Thowback Thursday: Author Jen Ferguson on What She Has Learned As A Writer

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

Congratulations to author Jen Ferguson on the publication of A Constellation of Minor Bears (Heartdrum, September 2024)! From the publisher’s website:

Before that awful Saturday,

Continue Reading Thowback Thursday: Author Jen Ferguson on What She Has Learned As A Writer »

Author Interview: Andrea Rogers Celebrates Tradition with When We Gather

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By AJ Eversole

Author Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee) joins us today to discuss her new picture book, When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): A Cherokee Tribal Feast,

Continue Reading Author Interview: Andrea Rogers Celebrates Tradition with When We Gather »

Author & Editor Interview: Cynthia Leitich Smith & Rosemary Brosnan on Heartdrum & Successful Author-Editor Relationships

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

Spotlight Image: HarperCollins Publisher and Vice President Rosemary Brosnan with Heartdrum Author-Curator Cynthia Leitich Smith

By Gayleen Rabakukk

On a Wing And A Tear,

Continue Reading Author & Editor Interview: Cynthia Leitich Smith & Rosemary Brosnan on Heartdrum & Successful Author-Editor Relationships »

Throwback Thursday: Laurie Goodluck Reflects on Influences & Forever Cousins

Congratulations to Laurie Goodluck on the publication of Rock Your Mocs, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) (Heartdrum/HarperCollins, Oct. 10, 2023). From the promotional copy:

We’re stepping out and kicking it up.

Wearing beauty on their feet—as art, as tradition, with style, with pride—kids from different Native Nations know every day is a day to rock your mocs.

Continue Reading Throwback Thursday: Laurie Goodluck Reflects on Influences & Forever Cousins »

Author Interview: Jen Ferguson on Sophomore Books & Shaping Characters

 

By AJ Eversole

I am thrilled to have award winning author Jen Ferguson (Métis/White) today on Cynsations! We’ve hosted her previously to speak about her debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet (Heartdrum, 2022). The book went on to win many awards including the 2022 Governor General’s Literacy Award,

Continue Reading Author Interview: Jen Ferguson on Sophomore Books & Shaping Characters »

Author Interview: Brian Young Discusses The Joy of Writing His Second Book

By AJ Eversole

Today we get to hear from Brian Young, author of American Indian Youth Literature Award Winning Healer of the Water Monster (Heartdrum, 2022). The sequel, Heroes of the Water Monster (Heartdrum, 2023) will be released May 23. From the promotional copy:

An unmissable companion to Healer of the Water Monster,

Continue Reading Author Interview: Brian Young Discusses The Joy of Writing His Second Book »

Announcing Davy June’s Legendary Fry Bread Drive-In Anthology

By AJ Eversole

Hello there! It’s AJ here to ecstatically introduce the next anthology out from Heartdrum

Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, offers a wide range of innovative, unexpected, and heartfelt stories by Native creators, informed and inspired by lived experience, with an emphasis on the present and future of Indian Country and on the strength of young Native heroes.

Continue Reading Announcing Davy June’s Legendary Fry Bread Drive-In Anthology »

Guest Post: Patricia Morris Buckley on the We Need Diverse Books Native Intensive

By Patricia Morris Buckley

Not too far off the beaten track in Austin, visitors are welcomed to The Writing Barn retreat center, a place where deer wander the meadows, the buildings are air conditioned and rooms are filled with bookshelves. There, thirteen Native participants gathered the weekend of Aug. 4 to Aug.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Patricia Morris Buckley on the We Need Diverse Books Native Intensive »