The Mythopoeic SocietyPRESS RELEASE: August 17, 2008
2008 Mythopoeic Award Winners
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan's Tales, consisting of In the Night Garden (Spectra) and In the Cities of Coin and Spice (Spectra)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
J.K. Rowling, The Harry Potter series, consisting of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's [Sorcerer's] Stone […]

Wayne Hammond reports that Pauline Baynes, long-time friend and favorite illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien, just passed away at her home in Surrey. She would have turned 86 next month.
Tolkien said of her illustrations for Farmer Giles of Ham, “I am pleased with them beyond even the expectations aroused by the first examples. […]