• Adventures in the Wriggly Pig Trade

  • By: Jon Blake
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Adventures in the Wriggly Pig Trade

By: Jon Blake
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  • Summary

  • Lessons learned in forty years of writing books for children and young adults, hosted by Jon Blake, former lecturer in creative writing at the universities of Glamorgan and Newport, now writing tutor at www.parkwrite.com.

    © 2025 Adventures in the Wriggly Pig Trade
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Episodes
  • Little Stupendo - how to write backwards

    Little Stupendo - how to write backwards
    Jan 25 2025

    Jon Blake describes how Little Stupendo, an early reader book shortlisted for the Childrens Book Award, came to be written - backwards.
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    5 mins
  • Daley B: birth of a best-selling picture book..

    Daley B: birth of a best-selling picture book..
    Jan 23 2025

    "You're A Hero Daley B" (https://youtu.be/7Nvr1zvIU3M?si=CMc4Q74AtQyHScq7) was Axel Scheffler's first picture book and has sold over half a million copies. Here's how I came to write it, and some tips as to what makes a picture book succeed.
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    12 mins

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