Ask a Publisher: Sarah Odedina, Publisher, Hot Key Books
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@sarahodedina talks to @CathJacobNews This interview was recorded at Hot Key Books on 13th March 2014 .
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Hope & Persistence
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Some interesting debate around the Carnegie Medal again this year. The Bunker Diary has been described as bleak and without hope, Room m...
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José Patterson, The Peoples Choice!
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Many Congratulations to José Patterson, long serving SCBWI member and second runner up in the People's Book Prize for her novel No ...
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Quentin who? One illustrator’s late-in-life discovery of the great Quentin Blake
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From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Can you imagine going through life and not knowing who Quentin Blake or Roald Dahl is? SCBWI BI m...
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Proofreading Tips: Americanisms
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Catriona Tippin Here’s a look at American English. We’re celebrating Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s 50th anniversary so this is...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 24th June
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I spent most of Saturday running the second-hand book stall at our school fete. It probably won't surprise you that parents constantly...
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Creature Feature: The Unicorn
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by Ken Lymer The symbol of the unicorn has many guises that have inspired writers and artists since the early Middle Ages. Its name deri...
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Lots of Brilliant Stuff
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Well I've had an exciting week, hobnobbing with publishers and Rowena House ( celebrated for the publication of her War Girls story...
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Congratulations to Rowena for winning a place in War Girls!
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This week, we're thrilled to raise our glasses to our Words & Pictures interviewer extraordinaire Rowena House, whose short st...
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Featured Illustrator: Paul Morton
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This month's Featured Illustrator is well known SCBWI member and Words & Pictures contributor Paul Morton . A familiar face at C...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 17th June
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Does Tuesday really come around incredibly quickly, or is it just me? Mind you, after a frenzied weekend it's rather nice for me to si...
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Roald Dahl the inventor - an inspiration piece
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Willy Wonka ‘Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.’ W...
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Opportunities, Sheds and a Great Comedian Reads Dahl
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I'm pleased to say there's been another healthy crop of entries for our second Chalkface Challenge . So grateful for Nick's Bl...
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Bridget's Big Draw
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We're very excited on Words & Pictures today to have Bridget Strevens-Marzo here with us to share her recent publishin...
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Happy 50th Birthday Charlie Bucket
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Karen Hart I’m 52 and it feels like the book has permeated much of my life over its 50 whipple-scrumptious years. I saw a delicious ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 10th June
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Hello Blog Breakers, I hope I'm not distracting you from the breakdancing baboons and singing goldfish that are doubtless populating y...
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My Little Hut
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As part of our celebrations for the fiftieth birthday of Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Sandra Greaves takes a peek into Roald Dahl’s famo...
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A Week with Publishers
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Very exciting - entries for the Chalkface Challenge are rolling in. In this competition everyone's a winner. Last year's entra...
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Farmer Falgu is far away from home!
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It's a joy to celebrate with our Slush Pile Challenge Editor, Chitra Soundar on her UK launch of Farmer Falgu Goes on a Trip! Tha...
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THE UNIQUE SELLING POINT
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Harry's Horse dummy Generating a following and identifying a specific market for your book can be a challenging process. This week, ...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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So, you’ve found your UNIVERSAL theme, and you’ve created your child-centred characters, now: Think about the tone and pitc...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 3rd June
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Katrina Charman was complaining recently about how much time she spends reading the Blog Break when she should be writing. Sorry, Katrina...
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Ask a Publisher: Venetia Gosling, Fiction Publishing Director, Macmillan Children's Books
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@neeshed talks to @CathJacobNews This interview was recorded at Macmillan Children's Books , on 13th March 2014 .
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So many things...
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...to tell you so I'm going to attempt super efficiency. Thank you again to the lovely Katrina for stepping in and stepping up las...
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