Booklist Online: Book Reviews from the American Library Association

Not really reading or perfect partners? Curious minds want to know! I’m collecting information for an upcoming article in Booklist Magazine on the role of audiobooks in book clubs. As an audiobook blogger & columnist, I’ve received lots of requests from librarians and teachers interested in book clubs that welcome audiobook listeners with open arms, [...]

The completely redesigned Guys Read website and the awesome Guys Listen initiative are fantastic tools to promote reading of all types for young men & boys. All hail our National Ambassador of Children’s Literature, Jon Scieszka, for initiating these web-based literacy programs as part of his mission  to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.
I especially [...]

Audiobook fans, mark your calendars now: Monday 7/13, 3:30-5:30pm, McCormick Place West in W-470b. This is a free event, no ticket needed. Grab your seats early, as last year this was a standing-room only event -I even spotted a few Newbery-award winners sitting on the floor! The Odyssey Award recognizes excellence in the production of [...]

July is here – time to plan for ALA! I’ll be part of the three panels below – one each day. Stop in and say hello!
Booklist/Booklist Online: Books and Blogs, Made for Each Other? Saturday 1:30-3:00 McCormick Place West in W-192c. Librarians, readers, publishers, and authors have embraced blogs as a way to locate, learn [...]

Great resources to promote Audiobook Month are yours through Get Caught Listening, sponsored by the Association American Publishers. Get free posters, download promotional celebrity audio clips, and more. My favorite? The Horton Hears a Who poster!

June is Audiobook Month – celebrate by joining the  BBC Audiobooks America online Audiobook Club. Join the Facebook group, download the widget,  buy (or borrow from the library) your copy of Jaws by Peter Benchley &  narrated by Eric Steele, and start listening. Then jump into the discussion waters between June 24-28 for this book [...]

The American military knows the value of great literature for personnel & family members, available at no cost through base libraries & Military OneSource – from the newest fiction bestseller to Arabic languge learning. Playaway has supplied over 150,00 audiobook titles through their military program. The Wyoming State Library has developed another great outreach program:
CHEYENNE, [...]

In these times of tight budgets, I try to reuse/repurpose as much as possible – such as saving CD audiobook clamshell boxes from titles I’ve removed from the collection due to low circulation, to replace the worn boxes of the high circulating items and sending the discarded CDs to the art teacher for recycled craft [...]