In Opening Lines  Natalie Yates  gets expert advice from top literary agents to help you tune up your concept, pitch and opening lines to ...

    We are pleased to announce the July 2021 Slush Pile Challenge, set by Catherine Pellegrino of Marjacq .       Catherine joine...

Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read SCBWI-BI member blogs.

In the second part of a series for illustrators starting out in Picture Books , Words & Pictures Illustration Editor John Shelley ...

In the first of a series of articles on picture book basics, Words & Pictures Illustration editor John Shelley offers some beginner ...

Illustration Features Editor John Shelley considers visual tricks and double-takes in our work.   

Experienced editor  Natascha Biebow  shares tips for how to create picture books with heart by digging deep for the feeling you want to enca...

  Name: Caroline Wakeman  Agency: Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency  Genres represented: Children’s books from picture books up to Middle...

  ______________________________________________________________ Beccy Blake is an illustrator, animator and comic strip creator. An SCBWI ...

Welcome to  Debut Diaries—One Year On , where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these) and lows (hopefully fewer of thes...