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Quentin Blake's CLOWN to become a major animation - with Helena Bonham Carter to narrate

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Quentin Blake's 1998 picturebook CLOWN is to be turned into an animation by Channel Four which will be narrated by Oscar and BAFTA winning actress Helena Bonham Carter. The half hour animation is being produced by Eagle Eye Drama and broadcast on Channel Four on Christmas day. CLOWN's publishers, Puffin,...

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10/09/2020 - 15:36
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Quentin Blake and The Roald Dahl Story Company are nominated for three Licensing Awards 2020

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Quentin Blake and the Roald Dahl Story Company have been nominated for three awards at the Licensing Awards 2020 in recognition of the success of three of their joint ventures. The Natural History Museum Extraordinary Explorers Campaign at Marks and Spencers is nominated for Best Licensed Retail Marketing Initiative, Roald...

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10/08/2020 - 14:26
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Publication day for John Lanchester's REALITY AND OTHER STORIES

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Congratulations to John Lanchester whose short story collection REALITY AND OTHER STORIES is published today by Faber. John Lanchester's first book of shorter fictions is a gathering of deliciously chilling entertainments, to be read as the evenings draw in and the days are haunted by all the ghastly schlock, uncanny...

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10/01/2020 - 11:18
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Nick Lake's LOCKED OUT LILY to be published by Scholastic

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Congratulations to Nick Lake whose latest children's book LOCKED OUT LILY is to be published by Scholastic in September 2021, with a second novel to come in 2022. The 'delightfully eerie' LOCKED OUT LILY is to be illustrated by Emily Gravett. More news here .

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09/30/2020 - 11:34
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