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

From the NYTimes: J.R.R. Tolkien House Comes on the Market

From The New Yorker: A Quest to Discover America’s First Science-Fiction Writer

From BookRiot: 20 MUST-READ PICTURE BOOKS FROM 2020

From Library Journal: Best SF & Fantasy of 2020

From The New York Times: Gift Books for Children (That Adults Will Also Love)



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
COMPETITION: York County Storm Drain Art (open until Jan. 8, 2021 - $200 award)

CONTEST: Check out the Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest (Astra is the new house headed up by children's lit scholar Leonard Marcus)

PARTICIPATE - SUBMIT TO the: Bologna Children's Book Fair (12 -15 April 2021) Illustrators Exhibition

SCHOLARSHIP: 12x12x12 Scholarship Program for budding children's book writers

PARTICIPATE: From The Bookseller:

PARTICIPATE: From the State of Illustration: Annual Illustrators' Survey

JOB: Steak N Shake, Charlotte, NC is looking for an illustration graphic designer

BIG NEWS from The Bookseller: Smy receives inaugural Invisible Prize for illustration from PICTUREHOOKS (the organization begun by author and dear friend Vivian French)

From Print & Pattern: CHRISTMAS 2020 - sainsbury's


From Technology: 50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020)

From Christie's: Quentin Blake: 200 Drawings For Sale

From Literary Hub: The 89 Best Book Covers of 2020

From Bobby Chiu: Mandalorian Baby Yoda speedpainting & thoughts on great film characters

From Urban Sketchers: Drawing Attention December 2020

From Muddy Colors:
     “GNOLL SPEARTHROWER” DRAWING DEMO
     MISSION PATCH: CREW ONE with Greg Manchess
     THROW YOUR WORK AWAY! with CHRIS BEATRICE

EVENTS From the Society of Illustrators:
     How Alternative Comics Found a Home on Kickstarter December 8 @6:00pm EST
      September 9, 2020 - January 2, 2021
     The Original Art 2020: The Exhibit October 28 - December 23
     Saturday Stories: Live Zoom Webinar Workshop with Matthew Cordell December 12 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST

Do you know about the artist Nick Cave and his Sound Suits?

From The Art Room Plant:
     Hatsuki Miyahara

     Rosanna Tasker II




OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
Moral Philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson recently passed away. They used my friend Claudia Mills' introduction speech from an event many years ago for her beautiful eulogy.

From EAB: Was the impact of remote instruction as bad as we feared? Here’s what the data shows

From The New York Times: 12 Stunning Cookies That Will Impress Everyone You Know

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