February Cybils on Substack

We’re celebrating Epistolary books and Black History Month this February! Check it out over on our Substack.

January Cybils on Substack (a little late)

Forgive us: January was Januarying super hard this year. But, we’ve collected ourselves, and our new Scribbles Substack is live. You can read it here.

December Cybils on Substack

Check out our Substack post for December! A last reminder to do your holiday shopping at Bookshop.org; we do earn a percentage of all sales when shopping through that link. Thank you!

November Cybils on Substack

Check out what we’re saying on Substack here!  And don’t forget to do your holiday shopping at Bookshop.org; we do earn a percentage of all sales when shopping through that link. Thank you!

We’re Taking a Break… Sort Of

Since you’ve been living in the same world we have, you know that books and stories have turned into the toxic rope in an aggressive cultural tug-of-war. Though the American Library Association reports that 92% of parents and 90% of voters feel that libraries are a positive, essential part of American life, the federal government has slashed library funding, gutting …

2024 CYBILS Awards Winners

It is a truly happy day when we can celebrate book love! But before we jump into the list, we want to take a moment to recognize the people who make our awards possible. Our judges. More than 100 people volunteer their limited free time to seek out, read, discuss, deliberate, and decide on all the books. They invest a …

Watch. This. Space. #CYBILS2024

You know the old mailman’s mantra: neither rain nor  snow …. well it applies to the CYBILS Awards, too. The winners of the 2024 CYBILS Awards will be announced in just two days. Friday, 14 February 2025 9:00 am Pacific Time | 12:00 pm Eastern Time