Stories Really Are Everywhere!
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Has it ever occurred to you how similar Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is to The Hunger Games ? Two stories each set in a bizarre an...
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SCBWIs Scoop Greenhouse's Top Prizes!
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It's a serious business making readers laugh; Swapna Haddow and Clare Welsh are seriously good at it, officially! Please lob great ...
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ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani
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A new regular comic strip for Words & Pictures ? Why yes, and it starts today! Earlier this year Jion Sheibani was our Featured Illustr...
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Author Masterclass: Successful primary school visits with Jane Clarke
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Jane Clarke has been an archaeologist, a teacher, and a library assistant, but is now a full time children’s writer with over seventy pu...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 26th August
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I'd like to start this week's column with a special message for the Space on the Bookshelf team. Stop writing so many interesting ...
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“There’s a Story in That” by Mo O’Hara
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“There’s a story in that!” How often have you said that phrase? Maybe you were looking at an image, overhearing a bit of conversation (We ...
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More Unmissableness
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I'm at the foot-stomping cider-swigging Internet-lacking Purbeck Folk Festival this weekend, so before I drive off to a windy hills...
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SCBWI Reception Rocks Edinburgh International Book Festival!
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@edbookfest This week it's HUGE Congratulations to..... SCBWI British Isles! Specifically to Natascha and South East Scotland, i...
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Croquet, Lindy Hop and Other Stories - Interview with Alexis Deacon
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At the recent Picture Book Retreat Anne-Marie Perks had the opportunity to work with and interview award winning author illustrator Alexis...
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Network News: On Teens, Treats and Peeking into Picture Books in Central North.
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By Liz Miller We’ve been a bit spoilt in recent months in Central North with not one, not two, but three visiting speakers who...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 19th August
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August is one of those rare times of the year when living Down South seems like a disadvantage, as the various Edinburgh festivals take ce...
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Telling Tales
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Abu Shady the last professional hakawati or traditional storyteller in Syria In most cultures, the storyteller has an honoured place....
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Ask a Publisher: David Fickling, Publisher, David Fickling Books
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David Fickling, @DFB_storyhouse talks to @CathJacobNews This interview was recorded at David Fickling Books, Oxford on...
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Unmissableness
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Sometimes soldiering on is not an option and last week was one of those times - I languished on a cliff top on the very windy Isle of Wi...
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Ten Huge Congratulations to Mike Brownlow!
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Many congratulations to Mike Brownlow on the publication of Ten Little Princesses, a fantastic companion volume to Mike's very s...
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Featured Illustrator: Dave Gray
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This month Featured Illustrator welcomes Dave Gray , one of the illustration winners of this year's SCBWI Undiscovered Voices antho...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 12th August
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After a quiet last week at the offices of my day job, there's been a sudden return of people from holiday. I hope the same is true of ...
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An Interview with Robert Muchamore - Part Two
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The SCBWI interview with best-selling teen author Robert Muchamore (author of the Cherub series) continues…
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Picture Book Retreat 2014 – a Novice’s View
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After excitedly anticipating this event for over six months, the day had finally come to embark on SCBWI’s Picture Book Retreat. I did not...
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Network News: The Big Edit
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This is something I do with my students at the end of each module and I thought it might be something some of our network groups mig...
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The Debut Author Series: Christina Banach
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The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others,...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 5th August
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A big thanks to Philippa for holding the fort so expertly last week. I'm just back from holiday and still catching up on stuff, but ...
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An Interview with Robert Muchamore - Part One
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Robert Muchamore is best known for the CHERUB series of books. He wrote the first instalment CHERUB: The Recruit in 2001 after his 12-ye...
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Edinburgh
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Home again from the city of fun, so wish I could have stayed for weeks. I saw some brilliant shows even got a free ticket for Potted Sher...
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Badges Badges Badges 2014!
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Kathy Evans Once again I'm hijacking Celebrations to give you all a chance to win something! The Amazing SCBWI British Isles Annual C...
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