When US writer and publisher Sherry Bushue came across an illustration by British SCBWI member Emma Graham on Facebook, she reache...

SCBWI + AWARDS, GRANTS & OTHER BENEFITS   Welcome to a new series for Words & Pictures on the various awards, grants, scholarsh...

How do I write the perfect covering letter to an agent? It’s a question every writer has asked.  Susan Sandercock shares some of the a...

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

Welcome to this virtual landscape where SCBWI-BI members share their debut journeys with us. This month Helen Simmons steps out with...

Finding the right illustration tone for a project can be a vexing process, Paul Morton tells how he uncovered his stylistic approach fo...

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

Who doesn't dream of a writer's retreat in the English countryside? In this new Funding KnowHow series, KnowHow editor Eleano...

The summer Picture Book Retreat is one of the most popular events on the SCBWI Calendar. John Shelley looks at the reasons why. 

Love is in the air as we float into February on cupids arrow. Join  B B Taylor  as she shares the good vibes bringing you this mont...