Booklist's Shelf Care

In 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...

Welcome 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 Ch...

Welcome 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...

In 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....

Welcome 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 l...

Welcome 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,...

On 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 talke...

Welcome 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, an...

On 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 Au...

In 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...

On 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 A...

Welcome 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. Mira...

Welcome 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,...

Welcome 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/...

Welcome 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 spin...

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 Ma...

Welcome 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 Chronicl...

Welcome 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 momen...

On 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...

Welcome 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.

Welcome 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 be...

Raúl 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 w...

On 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 l...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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....