Author: Kris

Penguin has just announced the publication of a beautiful if rather sinister set of four books bringing together Roald Dahl’s short stories. Each of the paperbacks bears a fittingly disquieting cover illustration created by artist Charming Baker.

Read more at Creative Boom and check out the books here: War, Trickery, Fear, and Innocence.

Did you know last year Roald Dahl was featured on the tail fin of a Norwegian Airlines plane? Pretty cool!

This is interesting! The website SHEmazing reports that Storybook Cosmetics are bringing out an official Roald Dahl inspired eyeshadow palette. I’ve reached out to the company for more details. I wonder what colours will be included beyond that amazing gold?

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden is looking for a new part-time Archive Assistant:

Do you want to gain wide-ranging experience of working in an archive while helping people discover more about Roald Dahl and his stories? Do you want to be part of a dynamic and evolving Museum Team? If the answer is ‘yes’, you could be our new Archive Assistant.

What an amazing opportunity for a Dahl fan!

Awww, very cool story. A student noticed that one of the Dahl books in his school library was signed by the man himself. Now the school has it framed and displayed in pride of place in their recently refurbished library!

Variety has published an exclusive report that Hugh Bonneville (from Downton Abbey) is set to star as Roald Dahl in an untitled biopic about the author and his wife, Patricia Neal, from Goldcrest Films.

A bittersweet, comedic story focusing on Dahl’s marriage to actress Patricia Neal, the story moves between New York, England and Los Angeles in the early 1960s, a time when Dahl struggled to write some of his most famous works and Neal returned to acting with “Hud,” for which she won the best actress Oscar.

The early 60’s should mean that we see Dahl writing James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which should be fun.

What do you think about Bonneville’s casting? I’m a little disappointed. I’m sure he’s a good enough actor, but he really doesn’t look very much like Dahl. There’s no word yet on who will play Patricia Neal or the other famous people sure to crop up in the story. (I can’t help but imagine Sophie Dahl playing her own grandmother!)

Why 1990’s ‘The Witches’ is the Scariest Children’s Horror Film Ever Made – Bloody Disgusting!

Great blog post about The Witches and what made it so scary to its young audience. The film has the distinction of being the last film that Jim Henson worked on before his death. Personally, I’d rank it up there with The Dark Crystal as one of the scariest films aimed at children. What do you think?