Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 6 March 2020


From Hillary Homzie: Her local library that burned down needs books

From the Federation of Children's Book Groups: Children’s Book Award 2020

From Brightly: Our Favorite Winnie-the-Pooh Quotes

From Ars Technica: Artemis Fowl trailer has some book fans up in arms over boy-genius portrayal

From Variety: Bob Bakish: ViacomCBS to Sell Publishing Unit Simon & Schuster

From BuzzFeed: 27 Things Writers Get Wrong About Teenagers In Books, According To Teens

From The Washington Post: Don't be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They're real books.

From The Guardian: Quentin Blake: 'Spend time with children? Good God, no' The writer and illustrator talks about bringing some of the most cherished children’s characters to life, his work with Roald Dahl and Michael Rosen – and the tiny weed that inspired his latest book

From PW: What the New Coronavirus Means for Publishing

From The Bookseller: Publishers take stock following the cancellation of the London Book Fair

From The Independent: The legacy of Astrid Lindgren and the world's strongest girl

From Shelf-Awareness: N.C.'s Malaprop's Bookstore/Café Launching Publishing Arm

From We Need Diverse Books: Internship Grant Applications Are Now Open

From PW: HBG Staffers Stage Walkout Over Woody Allen Memoir

From The University of Glasgow: They are offering a new course on Fantasy Literature!





THE ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
From Muddy Colors: GETTING BETTER BY GETTING OVER YOURSELF and Variations on a Sliver (from Magic: the Gathering and Why I Draw, More Rituals, Toby O'Neil and Imitating Life - Painting Demo With Dan Dos Santos and Howard Lyon

From SLJ's 100 Scope Notes: ‘It was like a silent comedy’ Chris Haughton on the making of DON’T WORRY, LITTLE CRAB

From Diamond Graphic Novels Newsletter: The Graphic Novel Vagrant Queen returns as a television series from SYFY!

From Cynsations: In Memory of Susan Jeffers, Caldecott winner

From The Art Room Plant: Laura Carlin


From CommArts: Redesigning Creative Workspaces

From KidLit Artists: Keeping your drawing hand healthy

From The Bookseller: Ed Were named BookTrust's new illustrator in residence

From SCBWI: Do you know about South Carolina illustrator Mark Weber?

From CommArts: Mini Short Film - interesting technique



OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From CommArts: The new Royal Bank of Canada video about inclusion - worth your time

From International Women's Day this March 8th: An equal world is an enabled world

From ChronicleVitae: How Do I Map a Path to 'Full' Professor?

From The University of Glasgow: UofG RECREATES 150-YEAR-OLD PROFESSORS' PHOTO FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - SO COOL!

From the NYT: Tracking cases of Coronavirus via a map of the US - might want to check this before you travel this coming spring break.

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