Can the story survive the digital age? 07:00 Driving home on Friday evening, I tuned into Front Row on Radio 4, broadcasting from the Hay Festival. If you didn't catch this, it... 4 Comments Read
Around the world with scbwi 07:00 Have you ever wondered what SCBWI members are up to across the world? Each month we will be globe-trotting to take a look. T... 4 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator - Heather Kilgour 07:00 As Featured Illustrator this month we welcome Heather Kilgour , who many will recognise as a familiar face on SCBWI's Illustration Com... 11 Comments Read
Cut to the Chase - Books that sell, and sell well. 07:00 Lil Chase @lilchasewriter Commercial Fiction – Masterclass Event with Lil Chase. Event report by Olivia Levez. It’s almost midday, a... 4 Comments Read
Network News: News from Central East 02:30 Critique Groups Update By Helen Moss, Central East Co-coordinator Earlier this year we decided to branch out by setting... 0 Comments Read
The Buzz - Everyone's talking about... Vlogging 07:00 Illustration by Whizzy Barr ALL ABOARD THE VLOG-WAGON By Larisa Villar Hauser Every now and then a story explodes in the papers and ... 10 Comments Read
Blog Break Interview with Sarah Broadley 02:30 Welcome to the second of our monthly features about blogging and blog techniques. After talking to the all-knowing Candy Gourlay last mon... 4 Comments Read
A new kind of publishing: Time Traveler Tours makes its debut 06:00 I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur. But then I realised that those of us trying to live by our art must act as our own little ... 8 Comments Read
Beware your inner fan club 10:09 We all know about the warnings to push aside the doom and gloom of our inner critic. But what about our inner fan club? Read on to see wha... 4 Comments Read
Open Sketchbooks Part 2 07:00 Here are some more terrific working pages hot from the sketchbooks of industrious SCBWI illustrators. Our previous selection, Part 1 can... 0 Comments Read
Writers' Retreat - Event Report 07:00 Dunford House Alex English reports back from the 2015 SCBWI Writers' Retreat at Dunford House, deep in the Hampshire countryside... 9 Comments Read
Pulse Comes to the North West 02:30 SCBWI is delighted to announce our new partnership with the Manchester Children's Book Festival; a partnership that launches our Pulse... 0 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips: Commas. 07:00By Catriona Tippin. Grammar bug - The Comma Butterfly Here’s a look at proofreading your commas. This isn’t a complete grammar le... 4 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 19th May 02:30 Welcome back, blog lovers! Picture books seem to be a dominant theme this week, with a side order of crusading journalism and some very s... 0 Comments Read
Howdy! 00:30 I feel I should be wearing a Stetson to say that. The cowboy style expression is a variation of the old English greeting 'How d'... 2 Comments Read
How to be discovered 07:00 Undiscovered Voices 2016 launched last Thursday. Read on to find to find out exactly what it is the judges are looking for, to appear in t... 0 Comments Read
Small Big Celebrations 07:00 Three SCBWI members are celebrating the launch of Litmus 2015 ~ the anthology of new writing from MA Critical and Creative Writing and MA ... 0 Comments Read
Mudpie Mo, by Anna Violet 07:00This week we welcome the launch of a new comic strip, created by the ever resourceful imagination of Anna Violet . Welcome Mud Pie Mo, Epis... 2 Comments Read
Elizabeth Wein: World Building - Event Report. 07:00 Making time for world-building By Fiona McKeracher I'm about to start writing a new book, an exciting but daunting place to... 1 Comments Read
Lost the Plot? Plan your way to success! 07:00 Help! I'm plotting mad... Are you a plotter or a pantser? Me? I'm a shocking pantser. I try to plot - I do. I do, I swear! Bu... 14 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 12th May 02:30 You join me from Hamburg in Germany, where I'm travelling for work. But due to the wonders of Wi-Fi, I'm pleased to be able to pr... 2 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:30What makes a good cover and title? In a market place full of beautiful, well-designed books it’s imperative that your book makes a big im... 1 Comments Read
Become a Discovered Voice 07:00 This is a unique opportunity for SCBWI BI members. Don't worry if you can't make the launch this coming Thursday. Next Sunday I wi... 0 Comments Read
Small Big Celebrations! Alex English signs with new agent. 00:00 By Charlotte Comley I'm super excited to announce a new feature on the Celebration Page , it's called Small Big Celebrations! I... 4 Comments Read
SCBWI Portfolio Intensive 07:00 In the wake of another SCBWI Portfolio Intensive there were mixed emotions: happiness, elation, relief, joy and feeling deflated in some ... 2 Comments Read
Philip Reeve in Exeter: Travelling faster than light 07:00 Event report by Lesley Moss Railhead by Philip Reeve It was a bright, breezy day in spring, and the city of Exeter was ready to d... 7 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Lu Hersey 02:00 Nicky Schmidt The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a p... 6 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 5th May 02:30 Just a quick reminder of the competition to design a new logo for this column . You've got until the 17th May, so you'd better hu... 2 Comments Read
How to publicize your book for the maximum impact 07:00 Stop! There may be better ways to publicize your book. Emma Donnan, who runs Busy Bee PR, a public relations agency for books, an... 6 Comments Read
Less donkey, more blossom 07:00 This past week has been chock full of deadlines. Early on Tuesday morning I found myself proof-reading my daughter's dissertation on t... 2 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator - Melany Pietersen 07:00 This month's Featured artist is South African born illustrator Melany Pietersen. An internationally published artist, Melany's wo... 9 Comments Read