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$Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 42: Why I Love HorrorEpisode 42 Show Notes In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarian and horror expert Becky Spratford about the forthcoming collection of essays she edited, Why I Love Horror, what Mary Shelley might think about the current trend of monster romance, and, of course, why she loves horror. Then Booklist’s Audio Editor Heather Booth presents an epic rant against AI-narrated audiobooks, and Susan and Booklist Senior Editor, Adult Books Annie Bostrom chat about two water-related books they’re loving. Here's what we talked about: Becky’s early “Why I Love Horror,” featuring Booklist fol...2025-05-231h 09 $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 41: Summer Scares 2025It’s time for Summer Scares, and the popular horror-reading program is in fine form again. Shelf Care host Susan Maguire spoke to librarian Becky Spratford, author Kendare Blake, and Booklist’s Julia Smith about this year’s selections for adult, teen, and middle-grade readers; transgressive horror; and Hellmouth Pokémon, as you do. She also spoke to Jocelyn Codner and Carina Stopenski, both of the Horror Writers Association’s Library Advisory Council, about the Summer Scares program guide, why libraries should serve horror readers, and what they’re reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: Summer Scares Resource Page...2025-03-211h 14 $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 39: Editors' Choice 2024It’s that time of the year again, when the Booklist editors gather ‘round the proverbial fire and share some of their favorite reads of the year. Covering everything from our Top of the List titles to personal faves, this episode has a little something for every reader. Here’s what we talked about: Donna: We Loved It All: A Memory of Life. By Lydia Millet. (Adult Nonfiction Top of the List) The Morningside. By Téa Obreht. Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar. My Black Country: A Journey through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future. By Alice Randall. The Light Eat...2024-12-0346 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Carole Boston WeatherfordWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors talk to book people. This Shelf Care interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talked to Carole Boston Weatherford about her forthcoming picture book, The Doll Test: Choosing Equality, which will be out in November. You can listen to this interview here. Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of numerous award-winning books. Her picture book BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood, received a Newbery honor. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race...2024-10-0817 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 37: Book-ClubbableOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire spoke to Allison Escoto of the Center for Fiction about book groups, being a solo librarian, and getting the opportunity to read nonfiction for the Carnegie Awards. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with librarian and author Van Hoang about the walking audiobook club she runs at her library. Finally, Susan and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman talk about her forthcoming book, River of Books: A Life in Reading as well as what she’s been reading and loving lately. Here’s what we talked about: Stanley Ellin, mystery writ...2024-09-301h 17 $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 36: So. Many. Book. Suggestions.On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we’ve got lots and lots of reading suggestions. First, host Susan Maguire is joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Executive Director, LibraryReads, for a mini-Read ‘n’ Rave, a version of the hit program that Booklist and LibraryReads host at ALA Annual. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth talks to her daughter Julia about how libraries can help teens find good audiobooks. Finally, Susan and Sarah Hunter, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels, sat down to share a ton of great new graphic novels that you can use to celebrate the tail end of Graphi...2024-07-2953 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: The Creative Team Behind RIFTS AND REFRAINSWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Media. In this episode of the Shelf Care interview, Heather Booth talks with the creative team behind Rifts and Refrains, the audio-first production from Dreamscape Media's Dreamscape First Initiative. Rifts and Refrains is by Tiye with a shared narration by Benjamin Charles and iiKane. Tiye is a USA Today Bestselling author and has penned over forty novels. When Tiye's not obsessed with her latest characters, she's addressing the mental...2024-07-1626 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareAfter the Diversity Audit and Farewell, Maggie (sad emoji)On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sat down with Johanna Boyle and Marie Mulder from the Kent District Library in Michigan about the necessary work of the diversity audit, and what to do once the audit is done (hint: it involves spreadsheets). Then Audio Editor Heather Booth offers some solid suggestions for promoting your audiobook collection. Finally (oh, finally), Susan and Senior Editor, Books for Youth Maggie Reagan sat down for one last conversation about what Maggie is reading and loving, and what the heck romantasy means. Here's what we talked about: The Final Strife...2024-05-2739 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareSummer Scares 2024This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement. Here’s what we talked about: This Thing between Us, by Gus Moreno Such Sharp Teeth, by Rachel Harrison Jackal, by Erin E. Adams All these Bodies, by Kendare Bl...2024-03-251h 11 $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Stephanie V.W. LucianovicWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks with Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, whose new book, TOUCH THE SKY, goes on sale in May. Stephanie writes books in the San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by a few kids, a few cats, and one husband. Her work includes THE END OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL, HELLO STAR, and THE LEAGUE OF PICKY EATERS.2024-02-2009 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Patricia KreiserWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks with Patricia Kreiser about her debut picture book Always Together, which came out in January. Patricia Kreiser is an author and illustrator and proud mom who absolutely loves creating picture stories. Some of her earliest and best childhood memories include endless hours with Breyer horses, drawing (but not on the walls) and reading pretty much anything she could get...2024-02-0617 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 33: Memoirs, Author Visits, and Books Books BooksOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Stephanie Sendaula, librarian and memoir enthusiast, about what’s so great about memoirs and what makes a great author visit. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth shares some upcoming awards and lists that those who do collection development and listeners’ advisory will want to know about. Finally, Susan and Annie Bostrom, Senior Editor, Adult Books, chat about what they’re reading and loving. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It, by Greg Marshall Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing, by Jen Soriano Women...2024-01-2935 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 32: Editors' Choice 2023It’s December, and that means…Editors’ Choice! Booklist’s full list of our Editors’ Choice titles can be found in our December issue, but on this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, the Booklist editors share some standouts from the already stand-out list. Here’s what everyone talked about: Donna Seaman: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny (Top of the List, Adult Nonfiction) The Apartment, by Ana Menéndez (Top of the List, Adult Fiction) What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, by Claire Jiménez The Heaven...2023-12-1845 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 31: Craft Books, Celebrity Memoirs, and Evil HamburgersOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian Nanette Donohue to talk about all aspects of collecting craft books. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with librarian Emily Borsa about the appeal of the celebrity memoir, whether read by the author or not. Finally, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Sarah Hunter joins Susan to shout about a few books she’s been reading and loving lately. (She doesn’t really shout.) Here’s what we talked about: Elizabeth Zimmermann’s knitting books Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods, by Leslie Ann Bestor B...2023-11-2843 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: BonHyung JeongWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Yen Press. BonHyung Jeong (Bon) studied Cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her debut graphic novel was Kyle's Little Sister, made possible with the help of numerous people. She hopes to make connections with others through relatable stories. Currently living in Korea, she's always busy playing console games - exactly like Grace from her books!2023-11-2113 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Saadia FaruqiWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone Young Readers. Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer, interfaith activist, and cultural sensitivity trainer featured in O the Oprah Magazine. Author of the Yasmin Chapter book series, Saadia also writes middle grade novels such as YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO, and other books for children. Saadia is Editor-in-Chief of Blue Minaret, an online magazine of poetry, short stories, and art. Besides writing, she also loves reading, binge-watching her favorite shows, and taking naps...2023-11-0713 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Vaunda Micheaux NelsonWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about their books. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. In this episode, Julia Smith talks to author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson about her new picture book, SMALL SHOES, GREAT STRIDES: HOW THREE BRAVE GIRLS OPENED DOORS TO SCHOOL EQUALITY, which is available from Carolrhoda Books on November 7, 2023. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson credits her passion for books to her late parents, who read to her and her siblings faithfully every night. Drawing stories from family as well...2023-10-1713 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Jackson Lanzig and Collin KellyWelcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about their books. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by IDW. In this episode, Sarah Hunter talks to co-authors Jackson Lanzig and Collin Kelly about their comic series Star Trek: the first volume, God Shock, came out in July, and the second, The Red Path, will release in November. Screenwriters and comic book creators Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzig have collaborated on a dizzying number of series together, including Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, and...2023-10-0317 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 30: Free People Read Freely: Banned Books Week 2023In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to four people addressing banned books in different ways: Cortney Hall and Matt Rodrigues from NBC Chicago Today’s Banned Book Club; Amanda ReCupido, Vice President of the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation and chair of the committee for their freedom to read fundraising gala; and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman, who shares a Booklist feature about censorship as well as a few books she’s been loving recently. Banned Books Week is October 1 – 7 this year—how are you celebrating? Here's what we talked about on the pod: All Boys...2023-09-2551 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: DK Dyson and Rudy GutierrezWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books. In this episode, Heather Booth talks with author DK Dyson and illustrator Rudy Gutierrez. DK Dyson is a vocalist and composer who has devoted herself to community wellness and empowerment through her global performances, workshops, and seminars. She is also a yoga instructor who specializes in training survivors of assault and abuse. WINDOW FISHING is her picture book debut. She is the mother of musician Sandflower Dyson and lives in New Jersey with...2023-09-1921 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Rachel WernerWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to author-illustrator Rachel Werner. Rachel Werner is the founder of The Little Book Project WI, a bi-annual community arts and nonprofit printmaking collaboration. Her literary writing and craft essays have been published by Off Menu Press, Digging Through The Fat and Voyage YA Literary Journal. A selection of Rachel's recipes are also included in Wisconsin Cocktails (UW-Press, 2020)—and her poetry in the anthology “Hope Is The...2023-09-0517 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Pedro MartínWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Penguin Young Readers. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to author-artist Pedro Martín. Pedro Martín is a former Hallmark artist of 27 years, and the creator of Asteroid, Andy. He chronicles his life growing up Mexican American online in a series called MEXIKID, which is the basis of the book we'll be gushing over today.2023-08-1516 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 29: Cool People Talking about Cool BooksIn keeping with our annual post-Annual tradition, Susan invited LibraryReads Executive Director Rebecca Vnuk on to participate in a mini Read ‘n’ Rave, in which they shout and generally make positive noises about some forthcoming books that your patrons will want to know about. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth talks to audiobook narrator Erin Bennett about what the SAG-AFTRA strike means for them. Finally, Adult Books Senior Editor Annie Bostrom chats with Susan about what she’s reading and loving, including her complicated feelings about the Berenstain Bears. Here's what we talked about: LibraryReads Edelweiss & NetGalley Booklist and LibraryReads Read ‘n’ Rave...2023-07-3153 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Kate GlasheenWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Holiday House. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Ronny Khuri talks to Kate Glasheen, the author and artist of CONSTELLATIONS. Kate Glasheen was born and raised in Troy, New York, and lived there until their departure for Pratt Institute for a BFA in Fine Art. Kate has since been a creator, artist, and contributor for several critically acclaimed books; participated in exhibitions and collections across the globe; and worked on several of the biggest properties...2023-07-1823 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Sarah SaxWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children’s Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Sarah Sax, the author and artist of PICTURE DAY. Sarah Sax is an illustrator and comic artist based in Portland, Maine. She studied illustration, animation, and storytelling at Hampshire College and has a background in arts education. Sarah cares deeply about how, why, and what people create, and she works to foster the creative spark in makers of all ages. You...2023-06-0613 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 28: Summer Scares 2023!This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and librarian Rebecca Leannah (from the Racine, WI Public Library) about what kinds of programming they do around Summer Scares, what to tell patrons who think horror is not for them, the Wisconsin version of Tiger King. Then, Susan gets the skinny on the selections for this years’ readers, first from author spokesperson Daniel Kraus and Summer Scares committee member Becky Spratford, then from Booklist’s own Julia Smith. Spooky! And fun. This Thing Between Us, by G...2023-05-231h 08 $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Paul GilliganWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Penguin Random House Canada. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Paul Gilligan, the author and artist of PLUTO ROCKET: NEW IN TOWN. Paul Gilligan writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Pooch Cafe with Andrews McMeel, which runs in over 250 newspapers around the world and has been twice nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for Best Strip. In addition to being the author and illustrator of PLUTO ROCKET, he works in...2023-05-1613 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Jessixa and Aaron BagleyWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Jessixa and Aaron Bagley, the author and artist of DUEL. Jessixa Bagley is a children's book author and illustrator with a background in fine arts and comics whose work appears in such publications as New American Paintings, Highlights Magazine, and my personal hometown, alt-weekly, the Chicago Reader. Her work includes the award-winning Boats for Papa and many other Junior Library Guild sele...2023-05-0223 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Andrea Beaty and Bahni TurpinWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Media. Andrea Beaty is the author of the bestselling QUESTIONEERS series, among other children’s titles. She lives just outside Chicago. Bahni Turpin is an experienced audiobook narrator and actress who has appeared in numerous television productions as well as films. An ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company, she currently resides in Los Angeles, where she founded the SoLA Food Co-op.2023-04-1822 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 27: RA Training, The Audies, And MothmanOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Jessica Trotter of the Capital Area District Libraries (MI) about all things readers’ advisory training, from grassroots staff efforts to defining core competencies and all kinds of stuff in between. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth gets the inside scoop on the biggest audiobook awards of the year, the Audies, from the Audio Publishers Association’s Michele Cobb. Lastly but not leastly, Susan talks to Senior Editor, Books for Youth Ronny Khuri about what he’s reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: LibraryReads Readers’ Advisory Service in...2023-03-2855 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Heather Murphy CappsWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. Heather Murphy Capps grew up in a small Minnesota town where the motto is "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment." She spent fifteen years as a television news journalist before deciding to focus on her favorite kind of writing: books for kids involving history, social justice, science, mystery, and a touch of magic. A mixed-race author committed to diversity in publishing, she lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and yes, even...2023-02-2116 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 26: A Deep Dive into Book GroupsOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Indianapolis (IL) Public Library’s Montoya Barker about all things book group—selecting titles, leading a group, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, Susan chats with Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about what she’s reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendri...2023-01-3045 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 25: Editors' Choice 2022On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, it’s Editors’ Choice time, when we here at Booklist pick the best of the best for 2022. As in years past, Booklist editors picked some standouts from the list to shout out in this Very Special Episode of Shelf Care, and here’s what we talked about: Donna Seaman, Editor, Adult Books: The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka (Top of the List Adult Fiction) Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent, by Dipo Faloyin (Top of the List Adult Nonf...2022-12-2041 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 24: Reading Glasses and Other Helpful InsightsOn this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to the hosts of another podcast, Reading Glasses. Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant chat with Susan about reading wheelhouses, extol the virtues of the library, and encourage folks not to read books they don’t want to read. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth shares the kinds of books that do not make the best-of lists, and Susan talks to Books for Youth’s Senior Editor Maggie Reagan about books for healing and books for fun. Here's what we talked about: The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishigu...2022-11-2950 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareThe Shelf Care Interview: Tameka Fryer Brown and Nina CrewsWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. Tameka Fryer Brown is the author of several picture books, including Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood, and Brown Baby Lullaby, winner of the 2021 Anna Dewdney Award. She is also a contributor to The Brown Bookshelf, an award-winning website whose mission is to promote awareness of Black children’s book creators and their work. Not Done Yet is Tameka's first picture book about a real-life figure . . . and she...2022-10-1816 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Saadia FaruqiWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Abrams Books. Saadia Faruqi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States when she was 22 years old. She writes the YASMIN series and popular middle grave novels, such as YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO besides writing books for kids. She loves reading binge-watching her favorite shows and taking naps, and lives in Houston with her family.2022-10-0413 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 23: Personal Weeding and Personal ReadingIn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to RAILS Community Engagement Manager Dan Bostrom about how to weed one’s personal book collection, Audio Editor Heather Booth hears from reviewers about how audiobooks have helped with pronunciation of words and names, and finally, Senior Editor, Adult Books Annie Bostrom shares a fave book from our upcoming Spotlight on Food. Here's what we talked about: Rascal, by Sterling North Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell Send a voice note to h...2022-09-2834 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Svetlana ChmakovaWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Yen Press. Svetlana Chmakova was born and raised in Russia until the age of 16 when her family immigrated to Canada. She quickly made a name for herself with works like DRAMACON, NIGHTSCHOOL, the manga adaptation of James Patterson's WITCH & WIZARD, and the web comic CHASING RAINBOWS. She graduated from Sheridan College with a three-year Classical Animation Diploma. The first book in the Berrybrook Middle School series, AWKWARD, has been a runaway critical success and was named one...2022-09-2714 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Daniel MinterWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books. In this episode of The Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Daniel Minter, illustrator of BLUE: A HISTORY OF THE COLOR AS DEEP AS THE SEA AND AS WIDE AS THE SKY Daniel Minter is a fine artist and illustrator. His paintings, carvings, block prints, and sculptures have been exhibited at galleries and museums, both nationally and internationally. He has illustrated numerous books for children and is the recipient of the Coretta...2022-09-2011 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Reimena YeeWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Reimena Yee, author of MY AUNT IS A MONSTER. Reimena Yee is an illustrator, writer, and designer. Hailing from the dusty metropolis of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she is now based in Melbourne, Australia. She once was a STEM student, but left to pursue her passion for the world and all its histories and cultures, which she weaves into her art and...2022-09-0709 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: April Lavalle and Alex BonielloWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by ABRAMS Children's Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks to April Lavalle and Alex Boniello authors of A CASE OF THE ZAPS. April Lavalle is an actor, comedian, writer, and Tony Award–winning producer living in New York City. As an actor, Lavalle has appeared on television and on stages throughout the world, and as a writer, she has been featured in publications such as Reductress, McSweeneys, Medium, and Vulture. She is al...2022-08-0212 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 22: Book Banning and Book SuggestingIn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Kelly Jensen about the current state of book banning, what’s behind the recent slate of challenges, and what to do when collection development policies are not enough. Then, Rebecca Vnuk of LibraryReads joins Susan to share some forthcoming titles that they think your patrons are going to want to know about. Here’s what we talked about: Book Riot’s coverage of book censorship Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe, art by the author Shutter, by Ramona Emerson The Lost Ticket, by Freya Sampson By the Book...2022-07-2558 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Bao PhiWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Bao Phi, author of YOU ARE LIFE. Bao Phi is an award-winning poet and children's book author. His stunning debut picture book, A DIFFERENT POND, won a Caldecott honor, a Charlotte Zolotow Award, an Asian/Pacific American Award for literature, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, and numerous other awards and accolades. Bao is a single co-parent father, an arts admin...2022-07-0616 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Johnnie ChristmasWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Children’s Books. In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Johnnie Christmas about his first middle-grade comic, SWIM TEAM. Johnnie Christmas is the number one New York Times best-selling and award-winning graphic novelist, who’s perhaps best known for co-creating Margaret Atwood series Angel Catbird and for adapting William Gibson’s lost screenplay for Alien 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same name. After gaining plenty of acclaim in the world o...2022-06-0713 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 21: Spookier than a Clown in a Cornfield: Summer Scares 2022In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire gets the scoop on the books for Summer Scares 2022; first, the adult and teen titles from librarian Becky Spratford and author Alma Katsu, then, the middle-grade titles from Booklist Books for Youth’s Julia Smith. Plus, Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with a reviewer about the joys and chills of listening to horror on audio. Here’s what we talked about: The Hunger, by Alma Katsu The Deep, by Alma Katsu The Fervor, by Alma Katsu Summer Scares Programming Guide 2022 My Favorite Thing is Monsters, by Emil Ferris Coyo...2022-05-3156 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Dan Abdo and Jason PattersonWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to author Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson, creators of Barb and the Ghost Blade, the sequel to Barb the Berzerker. Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson are longtime partners, best friends, and co-creators of the animated comedy series Rocket Monkeys. Their credits also include developing shows for Disney, Sesame Workshop, Fox, and Nickelodeon, not to mention directing lots and lots of animated commercials.2022-05-0313 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Sajni PatelWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to author Sajni Patel, author of MY SISTER’S BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDING Sajni Patel is an award-winning author of women’s fiction and young adult books, drawing on her experiences growing up in Texas, an inexplicable knack for romance and comedy, and the recently resurfaced dark side of fantastical things. Her works have appeared on numerous Best of the Year...2022-04-1910 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 20: Reading the Reading ListOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to NoveList’s Halle Eisenman about her turn as chair of the RUSA CODES’ Reading List committee, and what that list can do for you (and your patrons). Then Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman shares millions (OK, not millions) of suggestions for forthcoming books of biography, poetry, fiction, and more. Here’s what we talked about: RUSA’s Reading List RUSA’s Notable Books List The Guncle, by Steven Rowley A Man Called Ove, by Frederik Backman Dial A for Aunties, by Jesse Q. Sutanto The Reading List...2022-03-2845 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Jamar J. PerryWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Bloomsbury Children’s Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Ronny Khuri talks to author Jamar J. Perry, debut author of CAMERON BATTLE AND THE HIDDEN KINGDOMS. Jamar J. Perry received his PhD in Literacy Education, Language, Culture, and Social Inquiry from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before that, he taught middle school language arts for four years, where the majority of the students were Black boys. Like Cameron, his protagonist, Jamar hopes that on...2022-02-0113 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 19: Hyperlocal Streaming Music, Audiobook Awards, and Picture Books with BootsOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Molly Luby and Melissa Bartoletta about Tracks, a hyperlocal streaming music platform, a project of the Chapel Hill Public Library and Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture. We talked about how the project came to be, how it works, and how Tracks continues to reach out to the community to share local music. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth spills the tea on the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. Finally, Susan talks to Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Editor Sarah Hunter about what sh...2022-01-3139 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 18: Editors' Choice 2021In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, Booklist’s editors look back on the year in reading and talk about some of their fave titles from the Editors’ Choice list, which is the main feature of our January issue. Here’s what everyone talked about: Donna Seaman, Editor, Adult Books Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich The Book of Form and Emptiness, by Ruth Ozeki Martita, I Remember You, by Sandra Cisneros, translated by Liliana Valenzuela Below the Edge of Darkn...2021-12-2730 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 17: No Library is a TARDIS: Or, Why and How to WeedOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarians Anna Mickelsen and Alene Moroni about best practices for weeding, and Audio Editor Heather Booth shares what she’s been reading and loving. Find the full show notes with links at booklistonline.com/shelf-care Here’s what we talked about: Anna and Alene’s weeding guidelines by Dewey Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson, read by Robin Miles You Had Me at Hola, by Alexis Daria, read by Seraphine Valentine Alene on Twitter: @surlyspice Anna on Twitt...2021-10-2547 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Dave Scheidt and Miranda HarmonWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books. In this latest installment, Sarah Hunter talks to Dave Scheidt and Miranda Harmon, creators of MAYOR GOOD BOY. Dave Scheidt is a radical dude from Chicago. When he's not writing comic books, he enjoys eating pizza. Miranda Harmon lives in Los Angeles. She works in animation, and Mayor Good Boy is her debut graphic novel. Read the full transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Dave-Scheidt-and-Miranda-Harmon/pid=9756328 2021-10-1813 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Chris BartonWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. In this latest installment, Ronny Khuri talks to Chris Barton, author of HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (ABOUT MY DOG). Chris Barton is the author of acclaimed nonfiction picture books including ALL OF A SUDDEN AND FOREVER, DAZZLE SHIPS, WHOOSH!, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A VOICE LIKE THAT? and THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, which was awarded a Sibert Honor. Chris lives in Austin, Texas, with his family. Visit his website at www.chrisbarton.info. ...2021-10-0414 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Karla Valenti and Emma OtheguyWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children’s Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Karla Valenti, author of LOTERÍA and Emma Otheguy, author of SOFIA ACOSTA MAKES A SCENE. Read the full transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Karla-Valenti-and-Emma-Otheguy/pid=9755149 2021-09-2126 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Sara PennypackerWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Children's Books. In this latest installment, Sarah Hunter talks to Sara Pennypacker, author of PAX: JOURNEY HOME. Sara Pennypacker is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling PAX; the award-winning Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon; and the acclaimed novels SUMMER OF THE GYPSY MOTHS and HERE IN THE REAL WORLD. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. Read the transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Sara-Pennypacker-Hunter-Sarah/pid=9754682 2021-09-0715 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 16: Don't Think about the Elephant! (RA for Non-RA Staff)In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarian Katie McLean Horner about helping non-readers’ advisory staff hone their RA skills, audio editor Heather Booth shares an easy, easy way to find audio titles, and Books for Youth’s Maggie Reagan cries into her cat. Here’s what we talked about: NoveList Springshare/LibGuides The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics’ Top Score—from Nadia to Now, by Dvora Meyers The Happiest Girl in the World, by Alena Dillon Reviews of the Day, 2020: Audio Instructions for Dancing, Nicola Yoon Ella Enchant...2021-08-3038 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Jeffrey ArcherWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers. In this latest installment, Donna Seaman talks to Jeffrey Archer, author of OVER MY DEAD BODY. Jeffrey Archer is the internationally best-selling author of many books, including two crime fiction series, the Clifton Chronicles and the William Warwick mysteries, of which OVER MY DEAD BODY is the most recent. Link to transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/Shelf-Care-Interview-Jeffrey-Archer-Seaman-Donna/pid=9753492 2021-08-1617 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Nidhi ChananiWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. In this latest installment, Ronny Khuri talks to Nidhi Chanani, author of JUKEBOX. Nidhi Chanani was born in Kolkata, India and raised in California. She creates illustrations that capture love in everyday moments which are often featured at Disney Parks. In 2012 she was honored by the Obama Administration as a Champion of Change. She’s the author of Pashmina, Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend, and illustrator of I Will Be Fierce. Nidhi dr...2021-07-0713 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 15: Graphic Novels for Every Reader and Mother-Dog SummerOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to the Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table’s Jessica Jenner about the Best Graphic Novels for Adults reading list, Audio Editor Heather Booth gives us the skinny on the Odyssey Award winners, and Adult Books Associate Editor Annie Bostrom and I figure out who is more of a Kristy. Here’s what we talked about: 2020 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna, illustrated by the author, translated by Helge Dascher. Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and Oc...2021-07-0740 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan, and Roger MarshWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Naxos Audiobooks. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Heather Booth talks to narrators Barry McGovern and Marcella Riordan, and producer Roger Marsh, the team behind FINNEGANS WAKE.2021-06-2318 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Olivia Matthews and Janina EdwardsWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Audio. In this latest installment, Heather Booth talks to the team behind MURDER BY PAGE ONE, Olivia Matthews and Janina Edwards. Olivia Matthews is the cozy mystery pseudonym of award-winning author, Patricia Sargent of a reader. She's been inspired by writers, such as Walter Mosley, Dick Francis, and Tammy Hogue who put ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. Raised in New York city, she lives with her husband in Ohio. Janina Edwards is an earphone award winner...2021-06-0724 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 14: Circ Stats, Bridgerton, and Other Library BusinessOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Karen Toonen, Collection Services Manager at the Naperville Public Library (IL) about how her library’s circulation changed during lockdown, and what she did about it; Audio Editor Heather Booth shares the five essentials of business books on audio; and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman shares what she’s reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank by Elin Hilderbrand, Andriana Trigiani, et al. It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark. The Cult of We by Eliot...2021-04-2939 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: J. William LewisWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Seaman Capital. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to J. William Lewis, author of The Essence of Nathan Biddle. Alabama native J. William Lewis is a former lawyer who lives in Shoal Creek, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. After a clerkship for the Honorable Walter P. Gewin on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Lewis practiced law in Birmingham for over three and a half decades. Presently, Lewis serves as...2021-04-1916 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Ally CarterWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HMH Books for Young Readers. Ally Carter writes books about sentinels, spies, thieves, and diplomats. She is a New York Times best-selling author whose novels have sold over three million copies and have been published in more than twenty countries. She lives in Oklahoma, where her life is either very ordinary or the best deep-cover story ever. Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery is available now!2021-04-0513 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 13: This Book Is a Platypus (Summer Scares 2021)(For the full notes with links, visit booklistonline.com/shelf-care) On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, Susan gets real scared…Summer Scare(d), that is! Ha ha ha ha ha, good one. Hear from author Silvia Moreno-Garcia and librarian horror expert Becky Spratford, librarians Konrad Stump and Evelyn Gathu, and Booklist’s own Julia Smith about this year’s Summer Scares program, from how the books are selected to that one author in the UP who can only be reached if you call the gas station in town. Here’s what we talked about: Summer Scares 2021 list: The...2021-02-2358 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Traci SorellWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks to Traci Sorell. Traci is the award-winning author of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, which received a Sibert honor, a Boston Globe–Horn Book honor, an American Indian Youth Literature Award (AIYLA) honor, and an Orbis Pictus honor. She also wrote At the Mountain’s Base, an AIYLA honor book, and coauthored Indian No More, an AIYLA winner. She has penned poems for anthologies such...2021-02-1620 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #12: Editors' ChoiceEvery year, Booklist editors pull together the most noteworthy books of the year for the Editors’ Choice, and every year, Susan Maguire chases them down to talk about those books. This year was both no different and completely different, as each of our fine editors sent in a voice note featuring favorites from the list, books that deserve an additional shout out, hot trends, etc. Please enjoy these bookish testimonials. Wow! Find the full show notes on www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care. Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots. By Morgan Jerkins. These Ghosts Are Fa...2021-01-1235 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: John GallagherWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books. In today’s special #ReadGraphic installment, Sarah Hunter talks with John Gallagher, creator of the Max Meow series.2021-01-0415 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Episode #11: Games!Rebecca Strang, of the Naperville Public Library and ALA’s Games and Gaming Round Table, spoke to Susan Maguire about everything games in libraries, from sure bets for every age to finding reviews of hot new games. Then, Sarah Hunter turns the tables and interviews Susan about what she’s been reading, as well as what books her daughter is chewing on. ALA's Games and Gaming Round Table International Games Week Game On! Grants More from Rebecca Strang: Playability podcast To Play is Human Some games we talked about: Ticket to Ride Carcassonne Wingspan Eclipse Scythe Gloomhaven Thunderstone Quest Catan Card...2020-11-1946 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Alex SanchezWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Alex Sanchez. Alex Sanchez has published nine novels, including the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults Rainbow Boys and the Lambda Award–winning So Hard to Say. His novel Bait won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Book Award and the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for young adult literature. His newest book, The Greatest Superpower comes out in February 2021 from Capstone.2020-11-1813 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Duchess HarrisWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Gale. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, author Duchess Harris provides a historical perspective from the pages of Being LGBTQ in America: LGBTQ Social Movements in America, and she discusses the importance of empathy in schools today. Insights include how the school community can be a safe space for middle and high school students and the ways that Gale eBooks diversity, equity, and inclusion collections embrace differences by putting relevant content at users’ fingertips—inside or o...2020-11-0912 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Aliza Layne and Gabby RiveraWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Simon & Schuster and Boom! Studios. In today’s special #ReadGraphic installment, Ronny Khuri talks with Aliza Layne, creator of Beetle & the Hollowbones, and Gabby Rivera, author of Juliet Takes a Breath.2020-10-1919 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Macmillan Library Marketing TeamWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Macmillan Library Marketing. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to the Macmillan Library Marketing Team, Talia Sherer, Amanda Rountree, Emily Day, and Samantha Slavin, to answer the question: Who is this team of book-a-holics and why should librarians give a hoot about their recommendations?2020-09-2119 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Kim Johnson and Alex AsterWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Sourcebooks and Random House Children's Books. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks with two debut authors: Kim Johnson, author of This Is My America, which was published by Random House Children’s Books this past July, followed by a conversation with Alex Aster, whose Curse of the Night Witch was published in June by Sourcebooks.2020-09-1423 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: John Patrick Green, Mike Curato, and Natalie Riess and Sara GoetterWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. In today’s supersized installment, we have the pleasure of hearing from Mike Curato about his debut graphic novel, Flamer; John Patrick Green, creator of the Investigators series; and Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, creators of the fantasy adventure Dungeon Critters.2020-09-0154 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Nancy PearlWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interivew, Donna Seaman talks with renowned librarian, literary critic, book advocate, and ardent lifelong reader Nancy Pearl about her new book, THE WRITER'S LIBRARY: THE AUTHORS YOU LOVE ON THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES, on sale September 8.2020-08-2516 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: V.T. BidaniaWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks to debut author V. T. Bidania, author of the Astrid and Apollo series, which kicks off with Astrid and Apollo and the Starry Campout. This title and three others (The Fishing Flop, The Happy New Year, and The Soccer Celebration) will be published simultaneously this August by Capstone.2020-08-0512 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Margaret OwenWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Macmillan. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Margaret Owen, author of The Merciful Crow and The Faithless Hawk., which will be released by Henry Holt & Co. on August 18.2020-07-2211 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Victoria Jamieson and Omar MohamedWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Penguin Young Readers. In today's special Graphic Novels in Libraries Month installment, we have the pleasure of hearing from Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed about their graphic novel When Stars Are Scattered. Victoria Jamieson is the creator of the graphic novels All’s Faire in Middle School and Newbery Honor winner Roller Girl. She received her BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked as a children's book designer before becoming a freelance il...2020-07-0717 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #9: Comics and Book Groups and Libraries, Oh My!Durham County Library’s Patrick Holt talks about how he helps book groups find and discuss great graphic novels; Audio Editor Heather Booth shares her top 5 tips for bringing audio to your book group; and Books for Youth’s Ronny Khuri talks about the underrated art of the picture book and gives a few suggestions. Wow! Here’s what we talked about: (links on booklistonline.com/shelf-care) Booklist’s Reading for Change Anti-Racism Reading List Black Lives Matter Comics Reading List Encyclopedia of Early Earth. Written and illustrated by Isabel Greenberg Boxers. Written and Illustrated by Gene Luen Yang Saints. Written...2020-06-2238 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareBooklist Shelf Care Interview: Tracey HechtWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Fabled Films Press. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks to Tracey Hecht. Hecht is the author of The Nocturnals book series, which includes The Best Burp, published in April, and The Weeping Wombat, scheduled to hit bookshelves this August.2020-05-1906 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareBooklist Shelf Care Interview: Sabaa Tahir, Nicole Andelfinger, and Sonia LiaoWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored Boom! Studios. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Ronny Khuri talks to Sabaa Tahir, Nicole Andelfinger, and Sonia Liao. Sabaa Tahir's New York Times bestselling series An Ember in the Ashes dives into the pasts of fan-favorite characters with an all-new prequel graphic novel series. Sabaa Tahir, writer Nicole Andelfinger, and artist Sonia Liao present an early tale of Elias and Helene at Blackcliff, where they’ll have to confront the painful realities of Martial rule in...2020-05-0411 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Episode #8: Shelf-IsolationHost Susan Maguire talks to her Booklist colleagues about what media is bringing them comfort during COVID-19 self-isolation in an episode that may or may not have been an excuse to talk to her co-workers. (Weeping emoji.) Here’s what we talked about: Books: Blue-Eyed Devil. By Lisa Kleypas. Choo-Choo School. By Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Mike Yamada. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. By JK Rowling. My America. Written and illustrated by Karen Katz. (coming June 2021) Race through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly. By Martin W. Sandler. Space Opera. By Catherynne M. Va...2020-04-2734 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Susan Muaddi Darraj and Siman NuuraliWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Ronny Khuri talks to Susan Muaddi Darraj and Siman Nuurali. Susan Muaddi Darraj is the award-winning Palestinian American author of more than 10 books including the new Farah Rocks series. She is an associate professor of English at Hartford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland, and she teaches creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and Fairfield University. Siman Nuurali is the author of the Sadiq series, which was named...2020-04-0714 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and YouWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Little Brown Books for Young Readers. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds. Ibram X. Kendi, a professor of history and international relations, is one of America's foremost historians and leading anti-racist voices. He is the New York Times' bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning, and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy...2020-03-1612 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Irene Latham and Charles Waters on Dictionary for a Better WorldWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Irene Latham and Charles Waters. Irene Latham is the author of many books, including two novels for children, Leaving Gee's Bend and Don't Feed the Boy, winner of the 2016 ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award. Her poetry books for children include Dear Wandering Wildebeest, When the Sun Shines on Antarctica, and the award-winning, Can I Touch Your Hair? with Charles Waters. Irene lives...2020-03-0410 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #7: Size (and Format) MattersIn this episode of Booklist's Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian extraordinaire Robin Bradford to discuss the hottest topic in all of Libraryland: are trade paperbacks better than mass market paperbacks? They get into patron behavior, format preferences, and, inevitably, romance novels. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth provides a glimpse at the audio award-winners announced at ALA Midwinter in January, and Susan and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman break down the winners Carnegie Awards for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. It's a big episode, y'all! The books mentioned this episode are: The Wedding Date by...2020-02-2446 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Chris Ferrie on the Everyday Science Academy seriesWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Sourcebooks. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks to Chris Ferrie, award-winning physicist and popular author of science books for children about his new series, the Everyday Science Academy. The first four Everyday Science Academy Books (Let's Fly a Plane!, Let's Ride a Wave!, Let's Get Moving!, and Let's Make a Rainbow!) come out in June from Sourcebooks.2020-02-1811 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Irene Hannon on Starfish PierWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to romance author Irene Hannon (whose name you may recognize from our November Shelf Care Interview), a best-selling, Rita Award-winning author who has written more than 50 romantic suspense and contemporary romance women's fiction novels. Her books have appeared on multiple bestseller lists and three and a half million copies of her books have been sold worldwide and translated into multiple languages. Starfish Pier, a Hope...2020-02-0315 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Suzanne Woods Fisher on Two Steps ForwardWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Suzanne Woods Fisher, award-winning, bestselling author of more than 30 books, including, On the Summer Tide, as well as the Nantucket Legacy, Amish Beginnings, the Bishop's Family, the Deacon's Family, and the Inn at Eagle Hill series among many other novels. She's also the author of several nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Proverbs. The third book in the Deacon's Family...2020-01-2115 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #6: Editors' ChoicesThe Booklist editors gathered around the fire (JK, we gathered in the sound-proof-ish room in the basement of the ALA office) to dig a little deeper into how the Editors’ Choice lists come together, to call out a few faves, and to talk about what’s coming in 2020. For the shownotes, visit www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care.2019-12-3048 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Lynette Eason on Collateral DamageWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Lynette Eason, the award-winning author of over fifty books including the Women of Justice, Deadly Reunions, and Blue Justice series. Her books have appeared on multiple bestseller lists, and the movie, Her Stolen Past, based on Lynette’s novel, premiered in February 2018 on Lifetime. The first book in the Danger Never Sleeps series, Collateral Damage, comes out in January (on January 7th) from Revell.2019-12-1611 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareShelf Care Interview: Irene Hannon on Dark AmbitionsWelcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Irene Hannon, bestselling, RITA award-winning author who has written more than 50 romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and women's fiction novels. Her books have appeared on multiple bestseller lists, and three and a half million copies of her books have been sold worldwide and translated into multiple languages. So, you know, she's kind of a big deal. Dark Ambitions, the final book in the Code of...2019-11-1814 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #4: Body Horror, Bruce Springsteen, and Vampire FeelingsIn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, we get a little otherworldly, to coincide with our August Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror, and also because it’s never not a good time to talk about helping genre-reading patrons. First, Susan talks to RA maven and horror expert Becky Spratford about nostalgia, body horror, and queer Cthulu retellings, and how horror-reading patrons want to be helped. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth refutes the idea that writers shouldn’t narrate their own audiobooks with some fantastic self-narrated famous-person memoirs on audio. Finally, Susan corrals Maggie Reagan, Teen Feelings Expert, about...2019-08-2641 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 3.5: Rebecca 'n' RaveKnowing all about good books before they come out is just one of many rabbits librarians keep in their magic hat. (Another tool: strained metaphors!) In this Very Special Bonus Episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we peel back the curtain on one of the ways librarians get advanced buzz on good books: The Booklist Read n Rave. We are joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Executive Director of Library Reads, who put together Booklist’s first Read n Rave lo those many years ago. She and host Susan Maguire talk about how Read n Rave started and what makes a good Re...2019-07-2919 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #3: Graphic 2 WaysSeems like you can’t swing a weeded book these days without hitting a true crime podcast. But having a large swathe of our communities so engaged with a narrative—that’s good news for libraries, because we traffic in helping folks find their next obsession. But it ain’t all true crime; this episode also touches on another kind of graphic storytelling—the graphic novel, and why they’re so important to libraries. Truly, this episode contains multitudes. You can find the full show notes, with links to Booklist reviews where available, at www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care. Here’s what we talked...2019-06-1945 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #2: To Beach Their OwnLet’s get serious about leisure reading, y’all. Beach reads: What are they. What are patrons looking for. Is a blue cover required. These are the questions addressed in this episode. Host Susan Maguire talks to Andie Paloutzian from the New Orleans Public Library (LA) about great summer books for a wide variety of readers, and how to promote them. Then she talks to Booklist’s Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman about how she relaxes with a good book (she doesn’t), and something she’s recently read and enjoyed. Here’s what we talked about: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sve...2019-05-0850 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #1: It's a Podcast!This episode of Shelf Care is sponsored by the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team, AKA Library Love Fest. If you’re looking for great reading suggestions, author interviews and behind-the-book insights, check out the Library Love Fest podcast. Their latest episode features the team’s upcoming favorite reads as well as an exclusive interview with author Neal Stephenson talking about his forthcoming book, FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELL. Visit https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/shelfcare to listen. Our first episode is here and it's about...Podcasts. Host Susan Maguire talks to Polli Kenn and Kate Gramlich of the Lawrence Public Library (KS) abou...2019-02-2539 min $Booklist\'s Shelf Care$ Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode #0: Shelf Care Sneak PeekIt's a podcast! Well, it's a preview of a podcast. Give a listen to this sneak peek of Booklist's Shelf Care podcast. Host Susan Maguire talks to Booklist's Audio Editor Heather Booth about podcast/audiobook crossovers. Full episode will be available January 2019.2019-01-0710 min