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Roald Dahl's publisher responds to backlash by keeping 'classic' texts in print

6:20pm February 24, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

"Fat," "ugly" and "horsey face" will remain in Roald Dahl's children's books in the U.K. after all. After a fierce backlash to proposed changes, Dahl's U.K. publisher announced a "classic collection."

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Books by Roald Dahl are displayed in New York in 2011. New editions are being altered to remove words deemed offensive.

Changes to new editions of Roald Dahl books have readers up in arms

5:00am February 21, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Books by Roald Dahl are being edited to remove words that could be deemed offensive. Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Writer Roald Dahl with his wife American actress Patricia Neal at the Screen Directors Awards, circa 1962.

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'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories

9:49am September 22, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Netflix has acquired The Roald Dahl Story Co. (RDSC), which manages the British author's catalogue. "Human beans" just can't get enough, as Dahl's loveable BFG might say.

Children's book author Roald Dahl and his daughter Lucy. "Food was a huge part of our upbringing," Lucy Dahl says. Her father delighted his children with fanciful "midnight feasts" in the woods and often used mealtime to test out new characters from stori

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What If Willy Wonka Was Your Dad? Roald Dahl's Magical Parenting With Food

2:28pm June 16, 2017

by Dan Pashman

Food played a big role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Dahl's other books. His daughter remembers fanciful "midnight feasts" and says her father used mealtime to test out new characters.