This is a note about networking and contacts.
They are vital.
I have always loved exploring new countries and recently my life as a full time children’s author (my first title was published in 1990) has dramatically increased these opportunities.
In late 2011,
Continue Reading Author Speaking Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region »
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Read the first two chapters of The Princess of Iowa by M. Molly Backes (Candlewick, 2012) online for free.
Tips and Tools for the Agent Hunt from Donna Bowman Bratton. Includes information on researching agents, where to find them, and how to field “the call.”
By P.J. Lyons
for Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Bridget Strevens-Marzo is an illustrator-author who combines her love of color, painting and play in creating books for younger children.
She is sought out for her talent for inventing visual sub-stories, with warm, lively and original characters such as the little hippo in the award-winning international co-edition,
Continue Reading Author-Illustrator Interview: Bridget Strevens-Marzo »
Indies Choice YA Book Award Winner
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Winners of the Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Winners Announced from the American Booksellers Association. Peek: “All of the Indies Choice and E.B. White winners and honor recipients are being invited to the Celebration of Bookselling Author Awards Luncheon on Tuesday,
With more than 35 titles in traditional and digital formats, including picture books, non-fiction, historical fiction, a musical libretto and an animation storyline, Christopher Cheng is well experienced in Australian children’s literature.
He conducts workshops and residences for children and adults and holds an M.A. in Children’s Literature.
Continue Reading New Cynsations Reporter: Christopher Cheng »
Congratulations to Cynsations U.K. reporter Siobhan Curham on the release of Dear Dylan from Egmont U.K.! See Siobhan Curham on Daring to Dream.
Writers as Weight Lifters: Keeping Characters Off Balance by Karen Henley from Janet Fox at Through the Wardrobe.
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists
in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category are: Gemini Bites by
Patrick Ryan (Scholastic); Huntress by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown); I Am J
by Cris Beam (Little, Brown Books);
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Securing Online Reviews by Mary Lindsey from QueryTracker.net. Peek: “I researched and found a great fit with a teen book tour site. I did a 120-stop blog tour
that included video interviews, written interviews, previews, live chats, character interviews, this or that lists,
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cradle Me by Debby Slier (Star Bright): a recommendation by Debbie Reese from American Indians in Children’s Literature. Peek: “…Slier included a two-page spread that specifies each baby’s tribal nation.” See also Debbie’s recommendation of Kunu’s Basket: A Story from Indian Island by Lee DeCora Francis,
Cynsations is going on a brief hiatus while Cynthia Leitich Smith (that’s me!) appears at book events in the upper southwest. In addition to a number of school visits, the public events are:
Alamosa Books Author Event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
