Featured Illustrator - Rebecca Gerlings 07:00 This month's Featured Illustrator is Rebecca Gerlings . After many years' experience as an editor in children's publishing, Re... 2 Comments Read
Network News: London 07:30 Welcome Karen and Tania We are very excited in the networks team about the appointment of our two new London Network Organisers, Karen ... 1 Comments Read
Troll Hell: do you keep quiet or fight back against social media nasties? 07:00By Candy Gourlay ( @candygourlay ) Troll Hell panel: Nick Cross, SCBWI blog network editor; Nicole Burstein, author of Othergirl; and L... 8 Comments Read
Rowena House interviews Kathryn Aalto. 07:00 @kathrynaalto Landscape designer and historian, Kathryn Aalto , has created an “amiable field guide” to the Hundred Acre Wood, where ... 2 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 28th July 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen I'm back, although you may not have noticed I was missing (given that K.M. Lockwood did such a great job... 0 Comments Read
Social Media for SCBWI: Twitter for Writers (and Illustrators) 08:48 On Twitter we get excited if someone follows us. In real life we get really scared and run away. ― Anonymous 2 Comments Read
Out of the quicksand by Jennifer Burkinshaw 07:00 Jennifer Burkinshaw entered our April Slush Pile Challenge set by Julia Churchill (A.M. Heath). Julia asked for a paragraph or tw... 2 Comments Read
Margaret Carey Scholarship ~ apply now! 07:00 Desperate to come to the annual SCBWI conference in November but resources are tight? Then the Margaret Carey Scholarship might be for you... 0 Comments Read
Mervyn Peake on illustrating fiction 07:00 In 1947 the author and illustrator Mervyn Peake gave two presentations on BBC Radio, in which he took the opportunity to share his though... 3 Comments Read
Creating Characters – From Inception to Compelling Protagonists 07:00 Illustration: Paul Morton By Kate Walker Books are crammed with characters, drawing readers into their worlds and emotions. But how do... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 21st July 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen Apologies if you were expecting Nick Cross - you get me today. I've taken the opportunity to indulge ... 3 Comments Read
Part of it 00:00 The creative life can seem like tackling one hill climb after another. Some times you can be trudging, almost crawling, up the steep... 0 Comments Read
Weave it in 07:34 I'm not talking about hair-dos. I'm talking about unconscious creativity. The point where you find yourself sitting down to write,... 0 Comments Read
Industry Insiders event report 07:00 For illustrators who may have missed it last week, here once more is Sarah Underwood 's report of the recent SCBWI Professional Serie... 2 Comments Read
Event Report - Manchester Children's Book Festival Panel 07:00 MCBF Panel Event On 26 June the North West branch of SCBWI hosted a panel event at Manchester Metropolitan University as part of the Man... 1 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips: Book Review 07:00 Accidence Will Happen: The non-pedantic guide to English usage Summer’s here – how about some holiday reading? Published recently by ... 7 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 14th July 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen Welcome to another Blog Break, and I've got a diverse palette of subjects for you: dreams, prizes, Scott... 7 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00 A picture book story - from start to finish! For July’s blog, we’re going to take you on the journey of the birth of a picture book – ... 2 Comments Read
Sheddings 07:00 I am a collector of things. Of things deposited along the edges, on shorelines and footpaths. Stuff left behind by the sea, or by creature... 0 Comments Read
Mudpie Mo, by Anna Violet 07:00 _______________________________________________ Anna Violet is a freelance author-illustrator based in Manchester. Check her p... 0 Comments Read
Industry Insiders - Event Report 07:00 I recently attended a talk at the Savoy Tup, just off the Strand in London, for the first of what I hope will be a long series of ... 2 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Keris Stainton 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 peek... 4 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 7th July 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen You may be lucky to read this at all, as my internet connection seems to be having a "technical moment.... 0 Comments Read
Writers and diaries 08:35 Nulla dies sine linea. No day without a line. –Pliny the Elder, quoting the ancient Greek artist Apelles 5 Comments Read
SlushPile Challenge - July 2015 06:00 We are pleased to announce the Summer SlushPile Challenge, 2015 0 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Deborah Allwright 06:30 This month's featured artist is London based illustrator Deborah Allwright . Since her debut book commission Grunter , Debbie has esta... 5 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Ruth Fitzgerald 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