The Librarian's Guide to Book Programs and Author Events

by Brad Hooper

Overview

Using this guide, libraries can connect book lovers eager to learn about recent and noteworthy books to authors and fellow book lovers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838913840
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	07/01/2016
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Brad Hooper is the former Adult Books Editor at Booklist. He is the author of two previous ALA Edition books, The Short Story Readers’ Advisory and Writing Reviews for Readers’ Advisory. He was the 2015 recipient of the Louis Shores Award for outstanding reviewing. He served as Chair of the selection committee of the Carnegie Medals.

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2016
What better way is there to engage and enrich a local community of book lovers than by hosting book discussions and author events at a library? Hooper (former adult books editor, Booklist; Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory) describes how to plan and coordinate the many types of book-related activities such as book clubs, author appearances, and community-wide reading initiatives that would be a natural fit to a library's calendar of events. Despite the overly long and repetitive academic introduction, the substance of Hooper's guide is written in a conversational tone that encourages staff to get excited about planning their library's reading and book programs. VERDICT While the guide provides valuable information and insights, as well as suggestions of titles and a few useful websites, other works such as Brett W. Lear's Adult Programs in the Library, Chappie Langemack's The Author Event Primer, and Lauren Zina John's Running Book Discussion Groups offer more planning tools and publicity advice to assist staff in bringing their programming ideas to fruition.—Donna Marie Smith, Palm Beach Cty. Lib. Syst., FL

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