Julia Donaldson ‘Edward Lear taught me that there can be a lyrical beauty in nonsense’
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The Gruffalo author on Lord of the Flies, Just William – and why Ruth Rendell is up there with Ian McEwan
The book I am currently readingI’m enjoying Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, but I also have Richard Mabey’s wonderful Flora Britannica by my bedside and dip into it regularly to find out more about the history and folklore surrounding the flowers I’ve seen while out walking.
The book that changed my lifeLord of the Flies by William Golding was a coming-of-age book for me. Till I read it I had a child’s rosy view of life; I suppose I believed in happy endings. This story of a group of boys stranded on a desert island was a horribly convincing portrait of the darker side of human nature. Continue reading...
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