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The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ The Andromeda Evolution, by Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson ★ Drone, by M. L. Buchman ★ Eight Kisses, edited by Mindy Klasky and Lori Ann Bailey ★ […]
Oh hey there, future AASL attendees! Booklist will be southbound and ready to feast on Hot Brown sandwiches—actually, I may be doing that alone—and mingle with conference-goers in T-minus seven days. If you’re also headed to Derby City for the one and only national conference dedicated solely to school librarians, be sure to stop by […]
And then there were six. That’s right, the shortlist for the ninth annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has been announced. To see which three fiction and three nonfiction titles are still under consideration for the American Library Association’s first single-title medal given to books for adults, check out the video […]
The season of feasts (be they turkey- or Snickers bar-themed) is upon us—and in this fifth episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire most fittingly serves up a smorgasbord of content. Starring Chicago Public Library branch manager Sarah Tansley, Booklist audio editor Heather Booth, and Booklist‘s new editor and publisher, George Kendall, […]
In a press release this August, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) introduced the library world to TeenTober, an exciting nationwide celebration of teens, for teens, and yes, named by a teen. Fast-forward two months, and the brand-new initiative, which seeks to promote “year-round teen services” and teen engagement within and outside the library, […]
Happy Webinar Wednesday! Kid-lit lovers, this is your week. First, behold Meet Penguin’s Premier Picture Book Creators, which just so happens to coincide with both Booklist‘s October 15 Spotlight on the Arts and Libra season (go figure). Once you’ve finished perusing the creative processes of illustrators Weshoyot Alvitre, Zeke Peña, John Rocco, and Eliza Wheeler, […]
Whether you’re a reader of fiction or nonfiction, picture books, middle grade, or young adult, chances are you’ve come across—and admired—a book by Ilene Cooper. A former librarian and longtime Booklist editor and reviewer, Cooper is the author of the Lucy chapter-book series; A Woman in the House (and Senate), an award-winning account of women […]
Happy Webinar Wednesday! As you may already know, this October is gearing up to be a supremely exciting one (made only sweeter, of course, by the promise of end-of-the-month candy and dogs in dino costumes): the Women’s National Book Association is leading the charge behind National Reading Group Month, our pals over at YALSA just […]
The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019, edited by Carmen Maria Machado and John Joseph Adams ★ Bloody Genius, by John Sandford ★ A Distance Too Grand, […]
The longlist for the ninth annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has just been announced! Check it out to see which titles are under consideration for the American Library Association’s first single-title medal given to books for adults. The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be announced on […]
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