Author Kim Baccellia joins us this year as a panelist in Fantasy and Science Fiction, where she was one of the first on this side of the pond to review Incarceron. So far, it’s only available in Britain, but panelists couldn’t resist including it in the short list. Kim gives us a glimpse into its pages: Flinn has no memory …
Apartment Therapy and Cybils
One of the most-talked about topics in the kidlitosphere is how to lure new readers. We all love each other to death, but is our message getting out to regular ol’ Moms and Dads? Here’s a reassuring sign. Ohdeedoh is the blog for Apartment Therapy, which bills itself as a site for "people who care about good design, but happen …
Look who’s excited
Now, that’s what we call enthusiasm. The Japanator website got a bit excited about Yotsuba&! making the finals on our graphic novels list, wouldn’t you say? They’re joined by Newsarama, a GN blog, who posted our list, and Nick Abadzis, who’s pleased to find his Laika included. And we leave this author speechless at her fantasy novel, Northlander, making the …
REVIEW
Billie Standish Was Here
First-time author Nancy Crocker makes our Young Adult short list with a compelling coming-of-age novel about a girl named William Marie Standish, who’s all but ignored by her unloving parents. The book drew rave reviews around the blogosphere, with our own Julie Danielson admiring the author’s skill in weaving a nuanced story around a bare-bones plot: …this novel has an …
AdaptiveBlue and Cybils and you
Anne the Editor here. Lately, I’ve been getting offers from Internet start-ups to test some super widget or other. I said "yes" to AdaptiveBlue, without even knowing it was already spreading like cold germs in a kindergarten. Their SmartLinks (click here for a demo) looked like it would help us with two of Cybils’ goals: fostering a sense of community …
REVIEW: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Anne the Editor here. Cybils must’ve had a record number of books that defied easy categorizing this year. How many graphics were needed before a novel became a graphic novel? At what point does a dramatization of a true story cross over to fiction? But none stumped us more than a collection of 19 monologues and 2 dialogs set in …
Print out your short list
Thanks to Jen Robinson, we have a handy-dandy PDF of finalists for all eight categories. Download a copy for easy printing and take it to the bookstore or library with you.
Cybils podcast
Andrea of Just One More Book!! podcasting fame (read more about her here and here) has posted an interview with the other panelists on the nonfiction picture book list. Have a listen.
Trivia contest
So far, there’s only one entrant to a Cybils trivia contest going on over at Book Buds, your humble editor’s alter-blog. Here’s the deal: You answer three questions via email, and you get a chance to win a pop-up version of The Chronicles of Narnia. Okay, so C.S. Lewis isn’t one of our finalists this year, but it’s a very …
Buy our bling!
Yes, we’re shamelessly promoting our "brand" here. Now you too can own stuff with our fabulous logo emblazoned on it, thanks to the wonders of CafePress. Click on the ad below for the full line of Cybils stuff. We only have a handful of items. We’ll do t-shirts as soon as we think up a slogan. Got any ideas? Leave …