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Shelf Care Interview: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
October 17, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutes - 32 MBWelcome 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 cre...
The Shelf Care Interview: Jackson Lanzig and Collin Kelly
October 03, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 40.1 MBWelcome 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 Lan...
Episode 30: Free People Read Freely: Banned Books Week 2023
September 25, 2023 14:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBIn 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 Bo...
The Shelf Care Interview: DK Dyson and Rudy Gutierrez
September 19, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes - 49.3 MBWelcome 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 ...
The Shelf Care Interview: Rachel Werner
September 05, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome 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 V...
The Shelf Care Interview: Pedro Martín
August 15, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 38.6 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 29: Cool People Talking about Cool Books
July 31, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBIn 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 l...
The Shelf Care Interview: Kate Glasheen
July 18, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBWelcome 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 critica...
The Shelf Care Interview: Sarah Sax
June 06, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 28: Summer Scares 2023!
May 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBThis 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 Sca...
The Shelf Care Interview: Paul Gilligan
May 16, 2023 13:53 - 13 minutes - 31.5 MBWelcome 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 Natio...
The Shelf Care Interview: Jessixa and Aaron Bagley
May 02, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes - 54.7 MBWelcome 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 Ma...
The Shelf Care Interview: Andrea Beaty and Bahni Turbin
April 18, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 52.6 MBWelcome 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 curre...
The Shelf Care Interview: Andrea Beaty and Bahni Turpin
April 18, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 52.6 MBWelcome 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 curre...
Episode 27: RA Training, The Audies, And Mothman
March 28, 2023 14:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBOn 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...
The Shelf Care Interview: Heather Murphy Capps
February 21, 2023 15:59 - 16 minutes - 37.3 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 26: A Deep Dive into Book Groups
January 30, 2023 22:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBOn 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,...
Episode 25: Editors' Choice 2022
December 20, 2022 16:00 - 41 minutes - 94.8 MBOn 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 Contine...
Episode 24: Reading Glasses and Other Helpful Insights
November 29, 2022 22:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBOn 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. He...
The Shelf Care Interview: Tameka Fryer Brown and Nina Crews
October 18, 2022 15:15 - 16 minutes - 38.7 MBWelcome 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 Bl...
Shelf Care Interview: Saadia Faruqi
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 32 MBWelcome 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.
Episode 23: Personal Weeding and Personal Reading
September 28, 2022 19:58 - 34 minutes - 79.1 MBIn 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 ...
Shelf Care Interview: Svetlana Chmakova
September 27, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 33.9 MBWelcome 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 Classi...
Shelf Care Interview: Daniel Minter
September 20, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome 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 museum...
Shelf Care Interview: Reimena Yee
September 07, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 22.2 MBWelcome 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 pursu...
Shelf Care Interview: April Lavalle and Alex Boniello
August 02, 2022 16:09 - 12 minutes - 28.7 MBWelcome 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 a...
Episode 22: Book Banning and Book Suggesting
July 25, 2022 18:21 - 58 minutes - 135 MBIn 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...
Shelf Care Interview: Bao Phi
July 06, 2022 07:52 - 16 minutes - 38.5 MBWelcome 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...
Shelf Care Interview: Johnnie Christmas
June 07, 2022 15:54 - 13 minutes - 31.9 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 21: Spookier than a Clown in a Cornfield: Summer Scares 2022
May 31, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBIn 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 A...
Shelf Care Interview: Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson
May 03, 2022 16:34 - 13 minutes - 31.4 MBWelcome 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. T...
Shelf Care Interview: Sajni Patel
April 19, 2022 15:03 - 10 minutes - 24.8 MBWelcome 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, ...
Episode 20: Reading the Reading List
March 28, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBOn 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 Call...
Shelf Care Interview: Jamar J. Perry
February 01, 2022 13:43 - 13 minutes - 31.4 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 19: Hyperlocal Streaming Music, Audiobook Awards, and Picture Books with Boots
January 31, 2022 16:37 - 39 minutes - 90.8 MBOn 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 Producti...
Episode 18: Editors' Choice 2021
December 27, 2021 19:48 - 30 minutes - 70.5 MBIn 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 Sa...
Episode 17: No Library is a TARDIS: Or, Why and How to Weed
October 25, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBOn 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 H...
Shelf Care Interview: Dave Scheidt and Miranda Harmon
October 18, 2021 18:23 - 13 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome 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 grap...
Shelf Care Interview: Chris Barton
October 04, 2021 14:19 - 14 minutes - 33.7 MBWelcome 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 ...
Shelf Care Interview: Karla Valenti and Emma Otheguy
September 21, 2021 17:46 - 26 minutes - 59.8 MBWelcome 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
Shelf Care Interview: Sara Pennypacker
September 07, 2021 20:57 - 15 minutes - 35.1 MBWelcome 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 WOR...
Episode 16: Don't Think about the Elephant! (RA for Non-RA Staff)
August 30, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBIn 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...
Shelf Care Interview: Jeffrey Archer
August 16, 2021 20:13 - 17 minutes - 39.8 MBWelcome 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 ...
Shelf Care Interview: Nidhi Chanani
July 07, 2021 14:23 - 13 minutes - 30.9 MBWelcome 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 Administratio...
Episode 15: Graphic Novels for Every Reader and Mother-Dog Summer
July 06, 2021 23:06 - 40 minutes - 91.8 MBOn 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, transla...
Shelf Care Interview: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan, and Roger Marsh
June 22, 2021 22:50 - 18 minutes - 41.9 MBWelcome 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.
Shelf Care Interview: Olivia Matthews and Janina Edwards
June 07, 2021 14:27 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MBWelcome 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 ...
Shelf Care Interview: Raúl the Third
May 03, 2021 16:22 - 13 minutes - 30.1 MBRaúl the Third is the Pura Belpré Honor-winning illustrator of ¡VAMOS! LET'S GO TO THE MARKET and ¡VAMOS! LET'S GO EAT. He is currently working on the expanded world of his ¡Vamos! series. He grew up in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, México, and now lives in Boston, Massachusetts with colorist and collaborator Elaine Bay and their son, Raúl the Fourth. His new books, TAG TEAM and TRAINING DAY will be publishing May 4 from Houghton Mifflin Books for Young Readers.
Episode 14: Circ Stats, Bridgerton, and Other Library Business
April 29, 2021 16:05 - 39 minutes - 90.9 MBOn 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 b...
Shelf Care Interview: J. William Lewis
April 19, 2021 14:10 - 16 minutes - 38.6 MBWelcome 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...