REPORT Learning to Build Worlds Masterclass with Pam Smy 07:00 SCBWI's first Illustrator Masterclass of the year, 'Learning to Build Worlds’ with Pam Smy proved to be an enormously popular ev... 3 Comments Read
Special Events Feature: Q&A With Literary Agent, Sarah Davies 01:30 Sarah Davies , founder of The Greenhouse Literary Agency, talks to Events Editor, A.M. Dassu about her role as an agent working across No... 0 Comments Read
Debut and Day Job – an interview with YA author Sarah Alexander 01:00 Cover: Connie Gabbert Many writers dream of giving up the day job. But recent articles in the Guardian and the Irish Times have highli... 1 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 28th March 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen Nick Cross writes: Has it really been two weeks since the last Blog Break? I've been completely rushed ... 3 Comments Read
DEBUT DIARIES – ONE YEAR ON: Olivia Levez 08:30 Cover art by Nathan Burton Welcome to Debut Diaries – One Year On , where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these... 3 Comments Read
FROM YOUR EDITOR Celebrity children's books *sigh* 08:00 Flanimals by Ricky Gervais, illustrated by Rob Steen Few things rub the community of children’s writers up the wrong way more than ... 9 Comments Read
Lines of Intent, by Anna Willett 07:00Introducing a new comic strip for Words & Pictures ! Anna Willett presents Lines of Intent . click to enlarge @ Anna_M_Willett 0 Comments Read
London Industry Insiders: Skylark Literary Talk and One-to-One Opportunity - What We Learnt 01:30 On Tuesday 7th March, Amber Caraveo and Joanna Moult from Skylark Literary Agency held a marathon three-hour session of one-to-one mee... 1 Comments Read
Agent Confidential: Yasmin Standen 01:00 Name: Yasmin Standen Agency: Standen Literary Agency Genres represented: Children’s fiction, YA and some non-fiction 0 Comments Read
Carnegie Story: “Writing is a transgressive act” 08:30 Author Mimi Thebo was long-listed for this year's Carnegie Medal. She talks to Helen Liston about the Carnegie, West Country living... 2 Comments Read
Ask a Picture Book Editor: Story Magic!!! 08:30 Add some fairy (tale) magic dust to your manuscript! Sometimes, to make a really cracking picture book, you have to turn a story idea ... 0 Comments Read
My First London Book Fair: 11:00 The London Book Fair (LBF) – what's it really like for an unpublished author or illustrator? Following on from our article, How to g... 3 Comments Read
A book without which... 'Writing Picture Books' 07:00 Continuing our series on transformative books on the shelves of illustrators, Paul Morton gives an appraisal of Ann Whitford Paul's W... 6 Comments Read
SCBWI Writers' Retreat: Tell Me More! 01:30 Dunford House The hugely popular SCBWI Writers' Retreat returns to Dunford House this May. Here, Organiser Mel Rogerson , talks to ... 2 Comments Read
Proofreading Tips: Contronyms 07:43 Hea der courtesy of http://www.ikeinc.co.uk/ Also known as auto-antonyms , these are potentially confusing words with meanings that seem... 0 Comments Read
Ten-Minute Blog Break - 14th March 02:30 Logo by Melany Pietersen Nick Cross writes: Happy Mother Tongue Day! That's if you're in Estonia, of course. If you're s... 2 Comments Read
No Spoilers! 00:00 “Man Reading” by orionpozo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By K. M. Lockwood @lockwoodwriter Five years ago today, I had my first rev... 0 Comments Read
FROM YOUR EDITORS World Book Day at 20 08:30 World Book Day is 20 years old this year. Words & Pictures Co-editor Claire Watts takes a look at the event ’s origins and aims. 2 Comments Read
Featured Illustrator: Pam Smy 07:00 This month's Featured Illustrator is Pam Smy . Senior Lecturer of the Illustration Course for the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia R... 5 Comments Read
SCBWI Writer Masterclasses: Tell Me More! 01:30 SCBWI have some interesting and exciting Writer's Masterclasses planned in 2017 to help you develop your writing. Here, Co-ordinator Al... 3 Comments Read
Call Yourself a Writer? 01:00 Image by Dan Cooke Are you ready to stand up and Call Yourself a Writer? Lorraine Cooke pokes her nose into the writing lives of SCBWI... 17 Comments Read
Network News: London, Welcome to Larisa Villar Hauser 09:22 Last time in Network News we said goodbye to our joint London network organiser Karen Hart. This week we welcome Larisa Villar Hau... 0 Comments Read
Writing Across Boundaries 07:30 The apartheid era ended only in 1991 Five years ago, Natalie Yates was working with some GCSE students on poetry from other cultures.... 0 Comments Read
Whose Culture Is It Anyway? 07:30 by Patrice Lawrence Seriously – what, actually, is it? For me, it’s like having a name. A name is a legal require... 1 Comments Read
Results - Slush Pile Challenge - January 2017 03:00 Sallyanne Sween ey , literary agent at Mulcahy Associates set this challenge. THE CHALLENGE: 'Best Beginnings'! ... 1 Comments Read
School Visits for Illustrators 07:00 © John Shelley @Godfox What happens when an illustrator undertakes a school visit for the first time? What do you present? How do you w... 5 Comments Read
How To Become An Author: Candy Gourlay Opens SCBWI Wales 2017 Programme of Events 01:30 Given that the journey from Cardiff to Swansea began with a heavy mist hugging the M4, the glorious sunshine in Swansea was unexpected. Al... 4 Comments Read
Justin's Debut-Dance Ball: Corrinne Averiss 01:00 Illustration by Louisa Glancy @LouisaGlancy Welcome to Justin’s Debut-Dance Ball , a virtual party to celebrate SCBWI-BI members’ debut... 2 Comments Read