The Clarke Brands

26/12/2025

Some folks just need to know!!

26/12/2025

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16/12/2025

Canadian publishing's triple threat (from left);
William Clarke (I'm the baby), B. A, Clarke, Dr. George Clarke.
Our parents taught us to read before we were even in school! George is a Canadian icon of Poetry and "Africadian" literature, Bryant joined the family of writers with his first book in 2024, and I learned the trade on the journalism side - I was actually a photographer who began writing to sell photos!!!

16/12/2025

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Leave it to the Wild Canadians and that one American to bring horses back to the grand entry after biosecurity measures took the saddle horses out. BONUS? These were BROKE and had solid working tack.

Shout out to Rodeo Ready Clay Guardipee, right in line for the 2026 BRN Focus! award because his artistry is off the charts.

16/12/2025

We’re proud to support The Magic of Christmas, a local charity that delivers joy, gifts, essentials and food hampers to more than 850 Calgary families and 4,500 people in care facilities on December 23 and Christmas Eve. Bring a donation from their needs list to Stampede Christmas or contribute online at the event. Thank you for helping us spread even more holiday cheer throughout our community!

Stampede Christmas Is FREE to attend and takes place on Stampede Park Dec. 13–14 and Dec. 20–21. Learn more about donation lists and event details: www.calgarystampede.com/stampedechristmas

16/12/2025

This. Hmmmmmmm.... guess this means I get to write a VN featuring RODEO!!!!!! Whoooooooooo Hooooooooo!

16/12/2025

Winter Sale 2025 on itch!!!

A sale hosted by William Clarke, Interactive Visual Novels for Kids

Each item 50% off! or buy everything for $13.50! Regularly $27.00
Come back Wednesday at 2:00 PM EST for this sale.

Hey all! W***y here with a deal just in time for you last minute parents, grandparents, foster parents, parents of parents, coaching parents, aunts, uncles, and educators! ;-)

Thanks to the folks at Itch.io, you can license, "The Search for Who Stole Christmas" and "Sandy Claws: The Very First Christmas Bear" for HALF-PRICE!! Yes, my brother said, "Do it!"

"Nice job with the story! It's pretty well-written and definitely easy for children to understand. A lot of the time, for children's stories, the writing is just s**t. Really good job!" - MC

Teachers/Daycare/Homeschoolers:
Email [email protected] to get your hands on the web play link to entertain and educate your young learners on any modern web browser, with my compliments.
This link NEVER expires! Happy Holidays!!

https://clarkebrands.biz
https://wiliiamclarke.itch.io

Looking for more interactive visual novels for young readers? Visit Visual Novels for Kids, a just-started FB group for VN authors and shoppers. Go behind the scenes of titles in-development and have your say to influence future titles! I love being a dad!

13/12/2025

The latest blog post

I've added a series of tips and background on using interactive visual novels in education. If you're an educator (and/or parent!!!) it delves into a wee bit of the science of education (what? you think teachers just sit in a classroom for 4 years???) and why including things like mini-games are DETRIMENTAL to learning outcomes!!

It also plugs Visual Novels for Kids, which is a group I've created as a marketplace and resource. Listen, children's titles are few and far between, but if you look at our titles it should give you an idea of where we can grow!! JOIN THE FLIPPIN' GROUP!!!

Digital Visual Novels in The World of Education - A Handy Guide For Classroom Use. Contains a series of science-based tips to aid educators and parents in utilizing visual novels for entertainment and learning.

13/12/2025

Well THIS was a long time coming!
I've just updated our Google biz listing to reflect what my focus is now. Yes, we STILL have our POD assortment, but I am NOT going to be writing software other than to assist authors working in the interactive visual novel space. YIKES, eh?

I know, I know, but it's been such a long haul!!! And yeah, when I'm on The Clarke Brands page I also follow the rodeo life...