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To Grandmother's House
Feb. 2nd, 2012 10:32 pmCecil has a short story over at the YA Review Network. It's a sci fi retelling of Little Red Riding Hood called "To Grandmother's House"
Pretty much what the title says.
"[They] talk about YA, and trying to live an artists life, and Star Wars, and experimental films, all art all the time and the mysterious shirt (which I still have) that always caught my eye."
Go check it out!
(Also, happy 2012, everybody.)
"[They] talk about YA, and trying to live an artists life, and Star Wars, and experimental films, all art all the time and the mysterious shirt (which I still have) that always caught my eye."
Go check it out!
(Also, happy 2012, everybody.)
Cecil In New York!
Dec. 5th, 2011 08:16 pmTwo Readings in NYC this Week of her new novel FIRST DAY ON EARTH!
Detail here
12/7 - 6 PM
TEEN AUTHOR READING NIGHT
at Jefferson Market Branch NYPL
425 Avenue of the Americas
with/
Cecil Castellucci, First Day on Earth
Margie Gelbwasser, Inconvenient
Andy Marino, Unison Spark
Julia Mayer, Eyes in the Mirror
Marie Rutkoski, The Jewel of the Kalderash
Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze
12/8 at 6 PM
BOOKS OF WONDER
18 West 18th Street
Great Teen Reads
with/
CECIL CASTELLUCCI First Day on Earth
DANIEL NAYERI Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow
PAUL GRIFFIN Stay With Me
ANNA GODBERSEN Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things Series #2)
Detail here
12/7 - 6 PM
TEEN AUTHOR READING NIGHT
at Jefferson Market Branch NYPL
425 Avenue of the Americas
with/
Cecil Castellucci, First Day on Earth
Margie Gelbwasser, Inconvenient
Andy Marino, Unison Spark
Julia Mayer, Eyes in the Mirror
Marie Rutkoski, The Jewel of the Kalderash
Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze
12/8 at 6 PM
BOOKS OF WONDER
18 West 18th Street
Great Teen Reads
with/
CECIL CASTELLUCCI First Day on Earth
DANIEL NAYERI Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow
PAUL GRIFFIN Stay With Me
ANNA GODBERSEN Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things Series #2)
Cecil in New York!
Nov. 30th, 2011 09:29 pmThe fabulous Miss Cecil will be wending her way to New York next week with some events in the city.
Details are here.
She's also involved with the Magick4Terri fundraising (and you should be, too) and has some writing on Occupy and activism you should check out.
That is, of course, while you are all buying her books as stocking stuffers, because they are awesome.
Details are here.
She's also involved with the Magick4Terri fundraising (and you should be, too) and has some writing on Occupy and activism you should check out.
That is, of course, while you are all buying her books as stocking stuffers, because they are awesome.
Cecil in the National Post
Nov. 21st, 2011 02:41 pmMy sister is a wonderful artist, but she is not a good bowler. It's quite a good interview with the National Post.
Cecil is in Montreal, promoting the new book, the opera, and otherwise being her amazing self.
You can find more details in her post, including a set of dates for the Madame Merveille opera she wrote the book for.
You can find more details in her post, including a set of dates for the Madame Merveille opera she wrote the book for.
Cecil on Toronto TV
Nov. 15th, 2011 04:26 pmFor those of you who missed my awesome sister on Toronto television this morning, talking about First Day on Earth, there is a convenient link.
Since I know some of you like aliens, and like radio theatre, I am boosting Cecil's post about her contest in honor of her new novel, First Day on Earth.
The RULES:
Submit a microstory (no more than 300 words, please!) of your alien abduction / encounter with a UFO (real or imagined!) post in comments or email to misscecil@earthlink.net by July 31st
Winners will be announced mid-August.
There will be two (2)ARCs reserved for someone under 18 years old. Please make sure to state if you are under 18 / over 18. (under 18 winners will have to get permission from their parents to give me an address to receive the book)
All are welcome to enter. Yes, that means anywhere in the entire world. UFOs land everywhere!
The winners give me, Cecil Castellucci, permission to adapt their thrilling tale into a radio play that will be performed and reenacted and available to all on a fun podcast of complete radio theater delight! Winners names will be credited.
And yes, it is available for pre-order:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Skylight Books (FYI any of my books ordered from Skylight Books are most likely signed)
Not yet on on or , but you should totally support your local indie bookstores.
The RULES:
Submit a microstory (no more than 300 words, please!) of your alien abduction / encounter with a UFO (real or imagined!) post in comments or email to misscecil@earthlink.net by July 31st
Winners will be announced mid-August.
There will be two (2)ARCs reserved for someone under 18 years old. Please make sure to state if you are under 18 / over 18. (under 18 winners will have to get permission from their parents to give me an address to receive the book)
All are welcome to enter. Yes, that means anywhere in the entire world. UFOs land everywhere!
The winners give me, Cecil Castellucci, permission to adapt their thrilling tale into a radio play that will be performed and reenacted and available to all on a fun podcast of complete radio theater delight! Winners names will be credited.
And yes, it is available for pre-order:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Skylight Books (FYI any of my books ordered from Skylight Books are most likely signed)
Not yet on on or , but you should totally support your local indie bookstores.
Christmas in the Magic Castle
Jan. 3rd, 2011 10:11 amMy sister, being my sister, got us all passes to the Magic Castle over the holidays.
Sadly, I seem to have misplaced the show list, although I specifically remember Rob Zabrecky and Jonathan Pendragon, who obviously is out of jail. There was also a lovely close-up magician who did all his tricks with one hand (I think he has an injury) and had patter that reminded me of Victor Borge.
I don't recommend the dinner, as clearly the place is not designed with food first and foremost, but if you can ever swing a pass, you should definitely go.
Sadly, I seem to have misplaced the show list, although I specifically remember Rob Zabrecky and Jonathan Pendragon, who obviously is out of jail. There was also a lovely close-up magician who did all his tricks with one hand (I think he has an injury) and had patter that reminded me of Victor Borge.
I don't recommend the dinner, as clearly the place is not designed with food first and foremost, but if you can ever swing a pass, you should definitely go.
You WANT these books!
Dec. 15th, 2010 10:14 amThe man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
--Mark Twain
As the happy yuletide season of gift-giving steals upon us, the thoughts of many of us turn to books - those fine constructions of human intellect and thought that delight and challenge us from when we first discover the joys of deciphering written language to our final journeys from this mortal coil.
Smart people give books to their friends and loved ones. Kind people. Passionate people. People who are deeply full of awesome. People like you.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm pitching.
What books would make me pitch like this? What would possibly reduce me to shameless, fawning shill?
Brotherly love, of course.
BUY MY SISTER'S BOOKS!!!
Books about girls who are boyproof. Books about punk rock! Books about geeks! Books about vampires! Books about guerrilla art! Books about ballerinas! Books about grandmas!
THERE IS NO END TO THE AWESOME!!
Do you know someone who like any of these things? Then you know someone who you should buy these books for. You can send them books through the magic of something called the postal service. You can wrap them in paper? You might bury them under a tree. Perhaps you will fling the books at passersby in an ecstatic ritual of knowledge sharing and spontaneous joy-bringing. I do not judge.
(Unless you purchase no books, in which case I judge you harshly and without forgiveness, as I am a jealous Old-testament style god about such things.)
On a less hyperbolic note, these books are fantastic - especially for the Young Adult audience they are mostly aimed at. Geektastic and Grandma's Gloves fall outside that range.
--Mark Twain
As the happy yuletide season of gift-giving steals upon us, the thoughts of many of us turn to books - those fine constructions of human intellect and thought that delight and challenge us from when we first discover the joys of deciphering written language to our final journeys from this mortal coil.
Smart people give books to their friends and loved ones. Kind people. Passionate people. People who are deeply full of awesome. People like you.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm pitching.
What books would make me pitch like this? What would possibly reduce me to shameless, fawning shill?
Brotherly love, of course.
BUY MY SISTER'S BOOKS!!!
Books about girls who are boyproof. Books about punk rock! Books about geeks! Books about vampires! Books about guerrilla art! Books about ballerinas! Books about grandmas!
THERE IS NO END TO THE AWESOME!!
Do you know someone who like any of these things? Then you know someone who you should buy these books for. You can send them books through the magic of something called the postal service. You can wrap them in paper? You might bury them under a tree. Perhaps you will fling the books at passersby in an ecstatic ritual of knowledge sharing and spontaneous joy-bringing. I do not judge.
(Unless you purchase no books, in which case I judge you harshly and without forgiveness, as I am a jealous Old-testament style god about such things.)
On a less hyperbolic note, these books are fantastic - especially for the Young Adult audience they are mostly aimed at. Geektastic and Grandma's Gloves fall outside that range.
That's right, this Saturday at 12pm, the awesome Cecil Castellucci will be her new picture book, Grandma's Gloves at the Curious George bookstore in Harvard Square. You should all go!!!
For those of you who twitter!
To celebrate the paperback release of GEEKTASTIC, won't you join the supremely fabulous Cecil Castellucci (aka my sister) and some of the other people who contributed (Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Libba Bray, Wendy Mass and Alvina Ling) for a tweetchat tonight, Monday July 12th at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST? Use the hashtag #geektastic and come and hang out and be geeky!
In other Cecil news:
For the Bostonians (especially the young ones), she will be in town on Saturday, August 14th at Curious George in Harvard Square, doing a book signing for her new picture-book Grandma's Gloves, along with hosting a craft/tea party. The fun starts at noon!
You should also read the essay about The Darth Vader Project and the formative power of Vader on Cecil's storytelling. (Plus, a there's a song for you to download!)
To celebrate the paperback release of GEEKTASTIC, won't you join the supremely fabulous Cecil Castellucci (aka my sister) and some of the other people who contributed (Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Libba Bray, Wendy Mass and Alvina Ling) for a tweetchat tonight, Monday July 12th at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST? Use the hashtag #geektastic and come and hang out and be geeky!
In other Cecil news:
For the Bostonians (especially the young ones), she will be in town on Saturday, August 14th at Curious George in Harvard Square, doing a book signing for her new picture-book Grandma's Gloves, along with hosting a craft/tea party. The fun starts at noon!
You should also read the essay about The Darth Vader Project and the formative power of Vader on Cecil's storytelling. (Plus, a there's a song for you to download!)
Photos from Madame Merveille
May. 7th, 2010 03:05 pmThe ECM+ put up some pictures of the comic book opera's first performance. Last performance is tonight, and it is pretty freaking amazing. You should all go.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ECM-Ensemble-contemporain-de-Montreal/135587246763?ref=ts&v=wall#!/album.php?aid=174472&id=135587246763&ref=mf
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ECM-Ensemble-contemporain-de-Montreal/135587246763?ref=ts&v=wall#!/album.php?aid=174472&id=135587246763&ref=mf
Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
Apr. 13th, 2010 02:01 pmAs some of you know, my sister wrote the libretto for an opera. It's an original comic book opera Les Aventures de Madame Merveille and it was commissioned by the ECM+ in Montreal and debuts May 6th and 7th.
If you're local or going to be local, you should come!
From her description of the piece:
This opera is a multi-media 3 dimensional comic book experience! In four movements of different "comic books" follow the adventures of a superheroine: Madame Merveille! The romance of a woman Katherine torn between two lovers! The adventure of a boy, Francois, and his dog Pax as they try to solve the mystery of a jewel thief! And the epic sci fi battle between The Malos and Gatos!
PROGRAMME
Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
musique André Ristic | livret Cecil Castelluccci
ACTE I : Madame Merveille, illustré par Cameron Stewart
ACTE II : Catherine, illustré par Michael Cho
ACTE III : François, illustré par Pascal Girard
ACTE IV : Le Docteur Klexx, illustré par Scott Hepburn
Two performances! 5/6 & 5/7
Maison de la culture Frontenac
2550 Ontario Est, Montréal
please phone to order tickets 514-524-0173
Gala opening:
May 6th at 19 h 30
régulier : 25$
student/senior/ECM+ member ticket : 15$
Gala Ticket (includes benefit soiree!) : 150$
Encore Performance:
May 7th @ 19h30
régulier : 25$
student/senior: 15$
CONCEPTEURS ET COLLABORATEURS
Véronique LACROIX Direction artistique et musicale
André RISTIC Musique
Cecil CASTELLUCCI Livret
Marie-Josée CHARTIER Mise en scène
FOUMALADE Vidéo
Anick LA BISSONNIÈRE Scénographie
Lucie BAZZO Éclairages
Pascale MATHERON Costumes
SOLISTES ET MUSICIENS
Pascale BEAUDIN, Soprano
Michèle MOTARD, Mezzo-soprano
Michiel SCHREY, Ténor
Pierre-Étienne BERGERON, Baryton
ECM+, 7 musiciens
If you're local or going to be local, you should come!
From her description of the piece:
This opera is a multi-media 3 dimensional comic book experience! In four movements of different "comic books" follow the adventures of a superheroine: Madame Merveille! The romance of a woman Katherine torn between two lovers! The adventure of a boy, Francois, and his dog Pax as they try to solve the mystery of a jewel thief! And the epic sci fi battle between The Malos and Gatos!
PROGRAMME
Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
musique André Ristic | livret Cecil Castelluccci
ACTE I : Madame Merveille, illustré par Cameron Stewart
ACTE II : Catherine, illustré par Michael Cho
ACTE III : François, illustré par Pascal Girard
ACTE IV : Le Docteur Klexx, illustré par Scott Hepburn
Two performances! 5/6 & 5/7
Maison de la culture Frontenac
2550 Ontario Est, Montréal
please phone to order tickets 514-524-0173
Gala opening:
May 6th at 19 h 30
régulier : 25$
student/senior/ECM+ member ticket : 15$
Gala Ticket (includes benefit soiree!) : 150$
Encore Performance:
May 7th @ 19h30
régulier : 25$
student/senior: 15$
CONCEPTEURS ET COLLABORATEURS
Véronique LACROIX Direction artistique et musicale
André RISTIC Musique
Cecil CASTELLUCCI Livret
Marie-Josée CHARTIER Mise en scène
FOUMALADE Vidéo
Anick LA BISSONNIÈRE Scénographie
Lucie BAZZO Éclairages
Pascale MATHERON Costumes
SOLISTES ET MUSICIENS
Pascale BEAUDIN, Soprano
Michèle MOTARD, Mezzo-soprano
Michiel SCHREY, Ténor
Pierre-Étienne BERGERON, Baryton
ECM+, 7 musiciens
Montreal Writing Workshop for Teens 1/23
Jan. 20th, 2010 08:24 pmMy sister is in town, and as is usual for her, she is sharing her genius with the world! (Well, with the teen and tween world in this case)
Information from her post below:
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Are you a teen or tween? Are you in Montreal? Do you want to write?
Well lucky you!
I'll be holding a teen writing workshop Sat. 1/23 at 2PM at the fantastic bookstore Babar En Ville (1235 avenue Greene, Westmount, QC H3Z 2A4)
The event will start at 2pm and last for around 2 hours.
Those interested should RSVP by phone: (514) 931-0606
or email: babarenville (at) bellnet (at)ca
Information from her post below:
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Are you a teen or tween? Are you in Montreal? Do you want to write?
Well lucky you!
I'll be holding a teen writing workshop Sat. 1/23 at 2PM at the fantastic bookstore Babar En Ville (1235 avenue Greene, Westmount, QC H3Z 2A4)
The event will start at 2pm and last for around 2 hours.
Those interested should RSVP by phone: (514) 931-0606
or email: babarenville (at) bellnet (at)ca
Written on the Library Walls
Nov. 16th, 2009 08:06 pmSilver Lake has a new public library.
Included in it is an art piece incorporating quotes from famous residents of Silver Lake.
A little birdie told me that in between Beck and John Cage sits this rather brilliant writer.
Included in it is an art piece incorporating quotes from famous residents of Silver Lake.
A little birdie told me that in between Beck and John Cage sits this rather brilliant writer.
