Quentin Blake

One of the most dysfunctional couples in the history of children's fiction, The Twits, are starring in a new children's game for smartphones and tablets.

Roald Dahl's Twit or Miss, due for release on Thursday, is the first in a planned series of apps based on the author's back catalogue, released by the Dahl estate and publisher Penguin Random House.

"One of the areas our kids audience expects to find Roald Dahl is in the digital space, so it's very exciting to be able to work with Penguin to bring the stories to life through apps

Some 6,500 writers, from Thomas Pynchon to Jeffrey Archer, have opted out of Google's controversial plan to digitise millions of books.

Former children's laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fine and Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling authors Jeffrey Archer and Louis de Bernières and critical favourites Thomas Pynchon, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson have all opted out of the controversial Google book settlement, court documents have revealed.

Authors who did not wish their books to be part of Google's revised settlement needed to opt out before 28 January, in advance of last week's ruling from Judge Denny Chin over whether to allow Google to go ahead with its divisive plans to digitise millions of books.

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