Featured Illustrator: Sally Kindberg 00:04 February's Featured Illustrator i s London based Sally Kindberg . With a long association with comics and journalism, Sally has been a... 8 Comments Read
Ask an Agent - with Gemma Cooper and Molly Ker Hawn, from the Bent Agency 02:00 Are you looking for a query critique from those in the know? Or do you have a question you've always wanted to ask an agent? T... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 28th January 02:30 Oh, the agony of choice! I had far too many good blog posts to choose from this week, so do excuse me if I missed you out - your time will... 2 Comments Read
New Year/ New Words 02:00 “The circle of the English language,” observed an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, “has a well-defined centre but no discernibl... 7 Comments Read
Happy Australia Day! 14:10 It's the morning after the night before enforced haggis eating, poetry and Scotland's national drink. Burns Night with a great dol... 0 Comments Read
'The Golden Acorn' hits primary schools across the country! 02:00 Catherine Cooper always said she’d write when she retired from teaching. Little did she know that retirement would come early, leading to h... 6 Comments Read
Resolution 00:00 Iranian talisman This week, writer Philippa Francis suggests some ideas for talismans that might help illustrators steer a course thro... 1 Comments Read
Network News: Some points to ponder 02:30Gill James I’m really interested in finding out the impact that belonging to a network has on SCBWI members and I’d really like to feature ... 0 Comments Read
Reading Resolutions 02:00 By Celia J Anderson It’s probably past the time for announcing New Year's resolutions but just for the record, 2014 is going to be ... 4 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 21st January 02:30 Here I am again, although it may seem like I never went away ;-) Do excuse my overexposure - I promise to (mostly) shut up about me and ... 2 Comments Read
Grimm Girls: Picturing the Princess 14:00K.M. Lockwood (Philippa Francis) An Exhibition at the Otter Gallery in Chichester in association with Chichester University’s English and... 2 Comments Read
Social Sheila Video: HootSuite for absolute beginners 02:00 HootSuite is a social media management platform that can save you huge amounts of time in monitoring and interacting with Facebook, Twitt... 5 Comments Read
'Be nice to people. Make friends.' 12:34 Writing is not fun; especially when that crucial opening line, that springboard into insight and revelation, that door to the imaginat... 11 Comments Read
Short Stories, Sweet Success! 02:00 Nick Cross Giant slices of cake all round this week as we celebrate the recent publication of "Princess of Dirt" by our v... 8 Comments Read
Keeping Those Promo Plates Spinning 01:13 Online portfolios, web galleries, social media, blogs - the internet is packed full of platforms and portals for illustrators to showcase ... 10 Comments Read
Network News: North West, one member’s resolutions 02:30 A delightful email dropped into my inbox the other day. It was the information form Steph Williams , our local network coordinator about ... 1 Comments Read
Planting Good Foundations 02:00 By Bekki Hill New Year is often the time when we decide to start a new project or find renewed enthusiasm to work on a project. However... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 14th January 02:30 It's been quite a challenge just getting to work this last week, but thankfully the floods around Oxford are now receding. I'm ver... 1 Comments Read
Slush Pile Challenge - January 2014 08:03 We are pleased to announce the January 2014 Slush Pile Challenge. 20 Comments Read
Ask a Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor Editorial Director at Hot Key Books 06:00 Publishing expert, Sara O'Connor returns with another set of answers to your questions this month. This time she's focusing on ... 4 Comments Read
The Trouble with Beginnings 12:22 Sometimes the secret is to begin. Just picking up a pen or a pencil unlocks the imagination. But beginning a new story can be new-snow ... 2 Comments Read
Congratulations to all the winners of Undiscovered Voices 2014! 02:00 What an exciting year 2014 is turning out to be! This week the results we have all been waiting for were finally announced. Please join me... 3 Comments Read
Picture Book Basics - Pace, Drama, Action! 00:35 You've sharpened pencils, honed your story and are ready to begin sketching the pages of your dummy. How do you make your picture bo... 22 Comments Read
Network News: Sobriety and Shakespeare in Central North 02:30Liz Miller and Gill Hutchison Sadly I couldn’t make Central North’s recent Christmas bash due to a family wedding. Fortunately, Gill Hutch... 5 Comments Read
Writing Outside the Story 02:00 By Rosemary Bird-Hawkins In this feature I’m going to explore the idea of writing outside the story. This is not the same as going off on ... 6 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 7th January 02:30 Welcome back to all you word-wranglers and picture-makers, for a whole new year of blogging. Christmas and New Year is a time for both gaz... 3 Comments Read
New Beginnings 02:00As a builder’s daughter, to me this suggests all the excitement of construction. I imagine all that planning and creativity going into a new... 1 Comments Read
Resolution 11:52 Apparently today, 5th January, is the day most people abandon their New Year's resolutions. So how are we doing? I once knew a littl... 4 Comments Read
Welcome in the New Year with the Margaret Carey Scholarship winners 02:00 We get 2014 off to a bang this week, and celebrate with Katrina Charman and Clare Welsh who won the Margaret Carey conference scholarsh... 9 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Shana Nieberg-Suschitzky 01:15 Debut Illustrator Shana Nieberg-Suschitzky created one of the winning entries to the 2012 SCBWI Undiscovered Voices compilation. She'... 9 Comments Read