Laura Dockrill on Dahl's heroine Matilda

Published: July 14, 2016, 8:36 a.m.

In the centenary year of Roald Dahl's birth Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Matilda and discovering through Dahl's heroine that it was OK to be different. Laura Dockrill is a writer, illustrator and performance poet. She is the creator of Darcy Burdock, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2014.

Written and read by Laura Dockrill\nProduced by Justine Willett.