Roving Reporter 07:00 In Sarah Broadley's first episode in her new Roving Reporter series for Words & Pictures , she takes a peek through the keyhole at... 0 Comments Read
Small BIG Celebrations:Chitra Soundar, Charlotte Comley 00:30Chitra Soundar has more good news to share. She was nominated for The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2016. The first Indian awards to ... 0 Comments Read
Artwork Storage 07:00 How do illustrators store their artwork? It's an issue we all come up against , and it never gets any easier. The more we create, the ... 1 Comments Read
Salmon Swimming In The Egmont River by Sarah Broadley - Part 2 08:00 http://www.egmont.co.uk/ Here is the second part of Sarah Broadley's account of her visit behind the scenes at publishing house, E... 3 Comments Read
Opening Lines welcomes back Penny Holroyde from Holroyde Cartey 05:15 @PennyHolroyde What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? We are lucky to b... 3 Comments Read
The Blog Break's Greatest Hits 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen And so, the end is near. Actually, the end is here, because this is the very last instalment of the Ten-Min... 7 Comments Read
The Buzz: Six months of children's books 07:25 For Christmas this correspondent received a subscription to Publishers’ Weekly, the Bible of the publishing industry. This week, they... 4 Comments Read
Eric Heyman Small BIG Celebration 00:30 By Charlotte Comley I was really pleased to have an illustrator get in touch for a change. Since I am a writer, I often forget the high... 2 Comments Read
The Perfect Work Day, by Jane Heinrichs 07:00 Applause for our new regular comic starting today, many thanks to Jane Heinrichs for The Perfect Work Day ! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++... 1 Comments Read
Salmon Swimming In The Egmont River by Sarah Broadley - Part 1 06:45 http://www.egmont.co.uk/ Over the next three weeks, Sarah Broadley takes us behind the scenes at publishing house, Egmont. Toda... 5 Comments Read
Network News: Central West - Julienne Durber steps down 00:00 by Marie Basting Today in Network News, we’d like to say a huge thank you to SCBWI volunteer Julienne Durber. Julienne... 0 Comments Read
Ten Proofreading Tips from #scbwicon15 05:30 Header courtesy of http://www.ikeinc.co.uk/ Here are the Ten Proofreading Tips used as prompts for discussion at the SCBWI Conference ... 9 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 19th January 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen The creative profession suffered a couple of significant losses last week in the shape of David Bowie and Al... 2 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:30Harnessing Your Creativity January is the time for clean starts, new writing journals and starting fresh endeavours. But what to write? ... 1 Comments Read
Charlotte Comley's Small BIG Celebration 04:00 Charlotte Comley's Small Big Celebration is her joy at being nominated and winning the 1 0 Extraordinary League 2015 . 0 Comments Read
Good News for Miriam Halahmy 00:05 After more than a year of rejections and feeling rather dejected, my very first Middle Grade Book was taken by Alma Books in July 2015. ... 5 Comments Read
Submission Frustration? How about Collaboration! 07:00 Picture book collaborations between writer and illustrator are often in the headlines recently. Some are more collaborative than others. ... 3 Comments Read
Q&A with Christina Banach on Plot and Structure 05:30 James Scott Bell's Book Plot & Structure Reams have been written on how to hook readers with stylish writing, vivid characters... 5 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Marnie Riches 05:30 Illustrator - Whizzy Barr Ever wondered what makes a writer tick? What cogs of creativity whirr to bring stories to life? We take a peek... 3 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 12th January 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen What is it about January? I'm feeling totally maxxed out with all the stuff I have to write and otherwis... 2 Comments Read
The Buzz: Middle-Grade Fiction, With Agent Becky Bagnell 07:00 According to Publishers' Weekly , British children up to age 10 prefer reading to all pastimes! Children's books continue to buck ... 0 Comments Read
Seize the year! 11:06 With every new diet and exercise fad kicking us in to a healthier 2016, how do you approach the re-shaping of your creative life? 0 Comments Read
Congratulations Lu Hersey for getting in Deep Water! 00:30 By Charlotte Comley One of the wonderful things about being the Celebration Editor is that you get a real insight into what happens after... 0 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Alina Surnaite 07:00 For our first Featured Illustrator of 2016 we give a big welcome to Alina Surnaite . A native of Lithuania, Alina studied for an MA in C... 7 Comments Read
Network News: north east 07:00 The north east has two new Network Organizers. Marie-Claire and Cathy. Here is what they say about their new role: Marie-Claire Imam... 4 Comments Read
#SCBWICON15 1-2-1s set Anna's heart a-flutter 05:30 The North West Crew The drums, the drums! As a newbie to conference, there was one part of the weekend that I was looking forward to... 2 Comments Read
Debut Author Series: UPDATES 05:30 After the Debut After the debut… By Nicky Schmidt As a round up to a busy year and a half of Debut Author Interviews, I decided to... 1 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 5th January 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen A belated welcome to 2016 - may it bring you all that you want, plus a few good things you didn't know y... 0 Comments Read
Debut Author Series: UPDATES 05:30 After the Debut After the debut… By Nicky Schmidt As a round up to a busy year and a half of Debut Author Interviews, I decided to ... 0 Comments Read
Slush Pile Challenge - January 2016 05:00 We are pleased to announce the January 2016 Slush Pile Challenge 2 Comments Read
Jion Sheibani signs with Elinor Cooper 14:09 By Charlotte Comley Our first good news for 2016 comes from Jion. Jion recently signed with Elinor Cooper of Diamond Kahn and ... 4 Comments Read