Congratulations Tamsyn Murray 02:00 By Charlotte Comley More good news for another of our SCBWI members. Tamsyn Murray writes: I'm delighted to announce the happy ar... 1 Comments Read
The International Illustrator 00:00 Most UK publishers aim to sell rights to overseas markets. Many editors and art directors prefer to communicate by email rather than a pho... 3 Comments Read
Q&A with Eric Huang - Author Masterclass: Picture Books for the Digital Age 07:00 Eric Huang Development Director at Made in Me 5 Comments Read
Network News: North East Event 02:30By Maureen Lynas Skills Sharing in York The York North East Group met up for their very first skillshare/critique event in January and... 4 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips: False Friends -- Heterographs and Homophones 02:00Catriona Tippin Geyser -- Not to be confused with a blokey old bloke! Following on from the popular False Friends post, Catriona br... 5 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 24th February 02:30 It's interesting to question how much responsibility writers and illustrators have towards our audience. Is our work simply about expr... 2 Comments Read
All mouth and no trousers 09:36 It's been the kind of week where lots of things happen but not very much gets done. Re-active rather than pro-active. Sometimes you ju... 1 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge January 2015 09:00 This challenge was set by Gemma Cooper from the Bent Agency. THE CHALLENGE... Submit the opening or scene of a novel aime... 14 Comments Read
ProCATsination, by Jion Sheibani 01:04 Click to enlarge ________________________________________________________ Jion's Illustrator Showcase Gallery is here , She can ... 7 Comments Read
Synopsis Made Simple - Q&A with Nicola Morgan 07:00 Are you the kind of writer who could quite happily knock out a 70,000 word manuscript, create a fully fleshed out fantasy world, populate... 5 Comments Read
Network News: From Our New Networks Coordinator Marie Basting 02:30By Gill James Marie at the latest SCBWI conference You may all recall Jan Carr’s fantastic introduction to Marie back in Octob... 0 Comments Read
Going Global With Your Stories 02:00 Be the Intrepid Salesman! The UK and US markets are often the focus of our publishing ambitions, but these only represent a small propor... 8 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 17th February 02:30 It must be Tuesday again, and time for another Blog Break. This week's column takes on such diverse topics as procrastination, busines... 3 Comments Read
Through the Looking Glass 08:00 In response to our Going Global theme this month, I'm looking at the impact stories from other cultures can and should have on us as ... 2 Comments Read
The art of compartmentalisation 07:00 I've been reading a writing guide that I found in a second-hand book shop. It's called, 'Writing begins with the breath,'... 1 Comments Read
Celebrating Sam Zuppardi 02:00 By Charlotte Comley Picture books are hard to write, but I must admit it is the illustrators that put the zing on the page. So, I am re... 3 Comments Read
Author Event Q&A: UKYA Extravaganza 02:00 Authors are finding new ways of reaching readers on their own as more and more publishers tighten their publicity budgets. In this feature... 2 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 10th February 02:30 My favourite quote this week comes from Sarah McIntyre: "Illustrators have to be business people. We are not free-spirited fairies wh... 1 Comments Read
London Book Fair: Getting ahead! 07:00 Our New Year’s Resolutions might have flown out the window, but it’s still time to think about the future and getting ahead. Writers all a... 1 Comments Read
The birthplace of children's stories 07:00 I've just finished reading Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, first published in America in 1962 and in print ever since. ... 0 Comments Read
Celebrating Clare Helen Welsh! 07:00 I am delighted to share Clare's story of how she met her editor at Maverick...and how 'The Aerodynamics of Biscuits' (Silver m... 11 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Yoko Tanaka 00:38 For this month's Featured Illustrator , Words and Pictures is proud to showcase the fantastic work of Yoko Tanaka . Having travelled ... 12 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Rebecca Colby 02:00 The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a... 32 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 3rd February 02:30 There were so many great SCBWI-BI blog posts this week that I'm reeling slightly from reading them all. It's always hard to choose... 1 Comments Read
The mixed metaphor of Pen-Y-Fan 07:00 Last Saturday I thought I'd climbed a mountain. It turns out I hadn't. At least, not the right one. I'd driven my son up to th... 5 Comments Read