For her winning entry to this years' Undiscovered Voices anthology, illustrator Monika Baum chose the legend of the Loch Ness monst...

So far Bryony Pearce has helped us select an agent, write a synopsis and write a covering letter... So what happens once that's a...

Your all-important opening lines … will they hook your reader or not? This month, L.J. MacWhirter brings you a chance to find out what ...

SCBWI Southeast Scotland does a great job of matching experts with attendees who are keen for their insights.  Patrice Lawrence's ...

SCBWI illustrators have been filling their sketchbooks over the summer. John Shelley presents a selection.

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

Sharon Davey looks back at how a SCBWI event helped to kick-start her illustration career.

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

  Natascha Biebow shares tips on how to create a stronger picture book by closely analysing the books you read. The pictur...

Caroline Deacon takes us through some of the possibilities Scrivener offers to shape and manage the components of your rambling epic. ...