In the second of this three-part feature ,  Natascha Biebow suggests key ways to raise the INTERNAL stakes in your picture book  to make...

The 2019 Bologna Book Fair was busier than ever, John Shelley reports from the Fair, and talks to  SCBWI members who were attending. ...

Words & Pictures editor Claire Watts has been thinking about the frustrations of waiting for luck to take you by the hand. ...

In search of inspiration, Caroline Deacon invites established writers and illustrators to tell us about their creative space. This month ...

Your dream of becoming a published author has come true! Your book is due to come out, and the sales team are talking to you about the ...

This month, Daniel Hahn tells us what goes into his work as a translator and advocate for children's literature, and talks about  ...

In February, I ran a freewriting workshop based on the weather for the Manchester group, writes Jayne Fallows .

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

Librarians judge the Carnegie and there's only one winner. But Lucy van Smit  thinks CILIP have winning tips for all writ...

How do you like your endings? Neat and tidy? With a little ambiguity? Open-ended?  This week, Tracy Darnton takes a closer look...