Jul 11, 2017
Time for a special bonus episode (which apparently happen every sixteen episodes?) where we talk all about what we did at BookExpo America and the American Library Association Annual Conference. Plus: Reviews and previews of upcoming books we’re excited about. (If you just want to hear about upcoming books skip to 21:54.)
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In this episode
Books We Mentioned
Many of the books we discuss this episode are not yet published, but are books we are looking forward to. Check their release dates and place holds or make purchase requests at your local public library!
- From DC’s Young Animal Imprint
- Balance: A Dizzying Journey Through the Science of Our Most Delicate Sense by Carol Svec
- Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
- Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. by Danielle S. Allen
- Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoë Quinn
- The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
- David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock (Discussed more in Episode 31: LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction)
- Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen
- The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
Links, Articles, and Things
- The schedule for the 2017 Library Journal Day of Dialogue with all the author panels listed
- For those who want just a little psyching up for The Tiger’s Daughter there’s a little announcement or, if you want more, the first 4(!) chapters.
- One attendee’s experiences of both BookExpo America and the American Library Association Annual Conference this year (w/ charts from the show organizer, ReedPOP)
- The comicjam minicomic that Matthew mentioned he edited at ALA
Questions
- Did you attend either of these events (or ones like them)? Share your experience!
- What book or comic that is yet to come out this year are you most excited about?
- Do you do a library podcast and do you want to have a presence at the ALA Annual Conference? (Contact us!)
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Then come back on Tuesday, August 1st, when we’ll catch you up on how our Reading Resolutions are going and what we’ve read recently that hasn’t been for the podcast.