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Joanna Loring-Fisher updated their profile24 minutes ago
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Miriam Halahmy added a blog postyesterday
We had a great Masterclass on Writing Dialogue last Saturday at the usual London meeting place, upstairs at the Theodore Bullfrog pub. Thanks to everyone who attended. I was most impressed by all the different ideas and writing which the writers ...
Sue Eves added an eventyesterday
Sydenham Arts Festival at Kirkdale Bookshop
July 11, 2009 from 10:30am to 11am
10.30 Special Storytime at Kirkdale Bookshop when cats and dogs get together for the first time. Sue Eves, author of The Quiet Woman And The Noisy Dog meets Vivian Schwartz, author/illustrator of There Are Cats In This Book. See Children's Events ...
Tracy Ann Baines commented on David H Worsdale's blog post 'One of my poems'on Saturday
Congratulations David - that's great news.
candygourlay commented on David H Worsdale's blog post 'One of my poems'on Saturday
well done, david! it's great!
Keith Robson updated their profileon Friday
David H Worsdale commented on David H Worsdale's blog post 'One of my poems'on Friday
Had a letter from a publisher today saying she would like to include this poem in a "Collection Of Poems For Children" she is planning to publish at the end of September. As you can guess I feel really chuffed.
Katherine Kirkland updated their profileon Friday
Tracy Ann Baines added a blog poston Friday
Hi all I've put up an interview with MG Harris on my blog. You can read it here - http://talltalesandshortstories.blogspot.com/ Enjoy Tracy :)
Julie Day updated their profileon Thursday

British SCBWI News

Master Classes on Dialogue, Fantasy Fiction and Crafting Middle Sections

Undiscovered Voice is offered Egmont Book Deal

Undiscovered Voice is Long-listed for Waterstone's Prize

Tessa Strickland of Barefoot Books in Lincoln

Broken Links to Membership Sign Up are now fixed

SCBWI Bloggers!

Are you a blogger? Email candy at webmaster AT britishscbwi.org to add you to our Ning's blogroll! The following are not in any particular order. Someday I will alphabetize them.

Trials of a Self Published Author by Debbie Edwards

Absolute Vanilla by Nicky Schmidt

Benjamin Scott's blog

Hot Frog by Paul Morton

Tall Tales & Short Stories by Tracy Ann Baines

Book Child World by Leila aka Bathsheba Clarice De Trop

Julie Day's blog

Jude's Writing Corner by Najoud (Jude) Ensaff

Writer's Block by Sarah Humphreys

Sympathy for the Moon by David Thorpe

Debbie Bennett's blog

Sarah's Blog at the Greenhouse by Sarah Davies

Jabberworks by Sarah Macintyre

Anita Loughrey's Blog

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost by Paul Romeo

Notes from the Slush Pile by Candy Gourlay

Sue Eves's Blog

Wilf by Addy Farmer

Sue Hyams's Blog

Would you like to be the featured blog of the month?

If you blog on writing or illustrating for children, we can highlight your blog on the Ning's homepage for a month. You just have to blog at least once a week primarily on topics related to children's books. A great way to raise your profile, spread the word about your work and win more blog readers! Email Candy on webmaster AT britishscbwi.org

British SCBWI's Community Blog

Just one more book images

On Retreat with SCBWI

ARU Publishing Industry Day

Guardian Book Blog

Linklog: rough proofs, remixed wild things – and more

The rare art of good music journalism

Poem of the week: Nuclear by Susan Wicks

Linklog: Stares from Erving Goffman, word from Alain de Botton – and more

Faber Finds embraces the electronic age | Alison flood

Achuka: chock-full, eyes peeled, independent blog on children's books

Fame beyond the grave - Telegraph

tall tales & short stories: Interview with an Author: MG Harris

The Undrowned Child / Michelle Lovric

Shanville Monthly 108 - July 2009

Summer reading: Times children's books review

Bookbrunch: A Daily Serving of Book Trade News and Views

DOJ confirms Google investigation

Bookseller awards shortlists

Marston wins e-accreditation

Ness writes Booktrust exclusive

Opinion: Why size matters

The Bookseller: News

HarperCollins enters Jackson fray

Random House's Fussell to HarperCollins

Macmillan latest to host Amazon page

Redundancies at Penguin UK, Fraser to retire, Weldon steps up

HarperCollins extends deal with blogger Doctorow

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The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators British Isles welcomes you to our very own Ning - where the fantastic writers and illustrators who make up our membership can show off their talents, advertise their work, network, interact, engage, and raise their profiles! All members of British SCBWI are welcome to join! Sign in and a request will be sent to us. Please be sure to answer the questions because it proves to us that you are not internet malware. We're really sorry non-UK based SCBWI people, we're only accepting UK based members from now on. Please make sure your membership is up to date before you sign up! Email webmaster AT britishscbwi.org if you have any questions!

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Miriam Halahmy

Thanks to everyone who attended my Masterclass on Writing Dialogue


We had a great Masterclass on Writing Dialogue last Saturday at the usual London meeting place, upstairs at the Theodore Bullfrog pub. Thanks to everyone who attended. I was most impressed by all the different ideas and writing which the writers presented to the class and feedback ha… Continue

Posted by Miriam Halahmy on 5 July 2009 at 2:07pm

Tracy Ann Baines

Interview with MG Harris, author of The Joshua Files now on blog

Hi all

I've put up an interview with MG Harris on my blog. You can read it here - http://talltalesandshortstories.blogspot.com/

Enjoy
Tracy :)

Posted by Tracy Ann Baines on 3 July 2009 at 2:31pm

Jeannette Towey

Garen Ewing's The Rainbow Orchid

Hi everyone

I met the delightful Garen Ewing on Tuesday to chat with him about his soon to be published book The Rainbow Orchid, plus comics, art, writing, and film. I couldn't have possibly written it all up, but I've distilled the essence of our conversation for your delight and delectation and had it posted to The Phantom Zone, along with some super pics that Garen supplied. Garen kindly gave… Continue

Posted by Jeannette Towey on 3 July 2009 at 9:00am

David H Worsdale

One of my poems

The Worm.

The worm lost it’s wriggle, he didn’t know where.
Maybe inside an apple or even a pear.
The last time he had it was yesterday noon.
He’d be in real big trouble if he didn’t find it soon.
With daylight approaching and birds looking round
For their breakfast, he needed to be underground.
For now he was safe, or as safe as could be,
But he must lie quite still, or else they would see
This fat juicy worm, (for he’d put on some weight.)
So he really must hide, before it was too late.
He tr… Continue

Posted by David H Worsdale on 1 July 2009 at 12:28pm — 3 Comments

Nicky Schmidt

An Interview with Kevin Brooks

Following on my last two blogs posts about Kevin Brooks, I took the opportunity to finding out if he'd be willing to be interviewed on my blog - and he was.
Having met him and chatted to him for a while, as well as recently having read Killing God, his latest book, I was interested not only to find out more about his writing, but also to get a better sense of who he is as a writer and artist.

The post, which is up on my… Continue

Posted by Nicky Schmidt on 30 June 2009 at 7:39pm — 3 Comments

Sue Eves

Paperback Picture Book Picnic

I'm taking a picnic and a walk in the park this Thursday 2 July to celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of The Quiet Woman And The Noisy Dog.
"Oh Woofy! Oh Woofy! I love you, Woofy! La-La-La-La-La!"

… Continue

Posted by Sue Eves on 28 June 2009 at 9:30pm

Nicky Schmidt

Meeting YA author, Kevin Brooks - Part Two

I've posted the second part of "meeting Kevin Brooks" on my blog. In this session at the Cape Town Book Fair, Brooks spoke to a group of teens, who asked him about his books and his writing. I suspect, in some instances, they were a little taken aback at how forthright he was.

In a happy coup, Kevin Brooks has agreed to be interviewed for the… Continue

Posted by Nicky Schmidt on 28 June 2009 at 1:31pm

Tracy Ann Baines

AGENT INTERVIEW UP ON BLOG

Dear all,

I've put up my agent interview with Suzy Jenvey of PFD. She discusses authors and illustrators.
Some of you asked questions which she kindly answered at the end of the interview.

Here's the link -
http://talltalesandshortstories.blogspot.com/

Hope you find it interesting
Tracy :)

Posted by Tracy Ann Baines on 26 June 2009 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Debbie Edwards

First Proofs of Hero Required Arrive!

Not sure if I'll ever not get excited when proofs arrive of books. I hope not! But first proofs of my third book 'Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector - Hero Required' have arrived! 309 pages are now awaiting my red pen - hopefully not too many typos! The little steps nearer and nearer to publication are so exciting. I've finalised the cover - although still have to pay illustrator - and it's all up and running through Neilsen Book Data. So cool to see it all appear on Amazon, Waterstone's etc, even bef… Continue

Posted by Debbie Edwards on 25 June 2009 at 3:01pm — 2 Comments

candygourlay

Master Classes in Dialogue, Fantasy Fiction and Crafting a Novel's Middle

Well, I only just realised that there were new Master Classes posted on the events page of our website - it's not too late to sign up to Miriam's Dialogue class on Saturday ... but there are also some exciting ones in September and October about Fantasy Fiction and crafting a novel's middle. I posted a heads up about the classes on our News page

Posted by candygourlay on 24 June 2009 at 4:10pm — 1 Comment

Featured Blog: Sarwat Chadda, author of Devil's Kiss

FAQ and NOT FAQ

This is going to appear on my website shortly (no, not the photo, very nice that it is) but a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page. However, some are very common and I'll just go through the motions on those, but some may not be, and those will be the interesting ones...
So, rather than me just list out what I'm usually asked (and have probably answered somewhere already) I would like you to send me YOUR QUESTIONS. I'll see if I can intergrate them seemlessly into my FAQ page. To get the ball rolling I'll start with a few that have come up in the last few months:
1. Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox? Well, it'll have to be our Angie. C'mon, just look at her, for heavens sake! It did cross my mind that if I put myself up for adoption there would be a small chance that I might get picked and be calling her 'Mama'. The rest of this answer's not suitable for children but, let's put it this way, I know which side of the bottle v. breast-feeding arguement I'd come down on.
2. Angelina Joile or Christian Bale? Christian, for reasons too confusing to explain. But being Batman certainly helps.
3. What's the hairiest part of your body? My back. Then my chest, then my ears.
4. Favourite author? Okay, right now (and has been for the last few years) Philip Reeve and his Mortal Engines series. OMG, they are BRILLIANT. However, it was reading Northern Lights that made me want to be a writer.
5. Favourite book? Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. I have a signed card from him above the pc. The prefect dark fairy tale and a major inspiration to The Dark Goddess.
6. Did you always want to be a writer? No, I wanted to be a ninja. Actually, I STILL want to be a ninja. Given the choice, I think it's the profession most people would pick.
7. I'm looking at applying low-carbon technology to my existing house. What would you recommend? Solar hot water panels are probably the most straightforward to retro-fit. The payback on photovoltaics is horrendous so probably not best suited for domestic jobs. Some boiler manufacturers do dual coil boilers, which will save you space, but they are expensive. Do make sure you have them on roughly south-facing roofs!
Okay, now you take it away...

Er...this might be a terrible mistake.

I don't know about you but when I went to see Casino Royale a few years ago a BIG cheer went up (and not a few wolf-whistles) when Daniel Craig emerged out of the Carribean sea. And that was just from us blokes.
I tried to keep that picture in mind today as I shuffled around the park, sweating and feeling a bit unwell. No pain no gain sort of thing.
I'm a naturally lazy person. That's why I'm a writer instead of, well, something else. However, as I suffered my latest annual waist enlargement I decided to do something about it. I don't think I'll be getting the Daniel Craig response when I surface at my local lido but hopefully me diving in won't be a seismic event. Which is good. I certainly feel different after a few weeks of exercise. Light-headed, for example.
 
 

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