Jon Blake is the author of over sixty books, primarily for children and teenagers: most recently YA novel “Second Quality Dragon”. He was first published in 1984 and moved to Cardiff two years later.
His successes include the picture book “You’re A Hero, Daley B” (ill. Axel Scheffler, worldwide sales of over 500,000) and “Little Stupendo” (shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award).
Other big sellers include “One Girl School” (over 35,000), “Stinky Finger’s House of Fun” and literacy hour favourite “Mark Two”.
In 1995 Jon’s TV play ‘Life’ was shortlisted for a Writers Guild Award, while in 2002 he won a BBC Talent award for his adult radio sitcom “Degrees R Us” (series broadcast on BBC Radio Wales). Jon is particularly noted for original and anarchic humour, typified by the “House of Fun” series and the Lollies shortlisted Thimble Monkey series. His radical YA novel ‘The Last Free Cat’ was selected for the International Literacy Association’s prestigious Young Choices list.
Besides being a writer, Jon has been involved in many community projects and is also an activist, musician, and highly popular creative writing tutor at http://www.parkwrite.com.
Ama Ndlovu explores the connections of culture, ecology, and imagination.
Her work combines ancestral knowledge with visions of the planetary future, examining how Black perspectives can transform how we see our world and what lies ahead.
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