Coming Soon
Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, edited by P.C. Cast (BenBella) is being re-released (with a new cover–shown here–and a new short story by Rachel Vincent) at stores nation-wide on Oct. 6!
This vampire-themed YA anthology will also include short stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith,
The Official SCBWI Conference Blog: Alice Pope leads SCBWI’s “Team Blog” for up-to-the minute conference countdowns and live blogging from the conference floor! Note: for those who couldn’t make it to LA and those who want to look back on the experience.
A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott Giveaway from MissAttitude at Reading in Color.
Janni Lee Simner Super Giveaway
Enter to win Bones of Faerie (Random House, 2009) and autographed copies of both Secret of the Three Treasures (Holiday House, 2006)(hard copy) and Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales, edited by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick, 2006)(paperback).
Note: Gothic includes Janni’s short story “Stone Tower.”
Enter to win one of TWENTY copies of The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (St. Martin’s Press, 2009)! Read a Cynsations interview with Carol. To enter, email me (scroll and click envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address and type “The Chosen One” in the subject line. Deadline: May 25! Continue Reading Cynsational News & Giveaways »
Bridget Zinn Auction: will take place between now and 12 a.m. PST May 31. Bid to win such exciting items as:
-a 10-page manuscript critique by Newbery honor author Cynthia Lord;
-a 20-page YA or mystery manuscript critique by April Henry;
Enter to win an advanced reader copy of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (McElderry Books, March 24, 2009). To enter, email me (scroll and click envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address and type “City of Glass” in the subject line. Note: Facebook and MySpace readers can message me instead,
Enter to win an advanced reader copy of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (McElderry Books, March 24, 2009). From the promotional copy:
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters — never mind that enter-ing the city without permission is against the Law,
Winners of the Cynsations Giveway of signed Eternal ARCs are: Olivia in Connecticut; Michelle in New York; Jocelyn in North Carolina; and Jennifer, a YA librarian in Wyoming! Congratulations to all of the winners! Your copies will go out on my next trip to the post office. Note: didn’t win? See an opportunity immediately below to win a final copy from Young Adult (&
Congratulations to Author Jama Rattigan on 15 Years of Dumpling Soup (Little, Brown)! To celebrate Jama is giving away three signed hardcover copies. Peek: “These are original trade editions from my personal stash (currently, only paperback and library editions are still in print.” Enter to win between now and Jan. 31. See more information.
Congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators of our 2008 children’s-YA reading list, defined broadly!
And thank you to everyone who discussed and debated and cheered and championed this year’s books!
Just for fun, I’d like to share a few of my favorites.
Quick caveats: (a) I haven’t read every 2008 book published,
