A Chill in My Bones
A Chill in My Bones has been selected to be one of forty plays performed in PARAGON: The Largest Science Fiction and Fantasy Play Festival in the World, November 9th and 10th, 2019 at Otherworld Theatre in Chicago, IL. The play will be directed by Gwen Kelly-Masterson.
A CHILL IN MY BONES
Synopsis: When a regular customer enters her home, followed by Death, a psychic bends her opening hours and breaks a promise to her daughter. But what advice can she offer her worried friend whose time is almost up?
Europolitan Webinar
Angela is excited to be part of the SCBWI Europolitan Conference! She is presenting the webinar Polish and Shine: Creating a Submission-Ready Manuscript. Participants will receive three sets of exercises via email in March, April and May, to enable them to start working with their revisions prior to the Europolitan conference May 4-5, 2019, and the webinar on May 30th. Read more about it and Sign-up here
The Safest Lie is now in paperback
Great visit with everyone at Holiday House publishers
while in NYC and a chance to see the paperback copy of
The Safest Lie before it hits the shelves.
while in NYC and a chance to see the paperback copy of
The Safest Lie before it hits the shelves.
When Guys Talk
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WHEN GUYS TALK will be run Nov - Dec 2018 Off-Broadway at
The Alternative Theatre 500 W 52nd Street New York 10019. The 10-minute play is in the #meToo Plays: Resist collection Tickets ~ More Information |
A Chill in My Bones
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KMC Onstage Studio Shows will produce Angela's play
A CHILL IN MY BONES as part of their Evening of One Acts 7, 9, 10 & 13, 14, 15 September 2018 A CHILL IN MY BONES: When a regular customer enters her home, followed by Death, a psychic bends her opening hours and breaks a promise to her daughter. But what advice can she offer her worried friend whose time is almost up? |
Steel Rive Playhouse
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There will be a public reading of #CodeRed Playwrights' Collection of plays responding to gun violence and school shootings. This is a FREE event with donations supporting Everytown. Angela's play JUST IN CASE will be part of the reading.
Steel River Playhouse Pottstown, PA September 22, 2018 |
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Artists' Exchange One Act Play Festival
Angela's short play SIX MONTHS FROM TODAY will be produced as
part of The Artists' Exchange One Act Play Festival in Cranston, RI
Six Months From Today, by Angela Cerrito
Clair and Steffen's dream is about to come true in six months, until a family event is planned for the same date and just might ruin everything!
#MeToo Plays
WHEN GUYS TALK will be part of the reading of #MeToo Plays in NYC on June 25th
GET OUT THE VOTE
Angela's play IT'S NOTHING TO CRY ABOUT has been selected as part of a bi-partisan collection of plays to encourage citizens to vote. Stay tuned for performance dates and locations.
Playwrights Say NEVER AGAIN to School Shootings
Readings & Productions of this collection
Playwrights Say #NeverAgain is 7:30 pm, Tuesday, March 20, at Oregon Contemporary Theatre
MHS TEENS PRESENT ‘CODE RED’ Montclair, NJ
Angela's short play JUST IN CASE is featured in a collection of plays related to school shootings. There is a nationwide, grassroots effort to present these plays in theatres, schools, and at protests during the month of March 2018.
One Act Plays
Angela's play Six Months from Today will be produced
by the KMC OnStage Studio Shows in a collection of one-act plays.
The One Acts run for two weeks from 22 September - 1 October, 2017
The Asian Festival of Children's Content
Angela will present at the 2017 Asian Festival of Children's Content
Her presentations including Turning up the Tension: Writing Page-Turning Fiction, Bring on the Drama: Teaching Playwriting, Look Listen & Repeat: How to UNread Books with your child. She will also take part in a panel about introverts and extroverts as writers.
SCBWI Europolitan Conference
Angela is excited to be part of the 2017 SCBWI Europolitan Conference
She will present a workshop Friends Family & Romantic Pursuits: Perfecting Relationships is every Manuscript'
and deliver the closing keynote.
Cynsations
Read an interview with Angela and author Susanne Gervay on Cynsations!
Book of Life Podcast
The SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
The Safest Lie has been awarded the SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award. This award is based on votes from SCBWI members in 15 regions throughout the world. See the entire list of 2016 Crystal Kite Award winners.
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Angela will appear on a panel Blending Fact with Fiction along with Valerie Connors, Ed DeVos, Walt Griffin, Kevin Horgan, Phil Miller, Rona Simmons at the Dahlonega Literature Festival, Dahlonega Georgia
Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
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The Safest Lie has been named a notable social studies book for young people by the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council. See a preview of the entire list of 2016 books by grade. |
Sydney Taylor Book AwardsThe Safest Lie is a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers
View the entire list National Jewish Book Award |
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The Guardian's Best Children's Books of 2015
Candy Gourlay selects The Safest Lie as her favorite book of the year: If I had to pick the book that made me go wow in 2015 (and note that I probably read one book a week!), it would have to be The Safest Lie by Angela Cerrito. I started reading The Safest Lie with dread because you know, Holocaust stories never end well even when they end well. Also, Angela Cerrito is a dear friend – and what if I didn’t like it? Well, I didn’t just like it, I was swept away by its great big throbbing heart and the portrayal of hope and goodness shining so brightly during a bad, bad time. This is the only middle grade Holocaust book I’ve read that I would say is perfectly pitched for its audience. See the rest of Candy's comments and The Guardian's Full List.
NOTE: On Facebook, Candy Gourlay commented, "My original gushing text for the Guardian was edited to remove my mention of books that deserve to be discovered - the lyrical and magical OY YEW by Ana Salote and the beyond special picture book THE UNSTOPPABLE MAGGIE MCGEE by Juliet Clare Bell and Dave Gray."
NOTE: On Facebook, Candy Gourlay commented, "My original gushing text for the Guardian was edited to remove my mention of books that deserve to be discovered - the lyrical and magical OY YEW by Ana Salote and the beyond special picture book THE UNSTOPPABLE MAGGIE MCGEE by Juliet Clare Bell and Dave Gray."
Project MUSE
Jan 2016: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Recommends The Safest Lie!
Anna, brave and serious, makes a compelling heroine; her narration shows her sadness, confusion, and fear in a way that reveals her strength of character. Full of feeling and insight, as well as fascinating detail, this novel is as much about the loss of identity as the loss of life. Give this to those history buffs ready for a powerful story less commonly told. Read Full Review
Planet Esme Best Book of 2016
January 2016 - Esme Codell of Stone Bookworms includes THE SAFEST LIE among her top picks for 2016 See the Complete List
SCBWI Book Launch Party
The Safest Lie SCBWI Book Launch Party is here! Party will include chances to win one of three copies of The Safest Lie!
Interview and Book Giveaway
Angela was interviewed on Cynsations & Holiday House is offering a bookplate signed copy of The Safest Lie (to US readers)
The Power of Poetry
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Angela's short play The Power of Poetry receives awards at IMCom Europe play festival. The Power of Poetry was awarded the Audience Choice Best Play, 3rd Place Best Play and John was awarded for Best Youth Performance
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
Angela Cerrito moderated a panel about diversity in children's picture books at The Frankfurt Book Fair. Sophie Dewayani and Lei Lay Kim Loon presented: Cultural Diversity in Children's Picture Books: Indonesia and the Global World. Indonesia was guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book fair in 2015.
