Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2025: The best advice on writing and publishing for children
Bloomsbury Publishing
Aug 2024 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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464
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Foreword by Alice Oseman, creator of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books.
'This is not a book, it is a sky filled with possibility, so let its wisdom lift you and soar!' Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate
Celebrating its 21st edition, this indispensable Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook provides everything you need to know to get your work noticed. With thousands of up-to-date contacts and inspiring articles from dozens of successful writers, illustrators and industry insiders, it is the ultimate resource on writing and publishing for children of all ages.
Packed with insights and practical tips, it provides expert advice on:
- submitting to agents and publishers
- writing non-fiction and fiction across genres and formats
- poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration
- self-publishing
- copyright, finances and contracts
- marketing, prizes and festivals
- and much, much more ...
New content in this edition include articles on Your Author Brand by Tom Palmer, Getting Published by Hannah Gold, Writing with empathy by Camilla Chester, What an indie bookshop can offer authors by Carrie & Tim Morris.
'Between the covers of this book is everything you need to know to get published.' Julia Donaldson
'This is not a book, it is a sky filled with possibility, so let its wisdom lift you and soar!' Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate
Celebrating its 21st edition, this indispensable Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook provides everything you need to know to get your work noticed. With thousands of up-to-date contacts and inspiring articles from dozens of successful writers, illustrators and industry insiders, it is the ultimate resource on writing and publishing for children of all ages.
Packed with insights and practical tips, it provides expert advice on:
- submitting to agents and publishers
- writing non-fiction and fiction across genres and formats
- poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration
- self-publishing
- copyright, finances and contracts
- marketing, prizes and festivals
- and much, much more ...
New content in this edition include articles on Your Author Brand by Tom Palmer, Getting Published by Hannah Gold, Writing with empathy by Camilla Chester, What an indie bookshop can offer authors by Carrie & Tim Morris.
'Between the covers of this book is everything you need to know to get published.' Julia Donaldson
About the author
For two decades, the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, sister to the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, has been providing writers of children and young adult fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scripts with invaluable and up-to-date advice on all aspects of the writing and publishing process. Since the first edition in 2004, the Yearbook has expanded and developed to reflect the ever changing media industries, and has been an annually updated resource that bestselling authors and illustrators.
Used, recommended, and with articles across its 21 editions by writers such as Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake, Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Eoin Colfer and many more.
Used, recommended, and with articles across its 21 editions by writers such as Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake, Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Eoin Colfer and many more.
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