With the next Guppy Books Open Submissions Competition opening for just five days next month, we talk to publisher Bella Pearson  about ...

    Hear ye! Hear ye! The SCBWI-BI Annual Conference is back! Catherine Whitmore keeps us up to date with all things annual conference.   ...

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

  SCBWI Faces goes behind the scenes to meet the volunteers who keep our society ticking. This month, Elizabeth Dale  chats to Philip Kavva...

What's it like to be in someone else's shoes? Deputy Editor Fran Price invites an author or illustrator to describe a typical worki...

  What are the differences between self and traditional publishing? On the brink of launching her novel Call Me Lion with Firefly Press, Ca...

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

  We've all been there with you, Miles! Ladies and gentleman, this was Miles The Cat by  Shannon Ell I would like to say a huge thank yo...

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

  Experienced editor Natascha Biebow shares tips for how to  add PACE and VOICE to your picture book. Picture books are meant to be read al...