#OnThisDay, April 2, 1961, in London, children’s book author PL Travers and her agent Diarmund Russell discussed granting film rights of her Mary Poppins stories to Walt Disney (depicted in Saving Mr. Banks, 2013)

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@bigbeardedbookseller I just finished rereading “Red Rowans and Wild Honey” by Betsy Whyte, about her traveller childhood in 1930s Scotland; and I am now rereading “What the bee knows”, a collection of esoteric essays by PL Travers (yes the Mary Poppins author).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Whyte

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