STORIES, by Sally Kindberg 07:00 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sally Kindberg www.sallykindberg.co.uk Read Sally's Blog here @SKindbergia 0 Comments Read
Event Report: The National Association of Writers’ Groups annual writing festival - NAWGfest 2016 08:00 Room with a view! – my home for the weekend. ‘On the weekend after the August Bank Holiday, both NAWG members and like-minded writers... 2 Comments Read
Opening Lines with Sarah Davies of Greenhouse Literary 06:30 @SarahGreenhouse What grabs the reader's attention? What immediately draws you in and makes you want to read on? As part of the... 2 Comments Read
What goes into the retelling of a folktale? 15:20 My grandmother and her sister told me innumerable stories from folklore, myth and movies from their times. I grew up on lentils, spi... 0 Comments Read
Emma Perry - Winner of the April 2016 Picture Book Slush Pile Challenge 03:00 Emma Perry Emma Perry entered our July 2016 Slush Pile Challenge set by Helen Mackenzie Smith from Bell Lomax Moreton . Emm... 2 Comments Read
Good News for Jose Patterson 00:30 Acclaimed children’s author José Patterson's new story will hit home as readers follow the story of Sarah, a ten-year old immigrant ma... 0 Comments Read
Open Sketchbooks Autumn Selection (2) 07:00 Presenting some more choice pages from illustrators' sketchbooks! SCBWI members roved far and wide over the summer - including... 3 Comments Read
Making Schools Beg for More Author Visits (A Novice’s Guide) 08:00 @Celiaanderson1 School visits: love them or loathe them, they’re often a big part of our lives when a book needs a boost. Some authors ... 1 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips presents Fun With Words! 06:30 @ProofreadingTip Here’s a miscellany of Word Fun , treat this as a warm up to a proofreading session. 1 Comments Read
Switched On 00:00 image by Isox4 On this day in 1879, The Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the very first time. Eight brand new-fangled electr... 1 Comments Read
Open Sketchbooks Autumn Selection (1) 07:00 Sketchbook of Paul Gauguin, 1894 It's rough and it's raw - time to once more peek inside the sketchbook pages of our illustrator... 4 Comments Read
What do Editors Look For In a Children's Book? - Part 2. 08:00 Following on from Part One of What Do Editors Look For In A Children's Book, featured last Thursday , Caroline Deacon tells us more a... 0 Comments Read
Writers' Minds with Joanna Nadin 11:36 Interview with @joannanadin Image: Whizzy Barr Ever wondered what makes a writer tick? What cogs of creativity whirr to bring stories to... 5 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor 04:30 The View From the Art Director's Desk – A Visually-compelling and Highly-successful Picture Book Think you know the s... 7 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Gillian McClure 07:00 This month's Featured Illustrator is Cambridge based Gillian McClure . Not only a pro lific picture book writer and illustrator, G... 2 Comments Read
What do Editors Look for in a Children’s Book? 08:00 “The work of an editor is incredibly creative and incredibly collaborative” For the third year running, SCBWI Southeast Scotland were de... 6 Comments Read
The Debut Author Series - Peter Bunzl 06:00 The Learning Curve - Insights from Debut Authors Nicky Schmidt For many the road to publication is long and fraught. For others, a ... 4 Comments Read
Pictures STILL Mean Business – an Update 02:30 Nick Cross writes: It’s now 18 months since writer/illustrators Sarah McIntyre and James Mayhew got together to begin the #PicturesMeanB... 7 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge - July 2016 03:00Felicity Trew , literary agent at Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency set this challenge. THE CHALLENGE: I’d love to see a brief ... 2 Comments Read
A Testament to SCBWI 00:30by Chitra Soundar I’m celebrating this September and October, with the publishing of two new books. You wait for ages and two comes one af... 9 Comments Read
CHOOSE A FRIEND, by Sally Kindberg 07:00 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sally Kindberg www.sallykindberg.co.uk Read Sally's Blog here @SKindbergia 0 Comments Read
Top Tips for the SCBWI Conference Newbie of 2016 05:00By Candy Gourlay Are you a newbie SCBWI about to attend your first conference? Terrified? Nervous? Hopeful? All of the above? Here's a... 4 Comments Read