Roald Dahl was an anti-Semite. We know this because he told The Independent, “I am certainly anti-Israel, and I have become anti-Semitic” in 1990. So, what you might call an… Read more »

Fast food leviathans McDonald’s—already no strangers to combining books and burgers—announced this week that their New Zealand branches will replace Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books, as part of their latest global… Read more »

“Why umbrellas?” I’ve been fielding this question ever since I started talking about an odd little project of mine: I was writing a book about umbrellas. Umbrellas in literature, I… Read more »

In the Guardian last week, Haroon Siddique had some news for Roald Dahl fans. Dahl’s widow, Liccy Dahl, had dropped some pretty big, previously unknown news a few days earlier, during… Read more »

Earlier this week, legendary children’s author and ace fighter pilot Roald Dahl would have celebrated his 100th birthday, had he been alive. Of course, even if he was still kicking… Read more »

Beloved children’s author Roald Dahl—known for books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox—will be celebrated all through next year in Wales, to mark what… Read more »

Authors United asserted a few weeks ago that “books cannot be written more cheaply”. This is because books are written by authors, and though publishers may place restrictions on their authors… Read more »

Roald Dahl fans, rejoice! A previously unpublished chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ran in the Guardian over the weekend, complete with glimpses into early versions of characters that… Read more »

Director Steven Spielberg has confirmed plans to make a film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel The BFG (short for “big friendly giant”). In an exclusive for the Hollywood Reporter,… Read more »

Today is April Fools’ Day, so for the next 24 hours, be careful out there on the Internet. Every story you see should be read carefully, every headline cause for… Read more »