EP433: Matt Brown — “The Worst Thing They’d Ever Read”

Matt Brown is the author of such wonderful children’s books at the Compton Valance series (about a boy who creates a time machine from a 13-week-old mouldy sandwich), the Dreary Inkling School books, and The Mab, a re-telling of the Mabinogi, which might be the oldest written stories in the history of Britain. Matt was also TV presenter, notably on Nickelodeon, and he’s a podcaster, but don’t hold that against him. He tells us what he’s discovered writing for children, why it takes a village to make a book, and why he keeps all his rejection letters…

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss enhanced ebooks, the rise of book production costs, writing for children, and we give our two cents in the current Roald Dahl debate, and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

The worst rejection you’ve ever heard
How Matt works with illustrators and editors
The influence of TV comedy on Matt’s writing
And farts… lots of farts…

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