Cecil Castellucci's Blog, page 12
December 5, 2011
Two New York CIty Readings this Week!
NY! Hello and I am in you!
I'll be doing two readings this week. Please come on down and say hello! I'll be reading from my new novel FIRST DAY ON EARTH!
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)
November 30, 2011
Travel, Opera, Occupy, NYC dates and Terri W
Travel is always good for the soul. All that movement and new views. In Montreal it's so nice to be with family and old friends. And I continue to be amazed at the performances of Madame Merveille.
There is one last showing of it in Montreal, I hope that you will come!
December 9th
Salle Jean-Eudes (maison de la culture Rosemont)
3535, boulevard Rosemont, Montréal
I've been a supporter of the Occupy movement and with the eviction of the OccupyLA camp last night, I wrote a little something about YA Fiction over at the LA Review of Books Blog that highlights characters who participate in rallies and actions. For those of you who know my work, Boy Proof, , The Plain Janes and Rose Sees Red all feature activism by teens. It's important to me. I hope that you will go and chime in over at the LARB blog with any books that you think would be great on that list. I think that it's essential that teens be able to find YA fiction about activism.
For those of you in New York City, I'm doing two events to support First Day on Earth.
December 7th at the Jefferson Market Branch NYPL
6-7:30
Teen Author Reading Night
6th Ave and 10th St
New York City, NY
Cecil Castellucci, Margie Gelbwasser, Andy Marino, Julia Mayer, Marie Rutkoski, Delia Sherman
December 8th at Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270
w/ CECIL CASTELLUCCI – DANIEL NAYERI - PAUL GRIFFIN -ANNA GODBERSEN
I hope that you'll come and say hello!
And last, but not least, Terri Windling, who is a writer, artist and editor needs help. There is a fundraiser over at Magic 4 Terri. As I move into writing more in the Sci Fi/Fantasy genre I've been honored to be in two anthologies edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. Teeth and the upcoming After. I've put up for auction an advanced reading copy of my new hybrid prose /graphic novel The Year of the Beasts. Plus I'll write you a handwritten letter. (I love a letter!) There are a million other amazing things to bid on. I hope you will consider bidding on something.
Meanwhile, keep well and sing loud!
November 18, 2011
Canada Week One!
Hello my fine friends!
I am currently in OH! Canada! I spent last week in Toronto having a super swell time doing a bunch of high school visits and leading a teen writing workshop at Mable's Fables
I even stopped by The Morning Show on Global TV to talk about my new book First Day on Earth and YA!
(you can go get it! Indiebound Amazon
B&N Powell's! )
(FYI you can get signed copies of any of my books from Skylight Books in Los Angeles or Mables Fables in Toronto)
Now I'm in Montreal and I'm attending the performances of the remount of the opera I wrote the libretto for Les Aventures de Madame Merveille!
There are still a few show left, so if you are in Montreal (or near Montreal) you should totally come! It's a live comic book opera with music by Andre Ristic and art by Cameron Stewart, Michael Cho, Pascal Girard and Scott Hepburn put on by ECM+
Below find the dates! I'll be there! Please come and say hello! xo
November 17, 18, 19
Opera / Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
Théâtre rouge du Conservatoire
4750 Henri-Julien, Montréal
Jeudi 24 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Maison de la culture Ahuntsic
10 300, rue Lajeunesse, Montréal
Samedi 26 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Centre Segal des arts de la scène
5 170, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal
Mardi 29 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Maison de la culture Frontenac
2550 Ontario Est, Montréal
Jeudi 1 décembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Théâtre Centennial
2 600, rue Collège, Sherbrooke
Vendredi 9 décembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Salle Jean-Eudes (maison de la culture Rosemont)
3535, boulevard Rosemont, Montréal
November 8, 2011
Upcoming Appearances / First Day on Earth out! / Madame Merveille remounted!
Hello my friends!
Just to announce that First Day on Earth is now officially out and available!
From the jacket copy
Mal lives on the fringes of high school. Angry. Misunderstood. Yet loving the world — or, at least, an idea of the world.
Then he meets Hooper. Who says he's from another planet. And may be going home very soon.
Indiebound – Amazon – Barnes and Noble
I'll be doing some upcoming events, so I hope you'll come and say hello! And buy a book!
November 9th
Dear Bully Event at Vromans
with Amy Goldman Koss, Melodye Schorr, Nancy Holder and Lisa Yee
6 PM
Pasadena, CA
November 12th
Writers with Drinks
7:30 PM
with Cecil Castellucci (First Day on Earth, Boy Proof)
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarashina (Consensual Genocide)
Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Feministing, Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life)
Alison Moon (Lunatic Fringe)
Alvin Orloff (Why Aren't You Smiling?)
At The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd. St
San Francisco CA
November 16th
Mables Fables
Writing Workshop for Teen Girls
Toronto, Ont
November 17, 18, 19
Opera / Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
Théâtre rouge du Conservatoire
4750 Henri-Julien, Montréal
Jeudi 24 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Maison de la culture Ahuntsic
10 300, rue Lajeunesse, Montréal
November 26th
Writing Workshop for Teens
Babar en Ville
1235, av Greene, Westmount, QC
2 PM
Samedi 26 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Centre Segal des arts de la scène
5 170, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal
Mardi 29 novembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Maison de la culture Frontenac
2550 Ontario Est, Montréal
Jeudi 1 décembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Théâtre Centennial
2 600, rue Collège, Sherbrooke
December 7
Teen Author Reading Night
Jefferson Market Branch of NYPL
6th Ave and 10th St
New York City, NY
6-7:30
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
Vendredi 9 décembre 2011, 20h00
Lieu : Salle Jean-Eudes (maison de la culture Rosemont)
3535, boulevard Rosemont, Montréal
October 19, 2011
Space Tales Theater / Episode 2 and First Day on Earth events!
My fine friends!
Behold, Episode 2 of Space Tales Theater in honor of the launch of my upcoming novel FIRST DAY ON EARTH.
First Day on Earth comes out 11/1 (but of course you can pre-order it now amazon, indiebound, powells, b&n ) But if you want it earlier why not come to one of my Launch events!
Sunday, October 23rd
Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach
2810 Artesia Blvd.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
This is Teen! 4 PM
With Jeff Hirsch and Maggie Stiefvater.
Tuesday, October 25th
Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont
7:30 PM
Official book launch (and it's my birthday party!)
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October 14, 2011
The American Cinematheque / celebrates Robert Downey Jr
My fine friends. Many of you know that I am a cinephile. And many of you know that I have had a long and wonderful relationship with the American Cinematheque. I've volunteered there, I've worked there, I even had my character Egg, from Boy Proof, have an internship there. Every year the American Cinematheque has a gala fundraiser where they give an award and celebrate an actor. This year it's Robert Downey, Jr. (swoon!)
One thing that you can do to help the Cinematheque is to watch the Ustream of the red carpet at 6:30 PM (PDT) The Cinematheque earns a revenue share for every viewer who watches live.
October 11, 2011
Space Tales Theater / Episode One / Prom
In honor of the upcoming release of my new novel FIRST DAY ON EARTH, which is about a boy named Mal who starts going to an alien abduction support group, I'll be releasing some UFO abduction / encounter tales over the next few weeks.
This first one was submitted to me by Ashly.
Remember you can pre-order FIRST DAY ON EARTH (amazon, indiebound, powells, barnes and noble) and it's out on November 1st, 2011 !!!
October 6, 2011
First Day on Earth goodreads giveaway!
October 1, 2011
West Hollywood Bookfair / Sunay October 2nd!
Hello all!
I'll be all over the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday, October 2nd! I hope you'll come on out and say hello!
TEEN STAGE:
11:15 – 11:30 EXTRA, EXTRA, BLOG ALL ABOUT IT!:
Teen Book Blogger CHELSEA SWIGGET Interviews Author CECIL CASTELLUCCI
Popular blogger and book reviewer Chelsea Swiggett (Coffee and Cliffhangers) interviews one of her (and our!) favorite Young Adult authors on the Teen Stage. Listen in as she gets up-close and personal with Cecil Castellucci (Rose Sees Red, Plain Janes).
Followed by a book signing @ 11:30am, Once Upon a Time Books Teen Booth
GRAPHIC NOVEL STAGE
1:30 – 2:30 THE WORLD OF YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS
Featuring:
Cecil Castellucci (Plain Janes)
Barbara Randall Kesel (Vampire Kisses, Wicked Lovely)
Deborah Vankin (Poseurs)
Moderator: Lillian Diaz-Przybyl
Signings @ 2:30pm, The Comic Bug Booth
ALL DAY The Literary Diaspora / cards on display and look for cards in the books you buy!
I'll also probably be hanging around the LA Review of Books booth. And the skylight books booth. See you there!
September 30, 2011
YA authors on Banned Book Week over at LA Review of Books Blog
This past week, over at the Los Angeles Review of Books (where i am the YA Editor) we've been marking banned book week. Many books – excellent books by excellent people – have been banned. Many of these banned books are books that you and I both love. And on the front lines of banned books are YA authors. So we've had some great YA authors, who have had their books challenged, talk a little bit about being banned. They do so with wisdom, humor and grace.
You should go read their books now.
