How to Meet an Agent and Impress Them 02:00 The SCBWI Agent’s Party is one of the events of the year… but whether you’ve got a coveted ticket or not, if an agent walks into a bar nea... 2 Comments Read
Results - 2nd Slush Pile Challenge 13:43 The winner of the second 2013 Slush Pile Challenge is Gill Hutchison. Sarah Frost from Hodder Children's Books set the challen... 8 Comments Read
For the love of a good list 06:00 Plans to get on top of things were scuppered this week by a brain-numbing headache. Being more of an it'll be fine than a plan b so... 7 Comments Read
Another UV success story - our very own Mel signs with an agent! 02:00 This week we’re extra-special thrilled to celebrate the good news from our lovely joint features editor , Mel Rogerson. Mel won a UV 20... 12 Comments Read
Graphic Novel Publisher – Soaring Penguin Press 06:00Amanda Lillywhite When SCBWI member John Anderson set up a company to publish graphic novels and poetry he named it Soaring Penguin P... 3 Comments Read
Network News - it's quiet in the networks - or is it? 00:30The summer’s done – even though we’ve had good temperatures this week. The children are back at school. Some older siblings are leaving home... 4 Comments Read
Ask an Agent - with Penny Holroyde from the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency 02:00 This month, Penny Holroyde from the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency has stepped in to answer our readers' questions and also has a... 7 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 24th September 02:30 It's been a bumper week for new blogs - whether you're published or unpublished, relaxed or overworked, I hope you'll take ten... 5 Comments Read
Conference manuscript reviews – meet the gatekeepers! 14:00 How often can you look an editor or agent in the eye and talk seriously about how your work can be improved for a whole fifteen minutes? ... 1 Comments Read
Let the editor speak! 02:00Currently there’s an ‘Editorial’ theme to Words & Pictures. In journalism, an editorial means an opinion piece by an editor. I had the g... 2 Comments Read
Buns, Bags and Emergency Fabric 06:00 Nothing screams tourist like walking through Bath with a Sallly Lunn bag. But I did because OH said 'bring us back some buns' a... 4 Comments Read
Hooray for Undiscovered Voices winner Sandra Greaves! 02:00 @sandra_greaves This week, we’re cracking open the champers for SCBWI debut author and Undiscovered Voices 2012 winner Sandra Greaves... 15 Comments Read
North West Scoobies Take a Pride in Their Appearance 14:00George Kirk Steve Hartley I love to read Steve Hartley ’s Danny Baker and Oliver Fibbs books, they’re full of characters that leap of... 3 Comments Read
Network News – Your Network Group as a Social Network 06:00 Some members of the North-West Network met recently and discussed lots of exciting ideas for our events in the forthcoming year. I ... 0 Comments Read
Editorial and the Agent 02:00 Continuing our "Everything Editorial" theme for this month, Julia Churchill from A.M. Heath tells us how she works with her cli... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 17th September 02:30 Welcome back to the Blog Break - there's no crochet this week, but I can promise you giant dinosaurs, Asian superheroes and a time-was... 3 Comments Read
Social Sheila Video: Pinterest at a glance 02:00 If Pinterest is still a mystery to you, please be assured that it's pretty simple, with an offline corollary everyone is familiar with... 5 Comments Read
Where's your story? 02:00 One of my favourite things about the SCBWI BI conference in November is the badges . I love them so much, I have a complete set and was... 6 Comments Read
A Reason To Eat Cake! 02:00Hello everyone, I've just joined the Words & Pictures Team and I'm pleased to be kicking off my role as joint celebrations edit... 11 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Mike Brownlow 06:00 Mike Brownlow This month's Featured Artist is Somerset based Mike Brownlow . From 'Lesser Known Deities' - check out Calvin... 7 Comments Read
The Picture Book Retreat 14:00 In July, SCBWI British Isles held its first Picture Book Retreat . It was an amazing weekend for the writers and illustrators who came a... 2 Comments Read
Craft Book Review: Becoming a Successful Illustrator 07:30Reviewed by Anne-Marie Perks Becoming a Successful Illustrator , Bloomsbury, by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies , is a well designed, cle... 3 Comments Read
The Editorial Process 02:00 By Clare Whitston - Acting Commissioning Editor, OUP Children's Books An editor’s job is to spot a good story when they see it, acq... 8 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 10th September 02:30 Prepare yourself, because we're tackling the big questions on the Blog Break this week. What is the nature of time? Can authors ever b... 3 Comments Read
Ask A Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor, Editorial Director at Hot Key Books 02:00 Sara O'Connor , Editorial Director, Print and Digital at Hot Key Books , answers yet more of your publishing questions. This month sh... 18 Comments Read
Better late than never... 10:46Struggling for a way in to tell you about another splendid Words & Pictures week, I was tempted to embed the theme tune for Dogtanian . ... 4 Comments Read
Who scored a Highly Commended and an agent this summer? 07:30 What a fabulous summer it's been for Scoobies.... This week, we're toasting the double achievement of Helen Dineen, who w... 11 Comments Read
Summer Lovin’ - NW Speed Dating for Writers 07:00 At the beginning of our lovely summer the North West led the way with this great opportunity for northern writers. George Kirk reports. ... 4 Comments Read
SCBWI Member Juried Exhibition 01:00It's exhibition time! As the call goes out for entries to this year's selection, Anne-Marie Perks , Illustration Coordinator for the... 3 Comments Read
Summer Scrawling and Socialising in the South West 00:30Lesley Moss It was a scorching day in Exeter when a few of us met for a Scrawl Crawl and Summer Social, organised by Yona Wiseman. We wer... 6 Comments Read
Agent Confidential: Ben Illis 02:00 Name: Ben Illis AKA: Ben ‘Danger’ Illis or Ben X (Ben 10 being already taken) I am also, rather oddly, licensed to kill. Only lionfi... 11 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 3rd September 02:30 This is Nick back from holiday (many thanks to Celia J. Anderson for her inspired deputising on the Blog Break last week). I always love i... 3 Comments Read
Ten Proofreading Tips to Improve Your Submission 02:00 Manuscript by Seth Sawyers CC NON COMMERCIAL A recent SCBWI Q&A session with professional editors confirmed a poorly presented manu... 10 Comments Read
Every picture... 07:30 Did I say last week that summer was exhausting? Well, it isn't over yet. Since I've been back from hols and festival frolicking I&... 0 Comments Read