{"id":6,"date":"2021-02-24T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacknbluepress.info\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:18:48","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blacknbluepress.info\/","title":{"rendered":"welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6\" class=\"elementor elementor-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-378ab577 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"378ab577\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f4eb57e\" data-id=\"4f4eb57e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be42158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3be42158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Welcome to the website of<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"textColor\":\"vivid-purple\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Ed Wicke, author and storyteller!<\/p>\n<p>I started writing children&#8217;s books in the the late 1990s and began visiting schools in\u00a0 2003.\u00a0 In the past 20 years, I&#8217;ve visited around 300 schools in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the USA, presented to over 70,000 children aged 4 to 12, and signed more than 35,000 books.\u00a0 My mission is to get children enthused about reading and writing for pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><em>What else would you like to know?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4af91c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4af91c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e33bd5a\" 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df0d5c elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3df0d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"http:\/\/blacknbluepress.info\/index.php\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"eddd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ed Wicke himself<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b95f4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b95f4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknbluepress.info\/files\/refsnew.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Selection of other references<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the website of Ed Wicke, author and storyteller! 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