Featured Illustrator: Sally Kindberg
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February's Featured Illustrator i s London based Sally Kindberg . With a long association with comics and journalism, Sally has been a...
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Ask an Agent - with Gemma Cooper and Molly Ker Hawn, from the Bent Agency
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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...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 28th January
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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...
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New Year/ New Words
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“The circle of the English language,” observed an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, “has a well-defined centre but no discernibl...
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Happy Australia Day!
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It's the morning after the night before enforced haggis eating, poetry and Scotland's national drink. Burns Night with a great dol...
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'The Golden Acorn' hits primary schools across the country!
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Catherine Cooper always said she’d write when she retired from teaching. Little did she know that retirement would come early, leading to h...
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Resolution
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Iranian talisman This week, writer Philippa Francis suggests some ideas for talismans that might help illustrators steer a course thro...
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Network News: Some points to ponder
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Gill 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 ...
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Reading Resolutions
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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 ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 21st January
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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 ...
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Grimm Girls: Picturing the Princess
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K.M. Lockwood (Philippa Francis) An Exhibition at the Otter Gallery in Chichester in association with Chichester University’s English and...
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Social Sheila Video: HootSuite for absolute beginners
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HootSuite is a social media management platform that can save you huge amounts of time in monitoring and interacting with Facebook, Twitt...
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'Be nice to people. Make friends.'
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Writing is not fun; especially when that crucial opening line, that springboard into insight and revelation, that door to the imaginat...
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Short Stories, Sweet Success!
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Nick Cross Giant slices of cake all round this week as we celebrate the recent publication of "Princess of Dirt" by our v...
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Keeping Those Promo Plates Spinning
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Online portfolios, web galleries, social media, blogs - the internet is packed full of platforms and portals for illustrators to showcase ...
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Network News: North West, one member’s resolutions
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A delightful email dropped into my inbox the other day. It was the information form Steph Williams , our local network coordinator about ...
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Planting Good Foundations
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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...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 14th January
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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...
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Ask a Publisher - Q&A with Sara O'Connor Editorial Director at Hot Key Books
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Publishing expert, Sara O'Connor returns with another set of answers to your questions this month. This time she's focusing on ...
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The Trouble with Beginnings
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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 ...
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Congratulations to all the winners of Undiscovered Voices 2014!
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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...
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Picture Book Basics - Pace, Drama, Action!
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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...
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Network News: Sobriety and Shakespeare in Central North
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Liz Miller and Gill Hutchison Sadly I couldn’t make Central North’s recent Christmas bash due to a family wedding. Fortunately, Gill Hutch...
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Writing Outside the Story
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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 ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 7th January
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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...
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New Beginnings
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As a builder’s daughter, to me this suggests all the excitement of construction. I imagine all that planning and creativity going into a new...
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Resolution
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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...
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Welcome in the New Year with the Margaret Carey Scholarship winners
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We get 2014 off to a bang this week, and celebrate with Katrina Charman and Clare Welsh who won the Margaret Carey conference scholarsh...
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Featured Illustrator: Shana Nieberg-Suschitzky
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Debut Illustrator Shana Nieberg-Suschitzky created one of the winning entries to the 2012 SCBWI Undiscovered Voices compilation. She'...
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