Blog Break Interview with Space on the Bookshelf 02:30 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... 3 Comments Read
Social Media for SCBWI Writers: What Can YouTube Do For You? 07:30 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... 8 Comments Read
Take pride! 10:55 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... 0 Comments Read
A Day Spent in Seventh Heaven 07:00 In anticipation of its July reopening, roving illustrator reporter Paul Morton recalls a visit to Newcastle's marvellous Seven Stori... 4 Comments Read
From Book to Stage - Event Report for HIDDEN 06:30 How HIDDEN came to the stage by Miriam Halahmy My Y.A. novel HIDDEN ( new edition, 2014, Albury Books) was nominated for the Carne... 8 Comments Read
The Art of Plotting - or a few things screenwriting can teach you... 07:00 @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... 7 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 23rd June 02:30 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... 0 Comments Read
Are You Writing for the Movies? 10:27 On Wednesday, Words and Pictures is publishing a great feature by a children's television writer, who also writes children's b... 5 Comments Read
Over-exposed 07:00 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... 1 Comments Read
Small Big Celebration: Sally Kindberg Draw It! Animals 00:00We have yet another exciting Celebration from a SCBWI member. Sally Kindberg's 6th book in her Draw it! series, Draw It! Animals was pub... 1 Comments Read
Network News: North West Sketch and scrawl 09:00 By Dom Conlon There was plenty of wind, and even more hot air, in evidence at June’s SCBWI NW Sketch & Scrawl event. Expertl... 1 Comments Read
Call Yourself An Author? Sarah McIntyre on Pulse 07:00By 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... 1 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips - more on punctuation! 07:00By Catriona Tippin Image credit www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/ Following the article on commas last month here’s a look at a furthe... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 16th June 02:30 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... 1 Comments Read
Festival 00:00 The core notion of festivals over time has been The Feast. Contemporary music gatherings may have lost that amongst the mud and tents and ... 2 Comments Read
The rescuing of goats 10:09 Something fundamental happens when friends and family gather together. Food is shared, wine is poured, and the stories begin to flow. 0 Comments Read
Small Big Celebrations: A Golden Egg for K M Lockwood 00:00 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... 6 Comments Read
Mudpie Mo, by Anna Violet 07:00 _______________________________________________ Anna Violet is a freelance author-illustrator based in Manchester. Check her po... 2 Comments Read
Network News: South East 07:30 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... 0 Comments Read
Trailblazer SCBWI Panel Event – Interview with Julia Churchill 07:25 Julia Churchill of AM Heath On 26th June, Julia Churchill will feature on the Trailblazer Panel Event for the Manchester Children’s Boo... 3 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Jon Mayhew 07:00 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... 8 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 9th June 02:30 We have a new logo! I'd like to thank May's featured illustrator Melany Pietersen and her studio Happy Artworks for their excell... 8 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00 Jumping through Hoops: Acquisitions and What You Can Expect Next So, an editor loves your work, what next? In some publishi... 9 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge April 2015 17:00 This challenge was set by Julia Churchill of A M Heath. THE CHALLENGE... A story asks and answers these questions: Who is ... 2 Comments Read
Christi Whitney's Unexpected Good News 00:00By Charlotte Comley I've found Christi's story truly inspirational. We often are led to believe that people achieve overnight succe... 2 Comments Read
Illustration Masterclass with Paul Stickland 07:00 Paul Stickland @NaughtyDinosaur Ready, Steady, Go! Find out how to design workshops and events for children and top tips on self-... 2 Comments Read
Network News: North West, Getting into a Routine 02:30 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 ... 0 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Nicole Burstein 02:00 Nicky Schmidt The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a pub... 2 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 2nd June 02:30 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... 0 Comments Read
Philip Pullman talks about writing 07:30 Philip Pullman, Penelope Lively and Daniel Hahn On May 13th, I took the bus over to Piccadilly Circus for a Society of Authors event ... 3 Comments Read