Event Report: How To Write For Children and Young Adults by Janey Robinson 08:00 @sjlrobinson Janey Robinson reports from the event, How To Write For Children and Young Adults, held at Bloomsbury earlier this month. T... 5 Comments Read
Opening Lines with Becky Bagnell from Lindsay Literary 05:00 @LindsayLit What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? We are excited to w... 0 Comments Read
Brightening up 00:00 Heart of Ice by Tomibam CC On 28th March 1944, during WWII in neutral Sweden, a 36 year old secretary began to write children's stor... 2 Comments Read
Prince Bob and the Horrible Hagatha by Maureen Lynas 05:00 Maureen Lynas Maureen Lynas entered our October 2015 Slush Pile Challenge set by Amber Caravéo from Skylark Literary . Maureen ... 6 Comments Read
Masterclass Report: the Portfolio Intensive 07:00 By Melissa Rozario . Imagine this: a Saturday afternoon, a beautiful white studio space at House of Illustration. You, grappling with a ... 2 Comments Read
Network News: Wales Network 2016 07:30 What we do The Wales network has been small and quiet for a while but we’re looking to change that. Here’s your chance to get in at the s... 0 Comments Read
Faber Children's Books - Behind the Scenes 06:00 @faberchildrens A few weeks ago I attended a book blogging event at Faber and Faber where they showcased the exciting books they hav... 3 Comments Read
What is the value of listening to a story? Q&A with Untold Tales 05:00 How does listening to a story shape and develop a child's brain? I met Nick Vidinsky, CEO of Tales Untold and SCBWI member, at a S... 3 Comments Read
Alphabet Soup Meets The Phoenix Comic! 00:00 Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Phoenix logo © David Fickling Comics Ltd Nick Cross writes: As soon as a children’s comics st... 2 Comments Read
Meeting the Travellers 07:30 by Rosemary Hayes ‘How do you fancy writing some books for us?’ I was talking to Jenny Ertle, Managing Director of the educational pub... 0 Comments Read
Beginnings: why the first 50 words of your picture book must really grab an editor 04:00 So, you’ve written a picture book, but does your beginn ing really grab readers? It must hook young readers and before that, the ... 1 Comments Read
Congratulations Illustrator John Shelley 09:56 Congratulations to SC BW I member John Shelley whose illustrations are in a new non-fiction picture book for Charlesbridge (Penguin/Rand... 2 Comments Read
The Perfect Work Day, by Jane Heinrichs 07:00 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jane Heinrichs is a Canadian born illustrator based in London. www.janeheinrichs.com htt... 1 Comments Read
Undiscovered Voices - An Illustrator's Perspective 08:00 @bingsfables Last week we ran a feature on what it is like to be a winning author of Undiscovered Voices . This week I have two winni... 0 Comments Read
Network News: Wales 07:30Wales has recently acquired two Network Organisers, Zoë Thomas and Claire Fayers . 0 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips - Constructed Languages 05:00 Feeling a bit Elvish? Ever been tempted to construct a language? To con lang? The following blog post ‘ Inventing Language - Som... 2 Comments Read
Alphabet Soup – Making a Wish for Tommy Donbavand 02:30 Nick Cross writes: If you read my blog post yesterday, you’ll know that I’m taking Alphabet Soup down to a fortnightly schedule in orde... 3 Comments Read
When is a joke not a joke? 07:30By Jo Franklin When is a joke not a joke? Answers on a postcard please. Funny stories are often cited as a great way to get children re... 4 Comments Read
Norwich Scrawl Crawl 07:00 ©John Shelley At the end of February writers and illustrator members of SCBWI mustered at Norwich Castle Museum for a brilliant day of ... 0 Comments Read
Network News: KATE PANKHURST WORKSHOP 2ND APRIL – MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY 07:00 Kate Pankhurst, has illustrated for the likes of Judy Blume, Holly Webb and our own Steve Hartley. As if that's not enough, Kate brou... 0 Comments Read
Undiscovered Voices Launch Party - A Writer's Perspective. 07:00 @suebmuseum Finally we get to see what happens during the Undiscovered Voices launch party. Susan Brownrigg, one of this year's... 6 Comments Read
Writers' Minds - Teri Terry 05:00 Illustration by Whizzy Barr Ever wondered what makes a writer tick? What cogs of creativity whirr to bring stories to life? We take a pe... 3 Comments Read
Alphabet Soup - Rapid Prototyping for Picture Book People 02:30 Cover illustration by Nicola O'Byrne Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Nick Cross writes: This week's article literally be... 9 Comments Read
A Picture-Book Writing Retreat and What I Learned There 07:30 By Fran Price When I saw a SCBWI link about a two-day course in a beautiful Georgian house by the sea, focussing on nothing but writ... 9 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge - January 2016 05:00 Louise Lamont, literary agent at LBA Books set this challenge. THE CHALLENGE: I’d like to read a blurb and an op... 0 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Rikin Parekh 07:00 This month's Featured Illustrator is Rikin Parekh from North London. Many readers will be familiar with his quirky fun-filled pen an... 3 Comments Read
Judith Heneghan: Masterclass: Writing Nonfiction For Children - 19th March 07:00 @ JudithHeneghan Want to try Writing Non Fiction for Children? The first Masterclass of 2016 takes place on this subject on the 19th ... 3 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series: Olivia Levez 05:30 The Island by Olivia Levez The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publicati... 2 Comments Read
Alphabet Soup - The March of Minecraft 02:30 Minecraft image © Mojang Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Nick Cross writes: This is my first digital media article for Alphabet... 2 Comments Read