Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 4 September 2020


From Claudia Mills' An Hour a Day: My Best Writing Ritual of All

From Nathan Bransford: Third person omniscient vs. limited vs. head jumping

From BookBub: 13 New Fantasy Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Fantasy Classics

From Little Brown Books for Young Readers: Fall Picture Book Preview - Online!

From The NYTimes:
     Printer Jam: Serious Supply Issues Disrupt the Book Industry’s Fall Season
     The Many Sides to Dan Brown
     How Libraries Can Save the 2020 Election

From Oprah Magazine: 120 Black-Owned Bookstores in America That Amplify the Best in Literature

From TES: Boris Johnson and the revenge of the school librarian Has a savvy school librarian or English teacher snatched a golden opportunity to have a pop at the PM in front of the nation?

From Brightly:
     Picture Books That Celebrate Grandparents
     Black Boy Joy: 30 Picture Books Featuring Black Male Protagonists
     9 Books for Fans of The Lord of the Rings Series

From The Borders Book Festival: Rayner, Stuart and Wark feature in last leg of Borders Book festival

From SLJ's 100 Scope Notes: Kickstarting an Independent Publisher Help save Enchanted Lion Books!

From PW: Green Takes ‘Anthropocene’ to Dutton

From The Guardian: Children's books roundup – the best new picture books and novels



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
EVENT: The State of Black Design Friday, September 18, 2020, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT, FREE

EVENT: Lightbox is free this year! - Click here to read more about it and see an interview with Bobby Chiu

EVENT: Adobe Max The Creativity Conference, October 20–22 FREE!

PARTICIPATE: AIGA VOTE Campaign

From Jake Parker: How to Do Inktober

From Valiant: Valiant has created some great graphics (novels) for you and your patrons.

From NPR: Welcome To Story Hour: 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers

From Urban Sketchers: September Newsletter

See the amazing cut-paper art by Diana Beltran Herrera

From Muddy Colors:
     Photographing Your Artwork
     FISCHER PAINTS KAALIA OF THE VAST FOR MAGIC THE GATHERING
     FINDING YOUR HAPPY PLACE AND BRANCHING OUT with Howard Lyon

From Make Art That Sells: Latest news

From GoodNewsNetwork: The Mind-Blowing Mathematics of Sunflowers …From Scientific American Magazine on Their 175th Birthday

From The Picture Book Den: Under the Covers - The unique story of the endpaper in picture books - Garry Parsons

From KidLit Artists: Interview with Leanne Hatch - 2020 SCBWI Summer Spectacular Showcase Honor Winner

From Shelf Awareness: Launch of new graphic novel imprint Hill House Comics

From The Art Room Plant: Will and Nicolas III


From RH Graphic: Random House's Graphic Novel newsletter

From The Art Room Plant:
     Hanna and Olga Dovhan Manooni

     Fay Troote I I love art that works with light tables and transparency!


From Harper Alley: HarperCollins' Graphic Novel Newsletter



OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From the NYTimes:
     The Suffragists Fought to Redefine Femininity. The Debate Isn’t Over. The campaign for the right to vote crystallized notions of femininity and motherhood that women are still expected to navigate.
     80 Tips for Remote Learning From Seasoned Educators

From Inside Higher Ed: Why We’re Exhausted by Zoom

From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Will Covid-19 Revive Faculty Power?

From SLJ: Texas High School Teacher Zooms Into Remote Classes from U.S. Historical Sites and Landmarks

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