The Buzz–Interview with NA author Marnie Riches
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Image Credit: Whizzy Barr The Buzz – An interview with Marnie Riches , author of award-winning NA fiction The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die a...
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Hungry for words
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When the literacy campaign Read On Get On was launched this time last year, it reported that the UK was headed towards a literacy crisis w...
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It's raining picture books and poetry!
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Today we celebrate as SCBWI member, Rebecca Colby's, third picture book MOTOR GOOSE is to be published by Feiwel and Friends, an impri...
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Featured Illustrator: Julia Woolf
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This month's Featured artist is London based Julia Woolf . Major studio film animator, illustrator and picture book creator, Julia has...
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The SCBWI British Isles 8th Annual Conference
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Jonny Duddle, Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve to deliver keynotes at the SCBWI British Isles’ Annual Conference. Plus an exciting new ‘In...
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Opening Lines with Shelley Instone Literary Agency
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@ShelleyInstone What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? Launching our fan...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 25th August
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Logo by Melany Pietersen The author photograph is a surprisingly contentious thing. I can remember being advised (ten years ago!) to ...
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The Buzz– Everyone's talking about... New Adult literature
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The term New Adult literature was first used by St Martin’s Press in 2009 when they requested submissions for books aimed at the ‘older...
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Shouting Loud or Talking Differently
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It seems as if we're living these days with a kind of Philip Pullmanesque daemon fixed by our sides. Except this isn't a svelte an...
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Dogs, Doodles, Dinner Ladies and a Dream Come True!
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Today we are celebrating the success of South West SCBWI member, Claire Barker! Claire is an author currently living in North Devon, en...
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Measuring Up to Magazines
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The growth of independent publishing has also seen increased entrepreneurship in magazines for children. Reinforcing retail sales with...
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Proofreading Tips - Onomatopoeia
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Tee hee. Ha ha. It’s August, time for something silly. What’s not to like about words which sound like or suggest their meaning? ...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 18th August
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Logo by Melany Pietersen Tick tock, tick tock - the Ten-Minute Blog Break waits for no-one, least of all me! So at the end of a very ...
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Keeping on trend
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Ray Davies - a dedicated follower of fashion The phrase 'keeping on trend' makes me immediately think of clothes. My mind's...
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Closing Today! UV 2016
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Closing today! This is a unique opportunity for SCBWI BI members. Go on - you could be in the anthology Undiscovered Voices 2016.
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Report - Picture Book Retreat
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This year's SCBWI Picture Book Retreat was once again an inspiring and packed weekend for illustrators and writers in the relaxed sett...
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Skylark Literary Agency Tour - Q&A
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@AmberCaraveo For SCBWI members living outside of London, it can sometimes feel like opportunities to meet industry professionals are f...
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Writers' Minds - Tim Bowler
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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 - 11th August
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Logo by Melany Pietersen We're right in the middle of holiday season, and there's always a danger at this time of the year th...
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Ask a Picture Book Editor
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Tooting Your Horn – The importance of self-promotion This blog post is split into two parts and comes with tips and advice from Jes...
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Small Big Celebrations: David Fennell
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David Fennell signs with an agent! In 2014 I attended the SCBWI retreat and wrote the first chapter of my YA spy adventure, Sleeper. I c...
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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 p...
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SCBWI Panel Event - How to Survive Being Published
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The slings and arrows of publication by M Louise Kelly Ever dreamed of being published? Of course you have. That's why you...
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The Debut Author Series: Tatum Flynn
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@Tatum_Flynn The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraug...
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Ten-Minute Blog Break - 4th August
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Logo by Melany Pietersen It was genuinely once in a blue moon this week ( last Friday to be exact ), and that seems like a good oppor...
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Social Media for SCBWI: Twitter Chat: How to Use Hootsuite & Tweetdeck
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What is a Twitter chat? It's when lots of people "talk" live via Twitter, finding each other with a hashtag, at a specifi...
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What not to say
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My eye has been caught recently by the twitter hashtag #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter triggered by Joanne Harris. Here follows a selectio...
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