around her work .... which include The Famous Five, the Secret Seven, and 24 books about Noddy. The programme includes the biographer Nadia Cohen, the presenter Matthew Parris, and the producer Miles Warde.

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89: Enid Blyton with Christine Bohan

Juvenalia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 49:10

Christine Bohan is the deputy editor of TheJournal.ie and the executive producer of Stardust. She joined Alan and guest co-host Cassie Delaney to talk about Enid Blyton. We talked about Blyton’s superhuman output, discussed what, if any, of her work stands up to modern tastes, our childhood reading habits, and much more Follow Christine on twitter @ChristineBohan Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing but he does standup sometimes too. Cassie is @CassieLorraine. She co-hosts The Creep Dive and runs Tall Tales Podcasts. Thank you Cassie. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us. Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts. Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

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Karl Duke (Headteacher at Blyton cum Lawton Church of England School): A reading inspired curriculum

The Teachers' Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2019 41:22

In this episode, Claire interviews Karl Duke at the One Education Literacy Conference. Growing up in Barnsley in a working-class family, a wealth of books were not readily available to Karl as a child but he credits his parents for always encouraging him to read. After initially training as an illustrator in the early 90s, Karl has worked in primary education for almost 20 years. In his first position at a rural school in Lincolnshire, he became the Literacy lead then successfully applied for a Literacy Consultant post which he worked in for six years. In this role, Karl delivered national strategy courses in the region including Talk for Writing. He developed materials for visual literacy incorporating film and picture books before returning to school life as an Assistant Head on the Lincolnshire coast. He has now been the Headteacher at Blyton cum Laughton Church of England Primary School for three years. Since being appointed, he and his team have developed a reading-inspired curriculum which he and Claire discuss in detail. KEY TAKEAWAYS · Picture Books Karl makes extensive use of picture books in his school. His belief is that quality visual texts stimulate learning across the curriculum. The reading inspired curriculum that his school are developing ensures that children from all backgrounds have access to quality texts. Picture books are fantastic for reading for pleasure across all key stages and the aim at Karl’s school is to get the children to fall in love with each story. They aspire to ensure that every child by the end of Year 6 leaves their school with a love or continued love of reading. · Sharing the Love Due to the reputation Blyton cum Laughton have developed as a school who love books, they have had over 1,000 books donated to them in just a few months. This has been brilliant for the school particularly when faced with the issue of funding and is something for all schools to consider. · Ofsted and Curriculum Scrutiny Karl believes that placing reading at the core of the curriculum can only be a positive thing. The importance of books is very apparent at his school and their influence can be seen throughout so he feels they are taking the right path to ensure it is the right curriculum for them. The teachers, parents and children are all on board which keeps them moving in the right direction. · Detail Detectives Karl has come across many children who struggle to find enough to write about and who find it difficult to write in detail. The idea of ‘Detail Detectives’ is to use illustrations from picture books to get children to focus in and look at the details of different parts of a bigger image. He describes the idea of seeing the image as a jigsaw, breaking it into 12 pieces and giving the children 1 piece to study helping them to focus on the details. Children can find it daunting to deal with all of the information in one go. By looking at one piece at a time, they are able to collate a larger number of ideas together instead of trying to process it as a whole. Karl gives copies of images useful for this activity on Twitter and his blog. You can find links to both in the show notes. · CPD Twitter is an excellent source of free CPD and offers a huge wealth of teaching ideas. Karl discusses how most of his inspiration comes online these days. He heartily recommends becoming a regular visitor of book shops to find good quality picture books, especially independent ones where quirky, less well-known texts can be picked up. · Recommendations Karl recommends the author Aaron Becker, particularly his ‘The Journey’ trilogy for imaginative story telling. He also mentions ‘The Arrival’ by Sean Tan for discussing issues around migration and a family starting a new life. BEST MOMENTS “It’s important to us that we can incorporate texts that our relevant to our children.” “As a Headteacher, it is a difficult position to be in. You want the school to move forward quickly for the benefit of all the children within it and there are times where you have to make decisions that are difficult. They might be difficult for the staff but we’re creating a culture of trust and freedom so that teachers have freedom to do their job successfully without the need to monitor, monitor, monitor to death.” “There are children that will always struggle with reading and perhaps not enjoy it but there are things that I don’t like doing and I never will like doing so it’s not about forcing it. It’s from head of leadership down, ensuring that we show reading as a pleasurable experience and if we do that there is more chance of children also picking up on that.” “I have a library in my office where the children can come and select books. We have a few children who do that now. I’d love them all to come and look and choose a book, but it’s going to take time to build that culture. It’s not something that just happens overnight.” “There are many teachers out there who really influence me. I’m a Headteacher and there shouldn’t be any differentiation within that. We’re here for the same reason.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Karl Duke Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlDuke8 Karl Duke Blog: https://mrdht.wordpress.com/author/mrdht/ The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/ ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education.

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CTF with Ben Blyton - #04 "Russian Houseboat"

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 70:38

Ben sits down with Jock Littlewood and Sam Donaldson and talk all things boarding school, blown out undies, and answer your questions.

The Esoteric Literature Club of Whitechapel 02: On the Subject of Sir Thomas Blyton

Final Show Films Aggregate Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 102:34

The members of the Esoteric Literature Club deal with resurfacing memories, and continue to explore the estate of the late Sir Blyton. John: The KeeperCraig: Harold Costley, retired doctorErin: America Kansas Freedom, cowboyJack: Jared O'Connell, explorerJeremy: Jahan Ramzi, psychologistMara: Doris Foster-Young, cult leader -----Thanks to all of our supporters at patreon.com/fsfilms for making this possible!Especially our $25+ Donors:* Antitonic* Kat Waterflame* Samantha Bates* Maureen Montee* Drevian Alexander

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The Esoteric Literature Club of Whitechapel 02: On the Subject of Sir Thomas Blyton

Final Show Films Actual Plays

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 102:34

The members of the Esoteric Literature Club deal with resurfacing memories, and continue to explore the estate of the late Sir Blyton. John: The Keeper Craig: Harold Costley, retired doctor Erin: America Kansas Freedom, cowboy Jack: Jared O'Connell, explorer Jeremy: Jahan Ramzi, psychologist Mara: Doris Foster-Young, cult leader Thanks to all of our supporters at patreon.com/fsfilms for making this possible! Especially our $25+ Donors: Antitonic Kat Waterflame Samantha Bates Maureen Montee Drevian Alexander

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The Esoteric Literature Club of Whitechapel 02: On the Subject of Sir Thomas Blyton

Final Show Films Aggregate Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 102:35

The members of the Esoteric Literature Club deal with resurfacing memories, and continue to explore the estate of the late Sir Blyton. John: The Keeper Craig: Harold Costley, retired doctor Erin: America Kansas Freedom, cowboy Jack: Jared O'Connell, explorer Jeremy: Jahan Ramzi, psychologist Mara: Doris Foster-Young, cult leader ----- Thanks to all of our supporters at patreon.com/fsfilms for making this possible! Especially our $25+ Donors: * Antitonic * Kat Waterflame * Samantha Bates * Maureen Montee * Drevian Alexander

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CTF with Ben Blyton - #03

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 107:42

Ben Blyton sits down with Jack Walton and Sam Parkes and they talk a lot of sport. Sam tells us about how he broke his arm in Origin, and Jack smiles a couple times.Subscribe and leave a review to support the podcast!

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The Capture, Venice Film Festival highlights, Enid Blyton reevaluated

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 28:17

BBC One’s big autumn thriller serial is The Capture. Telling the story of former soldier Shaun Emery, whose conviction for an unlawful killing during active duty is overturned because of flawed video evidence. The drama delves into the increasing reality of misinformation and fake news. Scriptwriter Ben Chanan talks to Samira about the manipulation of video evidence in our criminal justice system. Venice Film Festival is well underway where the films coming to our screens in the autumn compete for the coveted Golden Lion Prize. Critic Jason Solomon fills us in on the highlights including Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of the Joker, the new Polanski film and Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver’s depiction of a divorce in Marriage Story. A Freedom of Information request placed by the Daily Mail has revealed that in 2016 the Royal Mint was considering honouring children’s author Enid Blyton with a commemorative 50 pence coin, but that officials withdrew the author from consideration because "she [Blyton] is known to have been a racist, sexist, homophobe and not a very well-regarded writer". Literary historian John Mullan and columnist Harriet Hall discuss the resulting furore and consider the ethics of viewing the culture of the past through a contemporary lens. Presenter : Samira Ahmed Producer : Dymphna Flynn

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Lesson 22: Turning Your Childhood Passions into a Life of Travel with Translator and Proofreader Martine Jellema

The School of Travels

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 44:12

In this week's episode, I speak with Martine Jellema, another traveler just starting out on her digital nomad journey and we're going to discuss how her early passion for gymnastics inspired a love for languages, which then eventually led her to be able to make a full-time income as a translator and proofreader on the road. Not only does Martine speak six different languages, but she also has a wide variety of interests including photography, architecture, and even taking her drone with her on the road to help with creating travel videos. During the interview, Martine and I discuss how she is adjusting to digital nomad life, what it's like to travel alone as a woman in the Middle East, and her favorite places to visit as someone with a passion for photography. I hope you enjoy my interview with Martine!

CTF with Ben Blyton - #02

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 64:14

In this episode, Ben sits down again with Jack Walton to talk sport, a big weekend with a Melbourne Storm star, and tell two of the greatest yarns you've never heard.

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CTF with Ben Blyton - #01

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 135:40

In the inaugural episode of Chewing the Fat, Ben is joined by Jack Walton and Jock Littlewood as they discuss in depth their recent travels to Queenstown, New Zealand.They also cover the current state of Rugby League and are also joined by up and coming tennis star Adam Walton, who discusses Wimbledon and whether or not Rodger Federer will be knocked off as the GOAT of male tennis.To finish, Ben runs through some quick fire word association with the boys who give there thoughts on their respective home towns and the episode overall.

CTF with Ben Blyton - #00

Uncaring Universe Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 0:56

Ben introduces himself in this introduction podcast, letting listeners know what the plan is for the podcast moving forward.Please subscribe so you can listen to new podcasts when they are released.

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SCBWI Conversations – Gill Evans

SCBWI Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 50:48

Gill Evans is an editorial director at Walker Books. She began her publishing career in 1980 at Heinemann Educational Books before moving on to Reed Children’s Books, where she worked on Blyton, Tintin, Winnie the Pooh, Miffy, the Little Prince, and Babar. She entered the world of digital publishing in 1997 with Ahlberg’s Jolly Postman, one of the earliest CD-ROMs. In 2000 she became Head of Publishing at Random House Children’s Books. She joined Walker Books in 2003 as Editorial Director and Fiction Publisher. Here she talks with Lin Oliver about the role of the editor in the life of a work of art, the changing publishing landscape, “360 degree publishing,” self-publishing and the future of bookselling.Support the show (http://scbwi.org/join-scbwi/)

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Zen Cho • Regency & Commonwealth Fantasy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 34:46

Subscribe to Uncaring Universe on iTunes - and It massively helps us if you leave a review: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/uncar…id985787268?mt=2 Zen is the author of 'Sorcerer To The Crown' and its sequel 'The True Queen' - inventive takes on Regency fantasy with a commonwealth twist. The True Queen is a bold new addition to the burgeoning series that interrogates the roots and heritage of power – magical or otherwise – and has a lot of fun doing it. We discuss: • What is Blyton-punk/commonwealth fantasy? • How to finish. • The continued impact of the industrial revolution on literature/fantasy • Zen's routine, and why some is always better than none. Follow your host, Danny on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/20408243-mad-quills Follow Zen on twitter: @zenaldehyde And Danny: @madquills And you can sign up to my newsletter to be notified of each new episode (and a few other gems of storytelling advice) here: tinyletter.com/madquills/ As ever, I'd love to hear feedback or suggestions from you – and every share/review you leave is hugely appreciated and helps us spread the wisdom to those writers who need it most.

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Beloved and Controversial: The Works of Enid Blyton

From the Lighthouse

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 50:46

Enid Blyton was a part of many childhoods, as the author of such classics as The Enchanted Forest, the Famous Five and the Naughtiest Girl in the School series. However, in recent years she's come under increasing scrutiny for the racism and sexism apparent in many of her stories. This week, Stephanie and Lee discuss school stories, food, women, and all things Blyton.

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Episode 8: The Book was Better: The Realities of Fancy Dress in Fiction

Dress: Fancy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 36:49

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, novelists seemed fascinated by fancy dress. From Defoe to de Maurier, Blyton to Poe, authors used costumed entertainments to drive narratives and to determine the fate of their lead characters. Always exhilarating, very often devastating, the place of fancy dress in literature reveals much about how this sartorial form was perceived by contemporaries. But why was dressing frequently considered malevolent? Were female characters in control, or controlled, by their costumes? And why did fancy dress have such relevance during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Advance warning: After this week’s episode, you’ll want to visit your library or local book shop… Reading list Fiction: Eliza Haywood, The Masqueraders: Or, Fatal Curiousity(1720s) Henry Fielding, Tom Jones(1749) Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers(1836) Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death(1842) Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies(1930) Daphne de Maurier, Rebecca(1938) Enid Blyton, The Famous Five in Fancy Dress(1971) Don DeLillo, Underworld(1997) Non-fiction: Colleen McQuillen, The Modernist Masquerade: Styling Life, Literature, and Costumes in Russia(2013) Suzette Field, A Curious Invitation: The Forty Greatest Parties in Fiction(2012) Justine Picardie, My Mother’s Wedding Dress(2005)

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SE2EP6 Bumper Blyton

Improv Treehouse

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 45:14

SE2EP6 Bumper Blyton by Improv Treehouse

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Bumper Blyton Review Edinburgh Fringe

Lita Doolan's Audio Books

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018 4:52

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Episode 26: Christina Hoag

Destination Mystery

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 21:09

Night in L.A. can be heavy as a medieval cloak or it can sparkle and crackle. It can burn you with its current, protect you or betray you... -- Skin of Tattoos, Christina Hoag Christina Hoag is a journalist, nonfiction author and novelist. Her thrillers are just that -- thrilling rides with young people on the verge of adulthood and already mired in life-and-death situations. Complex characters and interwoven relationships that form, not a net, but a sticky web that traps her protagonists as they fight to escape the consequences of their own dangerous choices. Skin of Tattoos features Mags, just released from prison and trying to escape the gang life that landed him there, while Girl on the Brink is a very different examination of violence and predation. Christina's nonfiction book, Peace in the Hood, was co-written with Aquil Basheer and digs deep into his program to combat gang violence. Their book is on the syllabi of several university programs, and Basheer himself has been featured in two recent documentaries: License to Operate and The Black Jacket. Plus, I promised to link to a great interview Christina recently did with a fabulous interviewer -- herself! I gave a shout-out to my favorite Golden Age mystery writer, Ngaio Marsh. Artists in Crime is my favorite (and if you don't need to read the books in order, a great place to begin), but Colour Scheme takes place in Christina's native New Zealand. Looking for one with both New Zealand and sheep in the murder? Yup, Ngaio Marsh has that, too. Check out Died in the Wool. Christina, meanwhile, remembers her favorite children's mystery author, and one whose books I also devoured as a kid: British author Enid Blyton. Blyton was prolific; it's hard to go wrong with any of them, but the mystery series are, in particular, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. There are so many others, I'm not going to try to guide you through them, but I will toss you over to the Enid Blyton Society. Enjoy! To learn more about Christina, check out her website and her Facebook page. And for a great read, turn to any of her books! -- Laura Transcript of Interview with Christina Hoag Laura Brennan: My guest today is a journalist, a novelist, and a nonfiction author. Christina Hoag’s novels, Skin of Tattoos and Girl on the Brink, both focus on young people caught in life or death situations -- and both are all the more terrifying because those situations are so real, and so frighteningly common. Christina, thank you for joining me. Christina Hoag: Thank you Laura. It's great to be here. LB: Before we talk about your work, I'd love to talk a little bit about your background. You were born in New Zealand? CH: Yes. I was born in New Zealand. I lived in a number of countries, my family moved around a lot -- which is kind of an understatement. But I ended up in the United States when I was 13, in New Jersey to be exact. So I'm sort of a global nomad. LB: I wanted to sneak in here that everything I know about New Zealand I learned from Ngaio Marsh. CH: Oh, great! Great. That's great that you've heard of her and read her. Yes, she's one of New Zealand's literary stars. LB: Oh, she's phenomenal. I love her. CH: Yes. LB: I'm sure New Zealand is more than murders, mind you. CH: Yes. There are a lot of sheep there. LB: A lot of sheep. Okay. That sounds like, actually, a couple of her books. So you grew up all over the world and landed in New Jersey. And then, how did you get into journalism? CH: Mainly because I loved to write. And I won a prize, when I was six years old, in New Zealand, one little prize at school for writing interesting stories. So it's something, I'd always loved to write, I was a voracious reader growing up, reading Enid Blyton and The Famous Five, The Secret Seven mysteries, you know, those were juvenile mysteries written by the British author Enid Blyton. So I always knew I wanted to write stories.

Science at the Local S01e05 Michaela Blyton

Science At The Local Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 17:19

I catch up with Dr Michaela Blyton, who tells us all about the things you can find out from investigating Koala deposits. It's quite a lot! Check out the show notes at https://scienceatthelocal.wordpress.com/podcast/

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BTRDA Rallycross: Rd 1, Blyton Park

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:04

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:46

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:46

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BTRDA Rallycross: Rd 1, Blyton Park

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:04

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BTRDA Rallycross: Rd 1, Blyton Park

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:04

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:46

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BTRDA Rallycross: Rd 1, Blyton Park

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 150:04

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