Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 15 January 2021

From the University of Glasgow Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic: D&D and Fantasy Fiction: Giants in the Oerth (Online talk on Jan. 28th)

From Bookshelf: "Flow" Bookshelf - hmmm

From The Bookshelf: S&S US cancels book from US senator Josh Hawley

From BookBub: 5 Things to Know About ‘The Hate U Give’ Author’s New Book

From Brightly Storytime:
     Brightly Storytime: Grumpy Monkey Up All Night (free video reading!)
     The Most-Anticipated Picture Books of 2021
     Making Our Voices Heard: Books About Activism for Kids (although, I have a real problem with THE PINK HAT as it was the first book after the #MeToo march and it was written by a man!!!!????

From We Need Diverse Books: The Joy of Native Storytelling Structures - Really interesting!

From BBC: Optimism in Stories for Children - Experiments in Living

Congrats to Stephanie Wildman, sister to WU colleague Robert Wildman, on the publication of her new picture book, Brave in the Water



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
3x3 Portfolio Critiques

COMPETITION: World Illustration Awards Call for Entries

COMPETITION: The Association of Illustrators is hosting their annual World Illustration Awards 2021 - ENTER NOW (Deadline is February 15th)

SCHOLARSHIP: Winthrop University Department of Design Spring 2021 Portfolio Scholarship

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 - AND Registration is now Open!

From Tara Lazar: Storystorm 2021 Day 8: Slime Flies When Ashley Belote’s Having Fun

From Muddy Colors:
     Showdown of the Scalds
     New Year, New Members
     The Unseen Work of David Grove
     How Doth the Little Crocodile with Cory Godbey

From European Illustrators Forum: The Illustrators' Ninja Guide - FREE!

From Bobby Chiu: Interview: Costume Concept ARtist Michael Uwandi

The Latest from The Diamond Bookshelf

From Make Art That Sells: Make Editorial Art

From CommArts:
     Website Feature: The Current: Violent White Supremacy
     Ornament and Possibility (GREAT article on the history of design trends!)

From Print & Pattern: Spotted

From Make Art That Sells: Newsletter

From Bobby Chiu: Painting Snowy Scenes with Masae Seki (Video Tutorial)

Join THE PEOPLE'S INAUGURATION: January 20th

Type Geek? Do you know about Glyph?

From Billboard: Congress Passes CASE Act as Part of COVID-19 Relief Bill The legislation creates a copyright claims board at the U.S. Copyright office to hear small claims cases of infringement. (This will be a big deal for artists!)



OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From EAB: How to Prepare College Graduates to Succeed in a Tough Economy (Podcast)

From This is Edinburgh: Top Instagram Posts of 2020 - lovely!

From Rube on Twitter: Tips for university students to not freak out during this tough time

From AFT: AFT’s Weingarten on Betsy DeVos’ Resignation as Education Secretary (it's very short - ha!)

From Myth and Moor: Creating a tolerable world

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