The Buzz–Interview with NA author Marnie Riches 07:30 Image Credit: Whizzy Barr The Buzz – An interview with Marnie Riches , author of award-winning NA fiction The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die a... 0 Comments Read
Hungry for words 10:00 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... 1 Comments Read
It's raining picture books and poetry! 07:00 Today we celebrate as SCBWI member, Rebecca Colby's, third picture book MOTOR GOOSE is to be published by Feiwel and Friends, an impri... 3 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Julia Woolf 07:00 This month's Featured artist is London based Julia Woolf . Major studio film animator, illustrator and picture book creator, Julia has... 6 Comments Read
The SCBWI British Isles 8th Annual Conference 05:00 Jonny Duddle, Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve to deliver keynotes at the SCBWI British Isles’ Annual Conference. Plus an exciting new ‘In... 0 Comments Read
Opening Lines with Shelley Instone Literary Agency 05:56 @ShelleyInstone What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? Launching our fan... 11 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 25th August 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen The author photograph is a surprisingly contentious thing. I can remember being advised (ten years ago!) to ... 1 Comments Read
The Buzz– Everyone's talking about... New Adult literature 06:18 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... 3 Comments Read
Shouting Loud or Talking Differently 10:40 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... 4 Comments Read
Dogs, Doodles, Dinner Ladies and a Dream Come True! 06:00 Today we are celebrating the success of South West SCBWI member, Claire Barker! Claire is an author currently living in North Devon, en... 2 Comments Read
Measuring Up to Magazines 07:00 The growth of independent publishing has also seen increased entrepreneurship in magazines for children. Reinforcing retail sales with... 4 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips - Onomatopoeia 06:30 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? ... 10 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 18th August 02:30 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 ... 7 Comments Read
Keeping on trend 00:00 Ray Davies - a dedicated follower of fashion The phrase 'keeping on trend' makes me immediately think of clothes. My mind's... 1 Comments Read
Closing Today! UV 2016 07:00 Closing today! This is a unique opportunity for SCBWI BI members. Go on - you could be in the anthology Undiscovered Voices 2016. 0 Comments Read
Report - Picture Book Retreat 07:00 This year's SCBWI Picture Book Retreat was once again an inspiring and packed weekend for illustrators and writers in the relaxed sett... 6 Comments Read
Skylark Literary Agency Tour - Q&A 06:30 @AmberCaraveo For SCBWI members living outside of London, it can sometimes feel like opportunities to meet industry professionals are f... 7 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Tim Bowler 06:30 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... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 11th August 02:30 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... 0 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:00 Tooting Your Horn – The importance of self-promotion This blog post is split into two parts and comes with tips and advice from Jes... 2 Comments Read
Small Big Celebrations: David Fennell 20:12 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... 8 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
SCBWI Panel Event - How to Survive Being Published 06:30 The slings and arrows of publication by M Louise Kelly Ever dreamed of being published? Of course you have. That's why you... 1 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Tatum Flynn 07:00 @Tatum_Flynn The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraug... 6 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 4th August 02:30 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... 1 Comments Read
Social Media for SCBWI: Twitter Chat: How to Use Hootsuite & Tweetdeck 06:51 What is a Twitter chat? It's when lots of people "talk" live via Twitter, finding each other with a hashtag, at a specifi... 5 Comments Read
What not to say 10:02 My eye has been caught recently by the twitter hashtag #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter triggered by Joanne Harris. Here follows a selectio... 0 Comments Read