David Storr Unwin, 91, who wrote children’s novels as David Severn, died February 11, 2010 in London. Unwin, the son of publisher Sir Stanley Unwin, was born in London on March 12, 1918. He published over 30 children’s books in the UK, some with SF and fantasy elements, including Dream Gold (1949), Drumbeats! (1953), and The Future Took Us (1957). His final children’s book, The Wishing Bone, appeared in 1977. He also wrote two books for adults under his own name. His final book was autobiography Fifty Years With Father (1982).

http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/03/david-severn-1918-2010.html

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“The Bodleian Library is taking part in World Book Day 2010 by exhibiting a selection of JRR Tolkien’s original artwork which was used to illustrate The Hobbit. A unique manuscript of Hobbit doodles and a rare first edition of the book will also be on display. The free-of-charge one-day display will take place in the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library on Thursday, 4 March 2010.”

http://www.articleant.com/gen/13491-there-and-back-again–the-hobbit-at-the-bodleian-library.html

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“He became a Fellow of St Edmund Hall in 1955, recommended by JRR Tolkien, who wrote that Mitchell ‘would prove a very suitable person to fill the lectureship . . . although he is an Australian’.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7041454.ece

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