Blog Break Interview with Space on the Bookshelf
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One of the joys of blogging is that it opens us up to different perspectives and points of view that we might not otherwise hear. With th...
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Social Media for SCBWI Writers: What Can YouTube Do For You?
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I don't know about you, but I was surprised when one of the speakers at the Winchester SCBWI Conference last November said that when...
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Take pride!
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Being a writer or illustrator can be relentlessly hard. But with SCBWI you're in the right place. You get to hang out with those in th...
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A Day Spent in Seventh Heaven
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In anticipation of its July reopening, roving illustrator reporter Paul Morton recalls a visit to Newcastle's marvellous Seven Stori...
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From Book to Stage - Event Report for HIDDEN
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How HIDDEN came to the stage by Miriam Halahmy My Y.A. novel HIDDEN ( new edition, 2014, Albury Books) was nominated for the Carne...
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The Art of Plotting - or a few things screenwriting can teach you...
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@AlexaEMoses I’m an Australian writer of children’s television and books, which stumbles off the tongue and looks fickle in a bio. You k...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 23rd June
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Logo by Melany Pietersen If there's one constant in my life, it's having too much content available to me and not enough time...
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Are You Writing for the Movies?
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On Wednesday, Words and Pictures is publishing a great feature by a children's television writer, who also writes children's b...
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Over-exposed
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I am not a naturally sociable person. In a crowd of people I am apt to jump up and bark too much, like an overexcited Jack Russell. The th...
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Small Big Celebration: Sally Kindberg Draw It! Animals
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We have yet another exciting Celebration from a SCBWI member. Sally Kindberg's 6th book in her Draw it! series, Draw It! Animals was pub...
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Network News: North West Sketch and scrawl
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By Dom Conlon There was plenty of wind, and even more hot air, in evidence at June’s SCBWI NW Sketch & Scrawl event. Expertl...
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Call Yourself An Author? Sarah McIntyre on Pulse
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By Candy Gourlay Sarah McIntyre I'm part of the Pulse team led by Mo O'Hara that is trying to create events that would be rel...
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Proofreading Tips - more on punctuation!
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By Catriona Tippin Image credit www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/ Following the article on commas last month here’s a look at a furthe...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 16th June
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Logo by Melany Pietersen While I love the new Blog Break logo, the size and shape of it does mean that I have to write even more in t...
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Festival
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The core notion of festivals over time has been The Feast. Contemporary music gatherings may have lost that amongst the mud and tents and ...
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The rescuing of goats
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Something fundamental happens when friends and family gather together. Food is shared, wine is poured, and the stories begin to flow. ...
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Small Big Celebrations: A Golden Egg for K M Lockwood
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Mentored Imagine an egg, a Golden Egg. Inside is a chick curled-up, damp and blinking. She knows there’s a world outside because a calm...
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Mudpie Mo, by Anna Violet
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_______________________________________________ Anna Violet is a freelance author-illustrator based in Manchester. Check her po...
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Network News: South East
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by Jane Haryott Jane Haryott I’ve loving my new role as South East co-ordinator. It’s been great to meet SCBWI writers and ill...
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Trailblazer SCBWI Panel Event – Interview with Julia Churchill
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Julia Churchill of AM Heath On 26th June, Julia Churchill will feature on the Trailblazer Panel Event for the Manchester Children’s Boo...
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Writers' Minds - Jon Mayhew
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Image Credit - Whizzy Barr Ever wondered what makes a writer tick? What cogs of creativity whirr to bring stories to life? We take a pee...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 9th June
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We have a new logo! I'd like to thank May's featured illustrator Melany Pietersen and her studio Happy Artworks for their excell...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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Jumping through Hoops: Acquisitions and What You Can Expect Next So, an editor loves your work, what next? In some publishi...
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Results - Slush Pile Challenge April 2015
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This challenge was set by Julia Churchill of A M Heath. THE CHALLENGE... A story asks and answers these questions: Who is ...
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Christi Whitney's Unexpected Good News
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By Charlotte Comley I've found Christi's story truly inspirational. We often are led to believe that people achieve overnight succe...
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Illustration Masterclass with Paul Stickland
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Paul Stickland @NaughtyDinosaur Ready, Steady, Go! Find out how to design workshops and events for children and top tips on self-...
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Network News: North West, Getting into a Routine
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Steve in full flow by Catherine Whitmore I think we are ready to say that SCBWI North West really is up and running (quick - touch ...
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The Debut Author Series: Nicole Burstein
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Nicky Schmidt The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a pub...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 2nd June
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I'm not one to blow my own trumpet, but I achieved a long-standing ambition this week by joining the Notes from the Slushpile blog t...
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Philip Pullman talks about writing
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Philip Pullman, Penelope Lively and Daniel Hahn On May 13th, I took the bus over to Piccadilly Circus for a Society of Authors event ...
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