It's Advent, are you ready.... for seasonal micro fiction? 18:24 After a month of novelling dangerously - hands up 1667 words a day #NaNoWriMo novelists - are you ready for a daily story-soaked 140 cha... 5 Comments Read
How to Draw Robots 23:51Robots have been filling out Christmas stockings since Santa made his first ride, so as the festive season draws near lets connect the circ... 4 Comments Read
Skylark Literary Launches with New Competition for Children's Writers 11:59 W&P is very pleased to promote this free competition: To celebrate its launch, Skylark Literary is delighted to announce an exc... 2 Comments Read
An Interview with Anthony McGowan 02:00 Continuing our interviews for conference month, Celia Anderson interviewed Anthony McGowan, multi-award winning author of novels and child... 2 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 25th November 02:30 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... 4 Comments Read
Sharing the creative non-fiction love – a tale of chocolate, passion, determination and joy (and that’s just the writing of it…) by Juliet Clare Bell. 01:10 28 Comments Read
Failure is the only option 07:00 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... 8 Comments Read
ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani 00:25 Click to enlarge Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can be reached at jionsheibani@gmail.com Click here for... 4 Comments Read
Network News: North West Thank You Stephanie Williams – A SCBWI Star 02:30 We are feeling a little sad out in the networks this week. Our North West Network Organiser, Steph Williams has unfortunately had to st... 0 Comments Read
Writing for Reluctant Readers #scbwicon 02:00Janet Foxley Following the excellent interviews with Mairi Kidd of Barrington Stoke and Barrington Stoke Author, Anthony McGowan, Jan... 4 Comments Read
Breaking into Educational Publishing 02:00 Have you ever thought about diversifying into educational publishing and non-fiction, but don't know where to start? Anita Loughrey r... 7 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 18th November 02:30 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... 4 Comments Read
"I'm all about story" 02:00 An interview with Melvin Burgess by K. M. Lockwood Melvin Burgess (Photo by John Coombes) 4 Comments Read
Where Fact Meets Fiction 02:00 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... 0 Comments Read
How's Your Word Count? 11:26 Everyone knows November is National Novel Writing Month. (How are your words?). But did you know that it's also National Non Fiction N... 2 Comments Read
Celebrating the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Best Young Critics Competition 04:00By 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... 2 Comments Read
Illustration Showcase and Conference Roundup 01:08 This year's SCBWI conference in Winchester was tremendously inspiring for book creators of all kinds, and notably so for artists. As ... 3 Comments Read
Network News South West Round-Up, 2013-14: To Bristol – And Beyond! 02:30Lesley Moss Into Wonderland – photo by Jo Thomas Trip to the Oxford Story Museum A distant rumble from the Bristol and Bat... 2 Comments Read
An Interview with Mairi Kidd 02:00 Continuing with our interviews for conference month, Celia Anderson interviewed Mairi Kidd, M.D. of Barrington Stoke, an independent p... 1 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 11th November 02:30 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... 1 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00 Our blog this month is all about . . . (Here are steps 6 - 10! Head to last month's post for steps... 3 Comments Read
Be Brave, Go in to the Woods 07:00 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... 13 Comments Read
Congratulations to Anne-Marie, an Outstanding SCBWI Volunteer! 01:18 @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... 8 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: John Shelley 00:29 This month's Featured Illustrator is our Friday editor, John Shelley . Having formerly lived in Tokyo for many years, John has develop... 39 Comments Read
Karen Hart, Our New ARA for Members Services! 15:05 @KarenJKHart It's wonderful to welcome Karen Hart to SCBWI volunteering and especially wonderful to tell you she is our new Assista... 5 Comments Read
An Interview with Cathy Cassidy 02:00 Photo Credit: Louise Llewelyn Hi Cathy, thanks so much for agreeing to talk to Words & Pictures. I very much enjoyed your keyn... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 4th November 02:30 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... 4 Comments Read
An incestuous Chinese King, polishing pearls and three Govian boys: An Interview with Sally Gardner 02:00Karen J. Hart @TheSallyGardner I was nervous about meeting one of my heroes. Sally Gardner, who gave the first Pulse keynote speech at... 9 Comments Read
We'd love to celebrate a new Celebrations Editor - could it be you? 02:00Sharing members' good news by editing W&P's Saturday morning Celebrations is a lovely job - everyone loves you! If you're a... 3 Comments Read