DEBUT DIARIES—ONE YEAR ON Yasmin Finch
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Welcome to Debut Diaries—One Year On, where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these) and lows (hopefully fewer of t...
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OPEN SKETCHBOOKS Spring 2018 Part 1
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With Spring in the air, it's time for a fresh peek inside the sketchbook pages of illustrator members. What has everyone been worki...
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ONLINE KNOWHOW Search Engine Optimisation
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How can you be sure your readers can find you online? J ulie Sullivan explains how you can increase your online visibility.
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WRITING FEATURE The Gap Year
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Intrepid author Moira McPartlin decided to fill the time between novels by organising her own gap year and used it to tour and promote ...
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REVIEW The Ultimate Hero’s Journey by Neal Soloponte
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In the third of our review series, Marie-Claire Imam-Gutierrez reveals how a broken wrist lead to improved plotting of her WIP
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INDUSTRY KNOWHOW Public Lending Right 1
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So you’ve made it to publication! Soon you’ll be selling books, but what about those library loans? The good news is that they pay ...
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TALKING POINT A Place at the Table
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Inclusive Minds , a collaboration of consultants and campaigners with a passion for inclusion, diversity, equality and accessibilit...
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STATIONERY PASSIONS Kate Wiseman
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This month, author Kate Wiseman shares her stationery passions with Anita Loughrey .
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PROOFREADING KNOWHOW A Proofer's Compendium
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Photo credit: www.pxhere.com Need to do some fine tuning before submitting your MS? Nail those niggles with this list of links t...
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EVENT REPORT Character is Destiny
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To celebrate St Patrick’s Day this year, a group of SCBWIs bullied an adult novelist into reading Harry Potter, while wearing unico...
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ILLUSTRATION EVENTS Picture Books! Discover and Be Discovered
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A special highlight in the recent series of SCBWI Pulse events was a talk on breakthrough picture books, promotion and rights with US wr...
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PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Top 3 Things to Do While Waiting For a Deal
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Waiting for your next book deal? Natascha Biebow suggests three essential things you should do while waiting for the big wa...
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CELEBRATIONS April 2018
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The days are getting longer and brighter, so more time for our talented authors and illustrators to find inspiration out in the sun. A...
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MIDDLE GRADE KNOWHOW Creating believable baddies
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Do you need to make your villain vile and your rogue rotten? When it comes to kid lit, bad language and dubious habits might jus...
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ILLUSTRATION FEATURE The Bologna Book Fair 2018
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This year's Bologna Book Fair saw a marked increase in the number of exhibitors and attendees, Words & Pictures' Illustr...
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FROM YOUR EDITOR The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018
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The name of the 2018 laureate of the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature was revealed on March 27...
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EVENTS Mastering Young Series Fiction
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Braving the cold and snow on St Patrick's Day, over 20 SCBWI members from as far as Scotland attended Paula Harrison's ma...
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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR Mehrdokht Amini
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For Featured Illustrator this month we welcome Mehrdokt Amini . An Iranian-British children's book illustrator, Mehrdokt has lived in...
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ONLINE KNOWHOW Guard your privacy online
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Who is watching what you do online? With all the news articles this week about how our data on social media is being “scraped” without ...
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JUSTIN'S DEBUT-DANCE BALL Elaine Wickson
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Welcome to Justin’s Debut-Dance Ball , a virtual party to celebrate SCBWI-BI members’ debut publications. This month, Justin welcomes m...
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EVENTS Creating characters: use your head
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The synopsis of David Thorpe’s workshop From Character To Story was intriguing, writes Abigail Tanner . It promised to use diffe...
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SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE April 2018
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We are pleased to announce the April 2018 Slush Pile Challenge, set by Peter Marley , Senior Commissioning Editor, Picture Books at Oxfor...
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INSPIRATION Reborn
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Easter is seen as a time for new beginnings, whatever your belief system. In the last of her monthly inspiration posts, K. M. Lockwood ...
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