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NETWORK NEWS 2019 Events in October

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Network News Editor, Janey Robinson , shares SCBWI events coming up in October across the British Isles .

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EVENT KNOWHOW Special School Visits 2

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In our Event Knowhow series, Elaine Cline, Fiona Barker and Sarah Morrell e xplore visits to special schools and today, you are o...

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ILLUSTRATION FEATURE Pictures at Play - SCBWI's Biennial Illustrators' Exhibition

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Pictures at Play is back! This December sees the return of SCBWI's celebrated illustrator's exhibition in London, this time i...

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*News Blog Break Kelly McCaughrain Liz Flanagan News Nick Cross rowena house Tracy Darnton Vanessa Harbour Victoria Williamson Zoe Cookson

BLOG BREAK Creating Tension and Staying Analogue

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Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs.

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*Events Anita Gallo Edinburgh International Book Festival Elizabeth Frattaroli Events Janet Smyth Justin Davies Kathryn Evans literary festivals Louise kelly Sarah Broadley Sheila Averbuch

SPECIAL FEATURE SCBWI-BI's special relationship with Edinburgh Book Festival

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SCBWI Scotland's co-Network Organiser, Elizabeth Frattaroli tells the tale of a match made in Edinburgh...

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EVENTS Emotional story arcs

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September's London Masterclass with Jo Cotterill was about creating emotional story arcs and exploring a range of story struc...

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OPENING LINES Results from Clare Wallace and Lydia Silver

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In Opening Lines, Natalie Yates gets expert advice from top literary agents to help you tune up your concept, pitch, and opening li...

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*KnowHow creative rights creators Homefeature Illustrators KnowHow moral rights publishing contracts reputation Society of Authors value work Writers

INDUSTRY KNOWHOW SoA: On Moral Rights

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In our new Industry KnowHow series for the autumn, the Society of Authors tackles those big questions about creator's rights. F...

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CREATIVE SECRETS Tony De Saulles

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In search of inspiration, Caroline Deacon invites established writers and illustrators to tell us about their creative space. This mo...

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ILLUSTRATION FEATURE Some Pearls from Oliver Jeffers

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Artist and picture book supremo Oliver Jeffers delivered a memorable talk at the House of Illustration recently . Bridget Marzo was ...

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*writing Blue Elephant Storyshaping Homefeature Joan Bransfield Graham Mem Fox Natascha Biebow PICTURE BOOK STORYSHAPER PictureBook KnowHow rhythm

PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Catch the Poetry Bug To Give Your Picture Book RHYTHM

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In this feature , Natascha Biebow shares how you can use poetry to inspire and hone your picture book's rhythm

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*Competitions Anita Loughrey Ben Illis Ben Illis Agency Claire Watts Competitions Elaine Cline July 2019 Narrative non-fiction Results Slush Pile Challenge The BIA writing competitions

SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE July 2019 Results

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Ben Illis of The BIA set July's challenge.

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ILLUSTRATION KNOWHOW Character Design

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Our Illustration KnowHow series continues with Claire O'Brien exploring the physicality, shape and storytelling elements of chara...

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*writing Black Snow Falling British SCBWI children's writing debut author debut authors debut book debut diaries L.J. MacWhirter SCBWI UK writing ya

DEBUT DIARIES – ONE YEAR ON L.J. MacWhirter

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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...

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*News Blog Break Camilla Chester Chitra Soundar Clare Helen Welsh Ellie Rose McKee Jennifer Moore News Nick Cross Tamsin Cooke

BLOG BREAK Perks, Pay and Pyjamas

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Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs.

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AGENT CONFIDENTIAL Lisa Babalis

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Name: Lisa Babalis Agency: Curtis Brown Genres represented: Children’s (but mostly middle grade and a little YA)

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*WhatsOn children's writing Events Gail Doggett Homefeature Jenny Rees Karen Ball Sara Grant SCBWI Agent's Party WhatsOn

EVENTS Pitch Perfect

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Jenny Rees reports on an evening filled with fun, laughter and not a little edifying on how to pitch to an agent, ahead of 2019'...

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*Celebrations Alice Hemming B B Taylor bonnie bridgman books Celebrations Clare Helen Welsh new releases News Sally Rowe savita kalhan stephanie ward

CELEBRATIONS, September 2019

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B B Taylor guides us into September with a hot chocolate and a crackling fire to bring you this month's SCBWI celebrations a...

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CONTACT KNOWHOW Children's Festivals

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Bath Children's Literature Festival Looking for insight in writing for a younger audience? KnowHow editor, Eleanor Pender , takes a...

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*News Homefeature Janey Robinson Network News network organisers News from the SCBWI Networks SCBWI BI SCBWI networks SCBWI North East

NETWORK NEWS North East

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This month, Network News Editor, Janey Robinson , highlights the North East Network .

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*writing British SCBWI Homefeature Italian Leonardo da Vinci Mati Colarossi SCBWI UK translating children's books translating YA translation writing

TRANSLATION Mati Colarossi

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This month's regular series on the translation of books for young people brings you an interview with Mati Colarossi , who translates ...

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*illustrating 2016 SCBWI conference 2019 SCBWI-BI conference collaboration Fiona Barker Homefeature Howard Gray Illustrating Illustration Features picture books

ILLUSTRATION FEATURE When Howard met Fiona

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The picture book Danny and the Dream Dog came about after a chance meeting at the SCBWI Conference. Soni Speight talks to writer Fion...

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WRITING FEATURE An IKEA flat-pack meets The Tortoise and the Hare

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SCBWI writer Becky Hamilton takes a philosophical view of her writing technique.

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*writing Chicken House Debut debut author Emma Read Helen Simmons Imogen Foxell middle grade Middle Grade Fiction writing

DEBUT JOURNEYS Emma Read

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This month Helen Simmons steps out with author Emma Read whose middle-grade debut Milton the Mighty was published in June.

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*KnowHow Black & White Publishing book fairs expert advice Homefeature Illustration illustration exhibition industry awareness Industry KnowHow Ink Road Janne Moller KnowHow trade fair

INDUSTRY KNOWHOW Book Fairs: Need to Know

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Our Industry Knowhow series from Janne Moller , Rights Manager at Black & White Publishing, comes to an end this month. In her la...

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