News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth, died March 8 at the age of 91. Juster, an architect, began the classic children’s novel while… Read more »
Illustrator: Frank Godwin If you enjoy classic illustrated children’s books, you’re probably familiar with the work of N. C. Wyeth. But have you ever heard of Frank Godwin? Godwin was an illustrator, commercial artist and comic strip artist who worked from around 1915 through 1959. Between 1920 and 1931, he… Read more »
Tough Travels is a meme hosted by Fantasy Review Barn. Each Thursday, inspired by ‘The Tough Guide to Fantasyland’ we have in hand, we shall tour the mystical countryside looking for adventure and fun (and tropes) from all over fantasy. KNIGHTS Um. Noble rich people on horseback. Come on, you… Read more »
