Event Report: How To Write For Children and Young Adults by Janey Robinson
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@sjlrobinson Janey Robinson reports from the event, How To Write For Children and Young Adults, held at Bloomsbury earlier this month. T...
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Opening Lines with Becky Bagnell from Lindsay Literary
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@LindsayLit What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? We are excited to w...
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Brightening up
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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...
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Prince Bob and the Horrible Hagatha by Maureen Lynas
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Maureen Lynas Maureen Lynas entered our October 2015 Slush Pile Challenge set by Amber Caravéo from Skylark Literary . Maureen ...
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Masterclass Report: the Portfolio Intensive
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By Melissa Rozario . Imagine this: a Saturday afternoon, a beautiful white studio space at House of Illustration. You, grappling with a ...
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Network News: Wales Network 2016
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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...
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Faber Children's Books - Behind the Scenes
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@faberchildrens A few weeks ago I attended a book blogging event at Faber and Faber where they showcased the exciting books they hav...
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What is the value of listening to a story? Q&A with Untold Tales
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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...
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Alphabet Soup Meets The Phoenix Comic!
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Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Phoenix logo © David Fickling Comics Ltd Nick Cross writes: As soon as a children’s comics st...
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Meeting the Travellers
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by Rosemary Hayes ‘How do you fancy writing some books for us?’ I was talking to Jenny Ertle, Managing Director of the educational pub...
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Beginnings: why the first 50 words of your picture book must really grab an editor
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So, you’ve written a picture book, but does your beginn ing really grab readers? It must hook young readers and before that, the ...
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Congratulations Illustrator John Shelley
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Congratulations to SC BW I member John Shelley whose illustrations are in a new non-fiction picture book for Charlesbridge (Penguin/Rand...
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The Perfect Work Day, by Jane Heinrichs
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jane Heinrichs is a Canadian born illustrator based in London. www.janeheinrichs.com htt...
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Undiscovered Voices - An Illustrator's Perspective
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@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...
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Network News: Wales
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Wales has recently acquired two Network Organisers, Zoë Thomas and Claire Fayers .
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Proofreading Tips - Constructed Languages
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Feeling a bit Elvish? Ever been tempted to construct a language? To con lang? The following blog post ‘ Inventing Language - Som...
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Alphabet Soup – Making a Wish for Tommy Donbavand
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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...
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When is a joke not a joke?
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By 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...
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Norwich Scrawl Crawl
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©John Shelley At the end of February writers and illustrator members of SCBWI mustered at Norwich Castle Museum for a brilliant day of ...
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Network News: KATE PANKHURST WORKSHOP 2ND APRIL – MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY
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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...
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Undiscovered Voices Launch Party - A Writer's Perspective.
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@suebmuseum Finally we get to see what happens during the Undiscovered Voices launch party. Susan Brownrigg, one of this year's...
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Writers' Minds - Teri Terry
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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...
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Alphabet Soup - Rapid Prototyping for Picture Book People
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Cover illustration by Nicola O'Byrne Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Nick Cross writes: This week's article literally be...
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A Picture-Book Writing Retreat and What I Learned There
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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...
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Results - Slush Pile Challenge - January 2016
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Louise Lamont, literary agent at LBA Books set this challenge. THE CHALLENGE: I’d like to read a blurb and an op...
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Featured Illustrator: Rikin Parekh
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This month's Featured Illustrator is Rikin Parekh from North London. Many readers will be familiar with his quirky fun-filled pen an...
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Judith Heneghan: Masterclass: Writing Nonfiction For Children - 19th March
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@ JudithHeneghan Want to try Writing Non Fiction for Children? The first Masterclass of 2016 takes place on this subject on the 19th ...
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The Debut Author Series: Olivia Levez
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The Island by Olivia Levez The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors by Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publicati...
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Alphabet Soup - The March of Minecraft
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Minecraft image © Mojang Alphabet Soup logo by Paul Morton Nick Cross writes: This is my first digital media article for Alphabet...
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