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Jan Interviewed on Sky Art's Book Show

In this 3 minute video, Jan gives a guided tour of his studio and some insight into his creative processes.

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Jan Interviewed on Desert Island Discs

Jan was a guest of Kirsty Young for BBC Radio 4's popular radio show, Desert Island Discs. Listen to the interview without the music.

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A Necklace of Raindrops Hardcover Edition

It is over 40 years since the original edition of Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken was first published. From "A Necklace of Raindrops" to "The Patchwork Quilt", here are eight classic stories to treasure and enjoy. Beginning and ending with a birthday, this spell-binding collection conjures up a world filled with magic, where wishes can come true.

Available in shops on November 5th 2009.

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Miniature Edition of The First Christmas Released

With words from the "King James Bible", the nativity story is brought gloriously to life with illuminated pages of silhouettes set against glowing colours. The beautiful shining cover design and silver highlights throughout make this miniature edition a true classic and the perfect Christmas gift.

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4 Classic Nursery Titles Reprinted

Another 4 of Jan's classic books from his Nursery series have been reprinted in hardback by Walker. The titles include FOOD, HOMES, WEATHER and TIME.

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Haunted House Computer Game Screenshots

An interactive computer game version of Jan's popular Haunted House was created in 1995 but is no longer available. We have added a number of screenshots showing the artwork for the house. The design for the exterior of the house was never included in the origina pop-up version.

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Jan Interviewed on Radio 3's Private Passions

Jan was interviewed in December 2008 for Michael Berkeley's Private Passions show on Radio 3.

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Jan Interviewed on Radio 4's Midweek

Jan was interviewed in November 2008 by Libby Purvis for the Midweek BBC Radio 4 programme.

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Jan Interviewed by The Guardian

To coincide with the release of Nut Cracker, Jan was interviewed by Alison Flood for The Guardian.

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2 Free MEG & MOG Books Online

We've just added 2 MEG & MOG titles to the online books so you can now enjoy Owl at School and Owl at the Vet in full for free.

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Jan's Latest Book - Nut Cracker

Jan has completed hist latest work, the Nut Cracker.

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Lifesize Version of The First Noel

Chatsworth House have created a lifesize version of Jan's recent silhouette Christmas book, The First Noel, as part of their Christmas celebrations.

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Jan Writes a Short Story for WOW! 366

Jan has contributed a story to a new book called WOW! 366, a collection of short stories.

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Jan Contributes to the What Are You Like? Exhibition

Jan has created a piece of artwork for the What Are You Like? exhibition organised by The House of Illustration and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Jan's Graphics

Jan has created a number of graphics which are used for illustrations and logos in variety of projects.

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Nursery Books Republished

6 of Jan's classic nursery books, some of his favourite titles, have just been republished by Walker Books. The titles are COLOURS, FACES, NUMBERS, SHAPES, WHEELS and YES NO.

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Painting Playground Walls

In the past, Jan has helped a number of schools to paint playground walls organising large projects which had to be completed in a single day.

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Portraits of Jan

Jan has many artistic friends and so he occasionally ends up as the subject. You can view a selection in the Studio.

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The THOUSAND NIGHTS and One Night

Jan has just completed his latest book.

Based on the original nineteenth-century English translation by Sir Richard Burton, David Walsers retells these fantastic tales with a flourish of magic. Jan Pienkowski's exquisite silhouettes on stunning colour bring the stories vivdly to life, with silver ink printing throughout making this a truly sumptuous production of one of the oldest and best-loved story collections.

The book includes the classic tales Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin's Lamp and Sinbad the Sailor and will be available to buy on the 4th of October.

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New Pop-up Books - Ninja Cat, Dinner Time, Little Monsters

Jan has revised and reformatted 3 new pop-up books, Ninja Cat, Dinner Time and Little Monsters, all being published in the Autumn.

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