CREATIVE FLO by Kerina Strevens
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This week we begin serialising a new monthly comic strip from the hand of Kerina Strevens.
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FUNDING KNOWHOW Authors' Emergency Fund
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In these uncertain times, our Funding KnowHow series continues with KnowHow editor Eleanor Pender taking a look at The Authors' Em...
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EVENTS An industry point of view
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Before heading back home to Australia, Elizabeth Cummings attended possibly one of the last face-to-face SCBWI-BI events for a...
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INDUSTRY KNOWHOW Copyright: Using real-life as inspiration
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Have you ever based a character on someone in your local coffee shop? Or the lady who walks her dog down your street? Is it ok to take ...
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CREATIVE SECRETS Matt Killeen
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In search of inspiration, Caroline Deacon invites established writers and illustrators to tell us about their creative space. This mon...
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ILLUSTRATION MASTERCLASS REPORT Bringing Your Characters to Life
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Have you ever thought of modelling your characters? Author-illustrator Jeff Crosby gave a fascinating Illustration Masterclass on Br...
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OPENING LINES March 2020
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This month Natalie Yates brings you the opportunity for feedback on your opening lines from Lina Langlee of Kate Nash Literary Agency
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NETWORK NEWS What's happening to events and critique groups?
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In light of government guidance, SCBWI BI has decided to suspend all events until the end of May. So what's going to happen in our ...
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DEBUT DIARIES - ONE YEAR ON P.M. Freestone
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This month, Tizzie Frankish welcomes P.M. Freestone , author of the duology Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom , and the soon-to-be...
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SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE Big Summer Slush Pile Challenge 2019 Winner Anita Loughrey
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Anita Loughrey , winner of the Big Summer Slush Pile Challenge 2019, tells us why she entered the competition and about her experience...
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PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Turning refrains on their heads
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Expert Picture Book Editor Natascha Biebow shares tips on how to add a twist to your picture book by turning the refrain on its head.
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ILLUSTRATION KNOW-HOW Creating visual narrative settings
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Anne-Marie Perks takes a look at setting in children's books, with some tips on filling out the world of characters.
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ILLUSTRATION FEATURE Artwork size and the printed page
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How big should you draw? John Shelley considers what’s a natural size for illustrators to work at, and how it measures up in print.
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ILLUSTRATION FEATURE Responding to the Crisis in Children's Mental Health
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In her first illustration feature for Words & Pictures , Alison Padley-Woods looks at how children’s picture books and illustrated...
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FUNDING KNOWHOW Royal Literary Fund
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What can you do when you need a little help? Our Funding KnowHow series continues with KnowHow editor Eleanor Pender taking a look at ...
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CELEBRATIONS March 2020
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World Book Day is upon us as authors and illustrators of the world unite to celebrate! Join B B Taylor as she shares her mission ...
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DEBUT JOURNEYS Nicola Penfold
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Welcome to this virtual landscape where SCBWI-BI members share their debut journeys with us. This month Helen Simmons steps out w...
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TRANSLATION Richard Robinson
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This month, Words & Pics regular series on translation of books for young people brings you an interview with Richard Robinson , wh...
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NETWORK NEWS Central North
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This month, Network News Editor, Anne Boyere , highlights the Central North Network. Follow Buffy Randall 's Erik the Viking, do...
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SLUSH PILE CHALLENGE January 2020 Results
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Becky Bagnell of Lindsay Literary Agency set the January 2020 Slush Pile Challenge.
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WRITING KNOWHOW Inspiring Landscapes
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This week, KnowHow ventures out of the cities and heads to the coast. What can our own inspiring landscapes offer as a way to see a wor...
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WRITING FEATURE Picture Book Word Counts… Is Less More?
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When Jon Cox started writing picture book texts a few years ago, one of the first questions he asked was, ‘How long should my storie...
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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR Francesca Resta
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This month's Featured Illustrator is London-based Francesca Resta . Originally from Italy, for several years Francesca has been b...
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INSPIRATIONS FROM THE BOOKSHELF Rebecca Stead
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When Sheila M Averbuch went looking for inspiration, she found it in the unputdownable, seamless puzzles of Rebecca Stead's ficti...
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