The verdict on the latest Nosy Crow Masterclass: How to Write Picture Books

This Saturday we held the second Nosy Crow Masterclass: How to Write Picture Books – a packed day of talks on every aspect of writing picture books to a sold-out audience.

We had FANTASTIC sessions from Nosy Crow’s Managing Director, Kate Wilson, Head of Picture Books, Louise Bolongaro, literary agent Helen Mackenzie Smith, Shifty McGifty and Slipper Sam author Tracey Corderoy, Weasels creator Elys Dolan, award-winning author Jeanne Willis, and more.

As well as these individual talks, we also offered one-to-one manuscript critiques to all of our attendees, along with lunch, cakes, wine, and lots more. I had a lot of fun – I thought it was a great day, with fascinating insights from each our speakers, excellent questions from our attendees, a creative, lively atmosphere, and lots of interesting discussion. And here’s what some of our attendees said on Twitter afterwards:

Thank you NosyCrowBooks</a> for an amazing Picture Book Masterclass!A great day with amazing speakers!(Those biscuits were pretty amazing too!)</p>&mdash; Cara Winter (CaraWinterMusic) April 26, 2015

Huge thanks to NosyCrow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrowBooks">NosyCrowBooks for such a content-packed masterclass yesterday. Essential lessons for any budding pb writer

— Steve Howson (@Howsonbooks) April 26, 2015

Thank you NosyCrow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrowBooks">NosyCrowBooks for a great day at your picture book masterclass. Great advice and insight. Travelling home happy! :)

— Simone Greenwood (@GreenwoodSimone) April 25, 2015

It was a delight to meet traceycorderoy</a> at an event hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrow">Nosycrow today. An inspiring lady. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

— Lucy Carpen (@StoryKingdom) April 25, 2015

Amazing day Amazing people Loved a day in the crow's nest. NosyCrowBooks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrow">NosyCrow TraceyCorderoy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ElysDolan">ElysDolan hmackenziesmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tombonnick">tombonnick

— Yasmin Finch (@itsYasminFinch) April 25, 2015

TraceyCorderoy</a> hey, thanks for such a great talk at Nosy Crow today. Inspiring and full of joy. Keep doing what you&#39;re doing :)</p>&mdash; Steve Folland (SFolland) April 25, 2015

NosyCrow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tombonnick">tombonnick hmackenziesmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy">TraceyCorderoy ElysDolan</a> Thank you for the amazing master class!Helpful&amp;fun! <a href="http://t.co/xu24iUnS89">pic.twitter.com/xu24iUnS89</a></p>&mdash; Mai Haruno (Mai_Haruno) April 26, 2015

Great to met you today ElysDolan</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrow">NosyCrow masterclass. My son will love Nuts in Space! #geniusnotmadness pic.twitter.com/DV9UIBdjzt

— Simone Greenwood (@GreenwoodSimone) April 25, 2015

The stunning #jeannewillis presenting this morning NosyCrowBooks</a> Picture Book Masterclass <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amazing?src=hash">#amazing</a> <a href="http://t.co/ZCCEJafjJF">pic.twitter.com/ZCCEJafjJF</a></p>&mdash; Yasmin Finch (itsYasminFinch) April 25, 2015

Thank you TraceyCorderoy</a> for amazing talk <a href="https://twitter.com/NosyCrow">NosyCrow masterclass. You work so hard to help children love books & believe they can achieve.

— Simone Greenwood (@GreenwoodSimone) April 25, 2015

We haven’t announced details of our next Masterclass, but if you’d like the opportunity to attend, sign up to our books mailing list – subscribers get early access to tickets, and this one sold out in under 6 hours.