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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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#amwriting #amediting #writingtips Becky Bagnall Feature Lindsay Literary Opening Lines writing feature

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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Amber Caraveo Celebrations Competitions Elaine Cline Maureen Lynas October 2015 Skylark Literary Agency Slush Pile Challenge

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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Audio Feature Listening Nick Vidinsky Podcasts Untold Tales writing feature

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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#amwriting #amediting #writingtips Feature Teri Terry Writers Writers' Minds Writers' Retreat writing feature

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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Event Report: How To Write For Children and Young Adults by Janey Robinson

Opening Lines with Becky Bagnell from Lindsay Literary

Brightening up

Prince Bob and the Horrible Hagatha by Maureen Lynas

Masterclass Report: the Portfolio Intensive

Network News: Wales Network 2016

Faber Children's Books - Behind the Scenes

What is the value of listening to a story? Q&A with Untold Tales

Alphabet Soup Meets The Phoenix Comic!

Meeting the Travellers

Beginnings: why the first 50 words of your picture book must really grab an editor

Congratulations Illustrator John Shelley

The Perfect Work Day, by Jane Heinrichs

Undiscovered Voices - An Illustrator's Perspective

Network News: Wales

Proofreading Tips - Constructed Languages

Alphabet Soup – Making a Wish for Tommy Donbavand

When is a joke not a joke?

Norwich Scrawl Crawl

Network News: KATE PANKHURST WORKSHOP 2ND APRIL – MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY

Undiscovered Voices Launch Party - A Writer's Perspective.

Writers' Minds - Teri Terry

Alphabet Soup - Rapid Prototyping for Picture Book People

A Picture-Book Writing Retreat and What I Learned There

Results - Slush Pile Challenge - January 2016

Featured Illustrator: Rikin Parekh

Judith Heneghan: Masterclass: Writing Nonfiction For Children - 19th March

The Debut Author Series: Olivia Levez

Alphabet Soup - The March of Minecraft

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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR Jasmine Stephenson

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