Children's Books North  We Are Three!  It hardly seems possible that it is already three years since we launched Children's Books North with our very first social event in Manchester February 2020. Our third year was another packed year of celebration, promotion and championing the creativity in the North and Scotland. Now seems like a good time to look back on a great 2022 ...  2022 Mentor scheme The second year of our mentor scheme for aspiring publishing professionals brought a brand-new cohort of mentees for Emma, Tilda and Liz to work with. Luke Power, Joanne Ruffell and Helen Varley joined us to take their first steps into learning more about the publishing industry. We're absolutely delighted that for our 2023 mentor scheme we will be joined by more publishing professional mentors, giving us the opportunity to offer additional mentee places to aspiring professionals. Watch this space for further announcements. CBN Summer Social After a long two and a half yea...

 Children's Books North - #CBNPitch2022 Are you an unagented children's author or illustrator living in the North of England or Scotland? Do you have a children's/YA book idea you'd love to get in front of agents and publishers? On Thursday 28th April Children's Books North will be hosting a 'Twitter Pitch' event, giving you the opportunity to pitch your idea or portfolio to children's book agents and publishers. #CBNPitch2022 will run throughout the day at 11-12pm, 5-6pm and 8-9pm, when children's agents and publishers will be on Twitter for you to pitch your ideas and portfolio to. Open to 18+ creatives. Format:                                              - Twitter (280 characters max, & visuals if needed)                          ...