It's Advent, are you ready.... for seasonal micro fiction?
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After a month of novelling dangerously - hands up 1667 words a day #NaNoWriMo novelists - are you ready for a daily story-soaked 140 cha...
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How to Draw Robots
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Robots have been filling out Christmas stockings since Santa made his first ride, so as the festive season draws near lets connect the circ...
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Skylark Literary Launches with New Competition for Children's Writers
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W&P is very pleased to promote this free competition: To celebrate its launch, Skylark Literary is delighted to announce an exc...
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An Interview with Anthony McGowan
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Continuing our interviews for conference month, Celia Anderson interviewed Anthony McGowan, multi-award winning author of novels and child...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 25th November
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I like the book and I like the film adaptation, but which is best? Harry Hill would have them FIGHT, but here at Words & Pictures we...
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Failure is the only option
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I was deep in conversation with an artist the other evening, and we were talking about the traps that lie in wait along the footpath of cr...
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ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani
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Click to enlarge Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can be reached at jionsheibani@gmail.com Click here for...
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Network News: North West Thank You Stephanie Williams – A SCBWI Star
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We are feeling a little sad out in the networks this week. Our North West Network Organiser, Steph Williams has unfortunately had to st...
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Writing for Reluctant Readers #scbwicon
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Janet Foxley Following the excellent interviews with Mairi Kidd of Barrington Stoke and Barrington Stoke Author, Anthony McGowan, Jan...
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Breaking into Educational Publishing
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Have you ever thought about diversifying into educational publishing and non-fiction, but don't know where to start? Anita Loughrey r...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 18th November
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Diversity is a word that gets bandied around a lot, and I hope we can agree that diversity in children's books is generally a good thi...
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"I'm all about story"
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An interview with Melvin Burgess by K. M. Lockwood Melvin Burgess (Photo by John Coombes)
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Where Fact Meets Fiction
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We love to sort, indeed we have to sort to make sense of the world. Being National Non-Fiction November, the sorting I have in mind is t...
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How's Your Word Count?
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Everyone knows November is National Novel Writing Month. (How are your words?). But did you know that it's also National Non Fiction N...
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Celebrating the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Best Young Critics Competition
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By Candy Gourlay PIERS TORDAY. Photo: Quercus I am the keeper of the SCBWI British Isles Brag Book . Right now, it's a bit out of...
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Illustration Showcase and Conference Roundup
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This year's SCBWI conference in Winchester was tremendously inspiring for book creators of all kinds, and notably so for artists. As ...
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Network News South West Round-Up, 2013-14: To Bristol – And Beyond!
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Lesley Moss Into Wonderland – photo by Jo Thomas Trip to the Oxford Story Museum A distant rumble from the Bristol and Bat...
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An Interview with Mairi Kidd
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Continuing with our interviews for conference month, Celia Anderson interviewed Mairi Kidd, M.D. of Barrington Stoke, an independent p...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 11th November
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How's NaNoWriMo treating you? You may think that writing a novel in a month is tough, but how about producing a whole comic in 24 hour...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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Our blog this month is all about . . . (Here are steps 6 - 10! Head to last month's post for steps...
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Be Brave, Go in to the Woods
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I lost my courage around the age of 9. The real world stepped up like a policeman to my childish imaginings and said: 'Allo 'a...
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Congratulations to Anne-Marie, an Outstanding SCBWI Volunteer!
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@annemarieperks It is such a joy to wish many many congratulations to the lovely Anne-Marie Perks , who has won this year's SCBWI B...
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Featured Illustrator: John Shelley
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This month's Featured Illustrator is our Friday editor, John Shelley . Having formerly lived in Tokyo for many years, John has develop...
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Karen Hart, Our New ARA for Members Services!
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@KarenJKHart It's wonderful to welcome Karen Hart to SCBWI volunteering and especially wonderful to tell you she is our new Assista...
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An Interview with Cathy Cassidy
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Photo Credit: Louise Llewelyn Hi Cathy, thanks so much for agreeing to talk to Words & Pictures. I very much enjoyed your keyn...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 4th November
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I'm in a post-conference state of over-stimulated tiredness (if such a thing is possible), but have valiantly dragged myself to my Blo...
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An incestuous Chinese King, polishing pearls and three Govian boys: An Interview with Sally Gardner
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Karen J. Hart @TheSallyGardner I was nervous about meeting one of my heroes. Sally Gardner, who gave the first Pulse keynote speech at...
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We'd love to celebrate a new Celebrations Editor - could it be you?
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Sharing members' good news by editing W&P's Saturday morning Celebrations is a lovely job - everyone loves you! If you're a...
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