Marketing: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times 19:07 By Alison Baverstock Just before Christmas I attended the SCBWI conference in Winchester and yesterday I went to another conference i... 0 Comments Read
Lincoln Book Festival 2010: Janetta Otter Berry 18:57Gill Hutchinson reports on a talk on Diversity and Inclusion given by Janetta Otter-Barry (pictured left) of Frances Lincoln at the Linco... 0 Comments Read
Creative Minds: How much is too much? 16:02 Writers such as Melvin Burgess (pictured) have attempted to push open the boundaries of what is considered acceptable and have faced mixe... 0 Comments Read
London Book Fair 2010: Take me to the Book Fair 15:54 The London Book Fair was a bit of a sad spectacle this year, with so many exhibitors prevented from flying in by aeroplane-stalling volca... 0 Comments Read
Undiscovered Voices: What a Discovery! 15:46 Nobody can dispute the success of the previous Undiscovered Voices anthology, the winners have gone on to accomplish great things and I’m ... 0 Comments Read
FROM YOUR REGIONAL ADVISOR 15:28 Hello, everyone, and happy summer! The first half of 2010 has been a busy time for the SCBWI-BI with lots of events and good news from ou... 1 Comments Read
FROM THE EDITOR 15:21From the Autumn Winter 2010 Welcome to what I hope is another great issue of Words & Pictures ! We will take a look at the winners o... 0 Comments Read
FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR: Kim Geyer 15:14From Autumn Winter 2010 I was born in London and studied textiles at Loughborough. Having had a varied career working as a freelance des... 0 Comments Read
VOX SCBWI: My Strengths and Weaknesses 11:05From Autumn/Winter issue 2010 We asked members: What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses? I’m always pushing m... 1 Comments Read
From brief to book - trials of a non-fiction writer 13:31 By Claudia Myatt Fiction writers work inside out – from idea to story to pitch to publication. Non fiction writers usually work the othe... 6 Comments Read
'In Conversation' Illustrator Masterclass Event 20:21Despite the snow and ice that had disrupted travel earlier in the week and the presence of lots of London Christmas shoppers illustrator mem... 3 Comments Read
More on the Sketchcrawl! 21:25The morning was cold and clear and the company, warm and fun. The images above were done in the V&A Museum in the afternoon. While drawi... 3 Comments Read
London Sketchcrawl Report 00:2326th November was the first SCBWI Sketchcrawl event in London. The event was open for anyone, not just our illustrators, however as it tur... 8 Comments Read
Illustrators: Starting Out? How to Get Noticed... 17:28 By Lynne Chapman I'm get lots of emails from people trying to get started in book illustration so, to save writing individual replies,... 1 Comments Read
Hot Tips Put Into Action! 14:15I want to quickly pass on a couple of great tips I picked up at the wonderful SCBWI conference over the weekend (and take the chance to sh... 2 Comments Read
Conference 2010: Top Ten Tales of the Unexpected 07:46 By Teri Terry First published in Notes from the Slushpile I just spent the weekend at the 10 th anniversary celebration and mass bo... 3 Comments Read
Winchester Conference Competition winners 22:45The SCBWI Conference in Winchester Onwards and Upwards was a fantastic success. A string of events for illustrators included excellent pres... 3 Comments Read
Reconciling pictures with words 15:23I thought I’d post a few images that formed part of a talk I just gave with Sarah McIntyre to the conference of Oxford Children’s Book Group... 7 Comments Read
Noah's Ark 08:53 Here's my recent sample piece that I have sent to Brights my agents. It was illustrated it in photoshop and painter. I wanted to conce... 1 Comments Read
THE LITTLE WHITE SPRITE 09:06 My new book, to be published in March 2011 is The Little White Sprite ; a story about a boy who encounters a mysterious creature inside a... 5 Comments Read
The Sketchbook Project 08:39Front cover of my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project, theme Night Time Stories. Inside front and inside back covers for the sketchbook. T... 6 Comments Read