ILLUSTRATION FEATURE Climbing Back from Catastrophe 06:30 This summer, illustrator Suzanna Hubbard lost everything in a devastating art studio fire. Here she talks about the loss, and how she... 4 Comments Read
REVIEW Into the Woods 06:30 This month, Zoe Williams reveals how she can now see the wood through the trees after reading John Yorke's Into the Woods 1 Comments Read
EVENTS Poetry to make your prose sing 06:30 September's London Masterclass with Joseph Coelho was a fascinating event that showed us how to use poetry to explore eleme... 0 Comments Read
YA KNOWHOW Release your inner teen 06:30 In the first of a series on writing YA, Tracy Darnton shares some ideas about how to write with an authentic teen voice. 0 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Big Dreams, Little Libraries and Tiny Illustrations 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 2 Comments Read
EVENTS SCBWI In Conversation with UK Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child 06:30 As part of Manchester Literature Festival, Lauren Child will be talking to our very own Candy Gourlay – catch it if you can! 0 Comments Read
UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS Serena Patel 06:30 In this week's Undiscovered Voices writer interview, we're delighted to introduce Serena Patel . 0 Comments Read
SUBMISSION KNOWHOW How to follow-up 06:30 So far Bryony Pearce has helped us select an agent, write a synopsis and write a covering letter... So what happens once that's a... 0 Comments Read
UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS Monika Baum 06:30 For her winning entry to this years' Undiscovered Voices anthology, illustrator Monika Baum chose the legend of the Loch Ness monst... 0 Comments Read
ILLUSTRATION FEATURE One Year On in SCBWI 06:30 Sharon Davey looks back at how a SCBWI event helped to kick-start her illustration career. 0 Comments Read
DEBUT DIARIES—ONE YEAR ON Cath Jones 06:30 Welcome to Debut Diaries—One Year On , where SCBWI-BI members share their highs (hopefully lots of these) and lows (hopefully fe... 1 Comments Read
OPENING LINES October 2018 06:30 Your all-important opening lines … will they hook your reader or not? This month, L.J. MacWhirter brings you a chance to find out what ... 0 Comments Read
EVENT REPORT Other Lives, Other Voices 06:30 SCBWI Southeast Scotland does a great job of matching experts with attendees who are keen for their insights. Patrice Lawrence's ... 1 Comments Read
PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Tips to Create a Stronger Picture Book by LOOKING! 06:30 Natascha Biebow shares tips on how to create a stronger picture book by closely analysing the books you read. The pictur... 0 Comments Read
OPEN SKETCHBOOKS Autumn 2018 Part 1 06:30 SCBWI illustrators have been filling their sketchbooks over the summer. John Shelley presents a selection. 0 Comments Read
WRITING KNOWHOW How Scrivener can help you manage big projects 06:30 Caroline Deacon takes us through some of the possibilities Scrivener offers to shape and manage the components of your rambling epic. 0 Comments Read
AGENT CONFIDENTIAL Lauren Gardner 06:30 Name: Lauren Gardner Agency: Bell Lomax Moreton Genres represented: Children’s fiction and non-fiction (young fiction, MG, teen and ... 0 Comments Read
EVENTS How to write the perfect submission letter 06:30 If SCBWI-BI members select their agents based on enthusiasm, commitment to clients and general all-round awesomeness, then I ha... 0 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Challenges, Cones and Conferences 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 0 Comments Read
UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS Annie Walmsley 06:30 In the second of our Undiscovered Voices writer interviews, we're delighted to introduce Annie Walmsley . 0 Comments Read
CRITIQUING KNOWHOW Joining a critique group 06:30 So you've been writing from your closet and now it's time to open the door and get some feedback. Joining a critique ... 0 Comments Read
CELEBRATIONS September 2018 06:30 The summer may be drawing to an end but that's no reason for the partying to stop now! B B Taylor begins the month of Septe... 1 Comments Read
UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS Laure Allain 06:30 This year's Undiscovered Voices is full of outstanding new illustration talent. Laure Allain worked on Kenneth Graham's classi... 0 Comments Read
SCBWI-BI CONFERENCE 2018 — Introducing Benji Davies 06:30 In our latest post for November's conference in Winchester, Patrick Miller asks illustrator keynote Benji Davies a few quest... 0 Comments Read
PICTURE BOOK KNOWHOW Perfect endings 06:30 In the final part of her strand about picture books, Lucy Rowland helps us work out a perfect ending. 2 Comments Read
FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR Jill Calder 06:30 This month's Featured Illustrator is Jill Calder . One of Scotland's most prominent upcoming illustrators, Jill's interests ... 4 Comments Read
BLOG BREAK Onwards and Upwards 06:30 Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs. 0 Comments Read
SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE July 2018 Results 06:30 Davinia Andrew Lynch of ANDLYN Literary Agency set the following challenge. 2 Comments Read
UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS David Hall 06:30 Every other year SCBWI-BI produces Undiscovered Voices , an anthology of new children's writing and illustrating talent . Over the... 0 Comments Read
JUSTIN'S DEBUT-DANCE BALL Vanessa Harbour 06:00 Welcome to Justin’s Debut-Dance Ball , a virtual party to celebrate SCBWI-BI members’ debut publications. This month, Justin welcomes m... 0 Comments Read