Celebrating Jan! 07:00 Good Morning Words and Pictures. I would just like to say a great big enormous 'thank you' to Jan Carr for everything she's do... 17 Comments Read
Did someone say scraper board? 09:58 Have you ever thought of exploring a new technique? SCBWI member Heather Chapman takes us through the art of scraper board as a beginner.... 1 Comments Read
Network News, Central East, Cambridge Group 02:30 In keeping with the age-old tradition ... by Helen Moss Christmas feels like a distant memory. But before it sinks without a trace be... 0 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 27th January 02:30 There's some serious love for UK YA books this week on the Blog Break, and especially for those fabulous book bloggers who do so much ... 0 Comments Read
By any other name… 07:30 We’ve all been there. You’re in the middle of a scene; your heroine de jour, Kim Kardashian, is a top secret agent about to save the world... 3 Comments Read
YES 01:54Jan Carr From your one-time editor! I don't know if it really was Girl Online, Zoe Suggs who first said 'say yes more to thin... 3 Comments Read
ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani 00:00 ____________________________________________________ Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can be reached at jionsheib... 4 Comments Read
Are you sitting comfortably? 02:00 Ever wondered how you become a professional storyteller? In this post, 'big fibber' George Kirk , shares her journey from chatty ... 8 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 20th January 02:30 Welcome back for some more great blogs! After last week's rather heavyweight discussion about free speech, this week our bloggers are ... 2 Comments Read
The Blues 00:30 "Me and you are subject to The blues now and then..." As Neil Diamond wrote in 'Song Sung Blue' - everybody knows ... 7 Comments Read
How to turn yourself in to a writer 06:00 I sat in the garden last summer, scribbling my usual waffles of procrastination, and had an epiphanic (and what I thought was a truly orig... 7 Comments Read
Anne-Marie Perks Outstanding Volunteer Award Interview 00:00 Illustrator Coordinator Anne-Marie Perks has worked tirelessly for illustrators in the SCBWI British Isles Chapter since its inception. As... 7 Comments Read
Not the last word in endings: South East Scotland Network news 02:30 December is a fantastic time of year to reflect on what you have achieved in the last twelve months as a writer or illustrator. As it’s... 6 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips: Anagrams 02:00 Catriona Tippin With Laugh Out Loud as the Words & Pictures theme this month, here’s a look at some wordplay – anagrams and transpo... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 13th January 02:30 In the wake of the shocking Paris attacks, this week's column should probably be renamed "The Ten-Minute Freedom of Speech Break&... 2 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00Illustration This month, we’re focusing on some questions about picture book illustration. 3 Comments Read
The sky's the limit 06:00 One day when I was ten years old, our teacher, Mrs Allen, gathered us in to the carpeted corner of the room, and sat us down on plastic ... 3 Comments Read
Congratulations Katherine Bassford! 00:00By Charlotte Comley I am so pleased to announce the publication of Katherine Bassford's first book Oh Sugar. 5 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Sarah Palmer 23:56 2015 promises to be an inspiring year, and Words and Pictures is proud to welcome a fresh new artist as our first Featured Illustrator o... 8 Comments Read
Network News: North West Reloading 08:30A Sunday afternoon in December is always a good time for a SCBWI social so that’s what a group of us in the North West did. We met in the... 3 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Krysten Lindsay Hager 02:00 The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a p... 10 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 6th January 02:30 Welcome to the future! According to Back to the Future II , people in 2015 should be riding on hoverboards or driving flying cars. Sadly, ... 3 Comments Read
SlushPile Challenge - January 2015 10:00 We are pleased to announce the first SlushPile Challenge for 2015 16 Comments Read
Happy new creative 2015 06:00 There's nothing I like better than the chance of a clean break. If I could tear out my less glorious moments, like scribbled pages fro... 4 Comments Read
Introducing our New Editors for Words & Pictures 06:00 It gives me great pleasure to introduce our wonderful new, volunteer Editors. Please put your hands together and give a warm welcome to:... 9 Comments Read