Last weekend was the annual SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference in Winchester, which was as ever...

Here are some details of an event I’ll be running in Tokyo in August with SCBWI. Please do come along if you’re able! SCBWI Tokyo...

Recently I was in Paris to run a workshop at the SCBWI France Conference and attend the Salon du Livre Jeunesse (Children’s Book Fair) in...

Yesterday was the first British SCBWI Sketch Crawl event in London. A group of ardent children’s book scribblers descended on the Natural...

The four days of the Book Fair were the usual roller-coaster of ups and downs, hopes, lessons, delights, disappointments, inspirations,...

Back from the delights and inspirations of Bologna. The books, the events, the meetings, the socialising, the food… where to begin? Yes,...

Last weekend I was invited to run a workshop at the British Isles SCBWI Conference at the University of Winchester. This was the second...

As a repeat of a successful exhibition last year, SCBWI in Romania organised a second illustration show Imaginary Journeys combining work...

Looking towards the end of the year, I’ll be giving a talk at the British SCBWI 2nd Conference for Writers and Illustrators Cover to...

My work for children’s literature is currently being showcased by SCBWI British Isles, having elected me the current Featured Artist. The...

The Book Fair SCBWI had a stand at the Fair for the first time this year, and it was a marvellous base of operations for us. Being worn...

Every Bologna is different they say, and so it proved this year. It was the second time I’d been to the Book Fair, the last visit being...

I’ve recently returned from the Bologna Book Fair, where I was one of the speakers at the SCBWI Biennial Conference. This was scheduled a...

I’ve just returned from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, where SCBWI Tokyo RA Holly Thompson and myself co-ran a two and a half day workshop for...

Everything about this trip was a first for me – first trip to the Philippines, first time using Power Point, and first time running a...

Tomorrow I’m off to the Philippines to host a presentation and workshop in Manila for SCBWI. Surprising to say, although I’ve overseen...

I really wish I was going to Bologna this year, I missed it last year through other commitments and fully intended to make up for it in...