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SUMMARY:‘Life and works of Roald Dahl’ An informal talk by Jane Branfi
 eld\, archivist for the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre - Mrs Jane Bran
 field\, Archivist of the Roald Dahl museum
DTSTART:20101118T130000Z
DTEND:20101118T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:His books have captured the imaginations of children\, but whe
 re did he gain his ideas? And how did these progress from draft to publica
 tion? Dahl’s varied career included service in WW2 and a stint in the Br
 itish Secret Service as well as his writing as a children’s author\; he 
 was associated with the US elite\, married to the film star Patricia Neal\
 , and\, through a series of tragedies that struck his family\, involved wi
 th medical innovations including the ‘Wade-Dahl-Till valve’ aid for br
 ain injured children. Using source material from the archives of the Roald
  Dahl Museum and Story Centre\, the talk will flesh out Dahl’s biography
  and focus on various aspects of his writing process\, including the varia
 tion between early drafts and the published versions of his books\, and th
 e relationship with his publishers and editors\n\n\nBiography of speaker:\
 nJane Branfield has been an archivist for over 20 years\, following her fi
 rst degree in chemistry. After posts at King's College London and the Inne
 r Temple\, she has been archivist at The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centr
 e since 2006. Her role there includes cataloguing and creating finding aid
 s to the collections and advising academic researchers from all over the w
 orld.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, Donald McItyre Building\, 184 Hills Road\
 , Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, GS1
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