We're back! And we're all very excited about this year's awards–the books…the bloggers…the fame and fortune…oh, wait. Maybe we do it for the love. And, okay, getting to read a ton of awesome books is a great side benefit. Whatever your reason for loving the Cybils, we want YOU to help us by showing your love. That's right, we've got …
Pardon our dust
Ah, we ordered this fancy new blog header and the delivery guy comes and installs it and it doesn't fit in the space! We ordered the wrong size, so we're sending it back and getting a new one. It was either that, or move to a larger blog in a nicer neighborhood, preferably one with a pool. Of course, once …
Reading and Shopping Are Both Fundamental
Why yes, this would be Carol Rasco of Reading is Fundamental with yours truly. I'm posting horribly late with this, but better late than never, as they say. (Hey, I was out of town for a while, okay?) So, you're thinking, what are you two lovely bloggers and book lovers doing in what looks like a department store? In fact, …
Future Cybils winner?
Alas, once Sarah's book is really, truly out, we'll have to boot her from the Cybils for a while. Still, we've got plenty of time. Certainly time enough to brag about our blog editor and HER UPCOMING DEBUT. Go, Sarah!
Presenting a Cybil Award Fund Drive
Fortunately for you, unlike those aggravatingly long pledge breaks on NPR and PBS, there aren't annoying ringing phones…but we ARE going to ask you for your generous donations. Look over there on the right-hand side of this page, and you'll find a PayPal "donate" button. Whatever you can manage to slip us, from one dollar to a hundred, we'll happily …
Out of the Mouths of Cybils Authors
If you haven't yet heard of the Blog Blast Tours organized by Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray (who also happened to be a Round II Judge this past year for MG/YA Non-Fiction), then you're missing out–this twice-yearly week-long event involves some truly excellent bloggers from around the kidlitosphere AND features a wide and fascinating range of authors and illustrators. Just …
Belated Congratulations to ALA Committee Cybil-ians
Call them Cybil-ians, call them Cybil-ites–either way, we are proud to announce that some prominent upcoming ALA award committees (announced in May) include Cybils folks. Which awards, you ask? Well, on the 2012 Newbery Committee are Middle Grade Fiction Round II Judge Stacy Dillon of Welcome to My Tweendom, and Fantasy/Sci-Fi Round I Judge Eva Mitnick of Eva's Book Addiction. …
Cybilites at BEA
Next week, the book world converges on New York City for the annual BookExpo America, or BEA, conference. Many authors and illustrators will be there autographing books, and of course Cybils finalists and winners are among that group! Here is a list of Cybils honorees who will be autographing books at the conference. Most will be signing their new or …
Behind the Cybils Poetry Scenes
If you're wondering what it takes to pick a fantastic finalist list like the one we had this year for Poetry, take a side trip over to panelist Bruce Black's Wordswimmer blog and check out his roundtable interview with the illustrious blogging and poetry-appreciating panelists: Kristy Dempsey, Kelly Fineman, Sylvia Vardell, and Tricia Stohr-Hunt. As Sylvia put it, "[poets] use …
Interview with Two-Time Cybils Poetry Winner
Our poetry category organizer Kelly Fineman tipped us off to a wonderful interview with this year's Cybils Poetry winner Joyce Sidman over at 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Joyce is the author of 2009 Poetry winner Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors as well as 2007 Poetry winner This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. …