Blazing a Trail 02:00 Sandra Greaves Book trailers are increasingly important marketing tools for authors. So how do you go about making one? Sam Hepburn ch... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 29th April 02:30 What does it take to get a book published? Is it simply a matter of persistence and luck? Can we writers/illustrators influence the proces... 2 Comments Read
Q & A with Fantasy Writer, Robert Paul Weston 02:00 Robert Paul Weston is the internationally award-winning author of several fantasy novels for children and young adults, including Zorgama... 3 Comments Read
Chained to the Kitchen Table 13:17 The sky is grey and raindrops are splashing on the patio so the best place to be is here at the kitchen table or scoffing meatballs in t... 2 Comments Read
Hurray for the Crystal Kite Shortlisters and Don't Forget to Vote! 00:37 The annual Crystal Kite Award is a peer-given award to recognize great books from 15 SCBWI regional divisions around the world. Last yea... 2 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Jaimie Stevenson 01:24 For this month's Featured Illustrator we welcome Jaimie Stevenson , a developing artist based in Bedfordshire with a distinct range of... 16 Comments Read
Network News: North West – a writer on a scrawl-crawl 02:30 @GillJames Who would have thought it? Late march in Rainy City (aka Manchester) and warm enough to spend a substantial part of the day ... 4 Comments Read
World Book Night - Just Do It Anyway 10:12 @jancarr April 23rd, Shakespeare's birthday and death day, and Cervantes death day, is the night of giving away books. Book-giving... 4 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 22nd April 02:30 Hello Scoobies, I hope Easter brought you lots of chocolate/non-fattening alternatives. My thanks go to Nicky Schmidt for holding the fort... 1 Comments Read
Easter Sunday Revelations and Round-Ups 11:10 Isn't it wonderful to have the lovely Beverley Birch smiling on the front of our blogzine, beamed across from Notes From the Slush ... 2 Comments Read
Balu's Basket is out now! 06:00It's always lovely when a W&P team member has a success. Here's Chitra, our writing competitions editor who does a wonderful job... 1 Comments Read
Children's Books and Medieval IIlumination 09:07@HAC_illustrated As an illustrator and medieval historian (or so my university degree claims) I love all things pictorial and historic. S... 4 Comments Read
Events: What’s not to love? 14:00 A big Words & Pictures welcome to our new ARA, Stephanie McGregor ! Steph has a special responsibility to oversee our events all over... 1 Comments Read
Keith Gray's sell-out Edinburgh workshop tackles Strong Beginnings 02:00by @suzebain Where are you on the writer’s pyramid? Are you a ‘wannabe’? Full of ideas? Prepared to rewrite? Keith Gray, author... 7 Comments Read
Virtual Authors 02:00 Jonathan Emmet Virtually visiting a school in Atlanta Much has been written recently about the benefits of authors and illustrators vi... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 15th April 02:00 Your erstwhile Blog-Breaker, Nick Cross, has decided to skive off for the week, and I’m here in his stead. It’s only a small change rea... 4 Comments Read
Ask a Publisher: Liz Cross, Head of Publishing, Children's, OUP 02:00@LizJCross talks to @CathJacobNews . This interview was recorded in Oxford, at Oxford University Press, on 12th March 2014 . 12 Comments Read
What a lovely day! 13:59 We had a lovely time yesterday. There was food, fizz, cake and chatter - people meeting for the first time or catching up in real life a... 2 Comments Read
Minty Fresh Success ! 02:00 Christina Banach Christina Banach is our lucky champagne toast recipient today! Her debut, Minty is out this week from Thre... 7 Comments Read
Sketchcrawling in Manchester 00:00 SCBWI BI North West held its first sketchcrawl day event last month at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Manchester. Children... 4 Comments Read
Titles and characters: choices with marketing in mind 02:00 Catriona Tippin You’ve written your book. You’re researching your social media strategy. Here are some tips on spotting marketing prob... 8 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 8th April 02:30 With the London Book Fair in full swing, the future of publishing is inevitably a key point of discussion. But as fascinating as that subj... 2 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 03:00 What makes a good picture book topic? So last month we challenged you to tell us what you think makes a good picture book topic. I’m ... 7 Comments Read
People, you know who you are, I AM doing my homework 02:16 Now that Bologna's Bologna'd, it's time for London to do the Book Fair thing. The London Book Fair is this coming week and I... 3 Comments Read
Muncle Trogg love hits Germany... And congrats to Kim for an Honorary Mention! 02:00 This week, congratulations go to Janet Foxley for the latest news on Muncle - or Munkel - Trogg who has found success in Germany. Then we... 2 Comments Read
Walter Crane and Mythology in Children's Books 00:11 Walter Crane Illustration is all about ideas and inspiration which can be turned into a theme relevant to the story – whether it is for ... 2 Comments Read
Linkedtwitfacetumbletube - From The Other Side 02:00 Nicky Schmidt A while ago I posted a piece about social media on my blog and how the business of building a platform, when you don’t ... 7 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 1st April 02:30 It's April the First, and I was tempted to write an entire Blog Break full of spoof posts this week. However, as there was no round-up... 2 Comments Read
Slush Pile Challenge - April 2014 02:00 We are pleased to announce the April 2014 Slush Pile Challenge. 0 Comments Read