Writing for children

You're working on a fiction or non-fiction manuscript that's either a picture book, a chapter book, or aimed at Middle Grade readers. If the content of your book is for slightly older readers, click here to browse or Young Adult (YA) advice articles.

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6 min read

Writing and the Children's Book Market

Chris Kloet

27th July 2012

Edited

24th January 2021

Around 10,000 new children’s titles are published in the UK every year. Chris Kloet, Editor-at-Large at Walker Books, suggests how a potential author...

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13 min read

Can You Teach People To Write For Children?

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

19th January 2021

Alison Sage demystifies what happens on a writing course for children and outlines the benefits to be gained.

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7 min read

Illustrating children's books

Raymond Briggs

27th July 2012

Edited

24th June 2021

Creating graphic novels

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15 min read

Writing Genre Fiction for Children

Malorie Blackman

27th July 2012

Edited

24th January 2021

Malorie Blackman looks at the different genres of children’s books with a view to helping writers decide what kind of story they could write.