She’s everyone and their aunt’s favourite children’s author, but Enid Blyton’s books are a cultural minefield. We talk about “goblins”, Moonface, the naughtiest girls and more as we look back at Blyton’s writing to see what’s aged well and how her work has been tailored in recent years to be politically correct.  You can find Supriya Nair at @supriyanair and Deepanjana Pal at @dpanjana on Instagram. This is a Maed In India Production; check us out at www.maedinindia.in. 

Theme Music: Easy Wanderlings -  Here’s to You

If you have any books, reading or literature-related questions, please email us at contact@maed.in. 

For a list of all the books mentioned in the season so far, check out: https://thelitpickers.fanlink.to/books

She’s everyone and their aunt’s favourite children’s author, but Enid Blyton’s books are a cultural minefield. We talk about “goblins”, Moonface, the naughtiest girls and more as we look back at Blyton’s writing to see what’s aged well and how her work has been tailored in recent years to be politically correct. You can find Supriya Nair at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/supriyanair/">@supriyanair</a> and Deepanjana Pal at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dpanjana/">@dpanjana</a> on Instagram. This is a Maed In India Production; check us out at <a href="http://www.maedinindia.in/">www.maedinindia.in</a>.  Theme Music: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/easywanderlings/">Easy Wanderlings</a> - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/51JjvILdVpKgukwc8xaav7?si=54abcd02ffda43f7"> Here’s to You</a> If you have any books, reading or literature-related questions, please email us at contact@maed.in.  For a list of all the books mentioned in the season so far, check out: <a href="https://thelitpickers.fanlink.to/books">https://thelitpickers.fanlink.to/books</a>

The Lit Pickers is a podcast that celebrates books and bold opinions. Hosted by writers Supriya Nair and Deepanjana Pal, each episode explores literature, authors and reading. The show champions the written word, as well as the biggest ideas, tiniest thoughts, silliest questions, and confounding conundrums. Nair and Pal invite you to their Sunday breakfast table banter, that makes for truly lively commentary for readers and thinkers, and awaken the bookworm in you. So, pop the kettle on, grab a biscuit and listen, as your reading list gets longer and longer.

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She’s everyone and their aunt’s favourite children’s author, but Enid Blyton’s books are a cultural minefield. We talk about “goblins”, Moonface, the naughtiest girls and more as we look back at Blyton’s writing to see what’s aged well...

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