Cecil Castellucci's Blog, page 18
May 4, 2010
Les Aventures de Madame Merveille! Comic Book! Opera!
I am here in Montreal, gearing up for the premiere of the opera that I wrote the libretto for (and conceived of the concept for!) Les Aventures de Madame Merveille, a live comic book opera, which was commissioned by ECM+ and the amazing artistic director Veronique Lacroix!
It's an amazingly fun experience. The music by Andre Ristic is fantastic. The direction by Marie Josee Chartier is wonderful. The art work by Michael Cho, Pascal Girard, Scott Hepburn and Cameron Stewart, projected and d...
April 26, 2010
Oh you LA Times Festival of Books, I love you!
This weekend was one of my fave times in LA. The LA Times Festival of books! Every year I love it! Books everywhere! 130,000 loving books everywhere! Amazing authors everywhere!
I always look forward to it. And I love when I get to participate in it! This year was especially wonderful because I got to interview the amazingly fun, wonderful and talented Meg Cabot (who always looks so pretty!) (and is a big dork like me!)
Meg Cabot explaining about where ideas come during her one on one!
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April 23, 2010
Cecil's LA Festival of Books Schedule
For those of you that are coming to one of my favorite book festivals, the LA Times Festival of Books,here is my schedule!
It's a whopper of a schedule. Please bring me treats.
Friday/ 7:30 PM presenting the YA award at the LA Times Book Prize
Saturday / 10:30 am interviewing Meg Cabot – Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Saturday/ 1 PM *Moderating*: Boys Will Be Boys: Guys Talk YA* Panelists: Ben Esch , Blake Nelson, Andrew Smith, and Allen Zadoff YA Stage
Saturday / 3 PM signing at Every Picture Tells A...
April 13, 2010
La La La Opera!!!
Some of you know that I have been preparing for the debut of the opera that I wrote the libretto for. It's an original comic book opera Les Aventures de Madame Merveille and it was commissioned by the ECM+ in Montreal.
It debuts May 6th & 7th and I am so proud of it. I hope if you are in Montreal or if you know people in montreal that you will let them know about it so that they will come.
This opera is a multi-media 3 dimensional comic book experience! In four movements of different...
March 22, 2010
March 3, 2010
February 18, 2010
The Lit Thing: Book Bash 2/23
The Lit Thing: Book Bash
in which authors rant/rave/rage about books that wormed their way into their brains
Join
K. Kvashay Boyle /
Tod Goldberg /
Justine Musk /
Blake Nelson /
Mara Shapshay/
Sarah Tomlinson /
with your hostess Cecil Castellucci
Tuesday, February 23rd @ 8 PM
@ M Bar
1253 N. Vine (at Fountain)
No Cover + $10 drinks minimum
Reservations are strongly encouraged: 323-856-0036
February 7, 2010
Help the Virginia Avenue Project
Hello fellow people who love books and literacy and kids.
I'm helping Rachel Manija Brown with her effort to fund raise for the fabulous Virginia Avenue Project. It is a free afterschool program that uses the performing arts to help kids discover their full potential.
You can bid on my three YA novels (Boy Proof, Queen of Cool and Beige) signed. They are what I like to call my "Los Angeles Trilogy"
OK! Bid here.
Or check out some of the other fantastic things up for grabs.
January 20, 2010
Montreal Writing Workshop 1/23
Are you a teen or tween? Are you in Montreal?
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
January 13, 2010
A Palooza in Arizona!
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in a YA Palooza at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ. It was a terrific time. The Los Angeles crew decided that it was a great oppurtunity for a road trip.
So Carol Snow, Blake Nelson, Mark London Williams and I packed into a car and set off like a band of touring authors.
At the book store, it was packed. We mix and mingled and had pizza. Then we broke off into groups and wrote a twelve sentence story with the audience by mixing up...
