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The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson's doctor husband Malcolm dies
He was married to Julia - whose children's books The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child have been global best-sellers - for 52 years. As a highly-respected academic, Dr Donaldson wrote or ...
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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s dragon Zog to get annual day of celebration
To mark the 15th anniversary of the release of Julia Donaldson's Zog, bookshops are being encouraged to hold an entire day of ...
JK Rowling knocked off top of British best-sellers list
JK Rowling has been toppled as the UK’s bestselling author by Julia Donaldson ...
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‘The Gruffalo' Creator Julia Donaldson Says New BBC Adaptation ‘Tiddler' Marked the ‘Best Moment in My Whole Writing Career'
Speaking at a press event in November, Donaldson said the book, which is also called "Tiddler," features one of her favorite plot devices, in which Tiddler – a naughty school-aged fish who is ...
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Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume
The Gruffalo has taken a bite out of Harry Potter as Julia Donaldson surges past ... with no other above £5m. But Donaldson has had a record 110 books crest the TCM 100,000-copy mark to Rowling ...
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Review of the Year: On and on to the break of Don – Children’s titan tops the pile and bags TCM record
Donaldson had 101 different books notch up 5,000-plus TCM sales. Donaldson’s all-time TCM haul now stands at £240.7m and if ...
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JK Rowling knocked off top UK author spot by The Gruffalo author
JK Rowling has been pushed off the top spot as the UK's bestselling author – in terms of amount of books sold – by Julia Donaldson. And it may not come as a surprise t ...