Podcast appearances and mentions of becky spratford

Buy Sam's Books and preorder GALLOWAY'S GOSPELSomething's Wrong in the Hudson ValleyGuys, if there's one thing I've been consistent on when it comes to author Sam Rebelein, it's dragging my ass — to my own detriment. Back when his debut novel EDENVILLE released last about a year ago, I heard great things about it, listened to Sam talk about it on podcasts, and failed to actually read the thing. So when I heard THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS was imminent and ostensibly a prequel, I knew this time around, I wasn't going to miss my chance to get Sam on to talk. And hell, I can see why Becky Spratford raved about this collection on my 2025 Horror Preview episode! This book is a collection of short stories centralized in Renfield County in upstate New York, where things, at some point, went sour. There are legends of a brutal killing that may have cursed the land. Or at least things aren't always what they seem in the area. Whether you believe the rumors or not, just be sure to avoid the old fella who sits in the bathtub on the roadside. In this episode as we talk about the book, we explore the idea of spoiled earth narratives and the concept of spoiled land — be it hungry or angry. We talk about author shared universes and how Sam wrote his books to all work together in the same geographical locus. And of course, we talked about punching nazis a bit. How's that saying go? If you see one, punch one. I think that's right.Ah! But back to the original point. Dragging my ass. This conversation was recorded in the beginning of March (a month marked by intense podcast recording activity, which pushed the inevitable release of this great conversation out by weeks and weeks. Apologies everyone for keeping this gem from you. It's a doozy.) But it all works out! Because even though this is a discussion about THE POORLY MADE, really it's also promotion for GALLOWAY'S GOSPEL which drops this September. So it all shakes out, see? And with that, I hope you enjoy this episode.Here you go, YouTube snobs: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

It's time for Summer Scares, and the popular horror-reading program is in fine form again. Shelf Care host Susan Maguire spoke to librarian Becky Spratford, author Kendare Blake, and Booklist's Julia Smith about this year's selections for adult, teen, and middle-grade readers; transgressive horror; and Hellmouth Pokémon, as you do. She also spoke to Jocelyn Codner and Carina Stopenski, both of the Horror Writers Association's Library Advisory Council, about the Summer Scares program guide, why libraries should serve horror readers, and what they're reading and loving. Here's what we talked about: Summer Scares Resource Page Find Him Where You Left Him Dead, by Kristen Simmons iRead Summer 2025: Level Up at Your Library The Getaway, by Lamar Giles Devils unto Dust, by Emma Berquist Reprieve, by James Han Mattson Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes, by Eric LaRocca The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling Summer Scares webinars: for Adult, YA, and Middle Grade All These Bodies, by Kendare Blake In Every Generation, by Kendare Blake Summer Scares Program Guide HWA Young Adults Write Now scholarship (or email libraries@horror.org) Stoker Con 2025 Librarians' Day Stag Dance, by Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters It Came from the Trees, by Ally Russell Hide and Seeker, by Daka Hermon Ravenous Things, by Derrick Chow Eerie Tales from the School of Screams, by Graham Annable, art by the author Skunk and Badger, by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Jon Klassen The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest, by Aubrey Hartman, illustrated by Macin Minor Bad Badger: A Love Story, by Maryrose Wood, illustrated by Giulia Ghigini Reluctant Witch, by Melissa Marr

Welcome to 2025!This is the semi-annual Horror Preview episode, with my treasured guests Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes. Every six months, we gather to share with you all the extensive list of books we're looking forward to in 2025. As is tradition, we talk about six months at a time, so I'm so excited to share with you all 36 books that we talked about in this episode, covering January to June of 2025. Emily and Becky are the guests for these episodes because they are unrivaled in knowledge of horror literature. Emily as the legendary curator of her annual list of horror publications (CLICK HERE), and Becky because she's the Horror Maven of the library world. She often hears about it first, reads about it first, and talks about it first. She's no oracle, she works so hard to anticipate, read, and shout praise for all of the books that are changing the world of horror (CLICK HERE).Buy These BooksPreorder all of the 2025 Horror Preview books on Bookshop.org.The ListJanuaryWitchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixAt Dark I become Loathsome by Eric LaRoccaWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod ChapmanOur Winter Monster by Dennis MahoneyThe Contortionist's Handbook by Craig ClevengerMetamorphosis by Ross JeffreyFebruaryListen To Your Sister by Neena VielThe Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam RebeleinBeauty in the Blood by Charlotte CarterJunie by Erin Crosby EcksteinThe Pink Agave Motel by V CastroLittle Mysteries by Sara GranMarchVanishing Daughters by Cynthia PelayoThe Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T Wurthrekt by Alex GonzalezThe Unworthy by Augustina BazterricaThe Memory Ward by Jon BassoffThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter boy Stephen Graham JonesAprilWhen The Wolf Comes Home by Nat CassidyThe Staircase in the Woods by Chuck WendigFreakslaw by Jane FlettThe Cut by CJ DotsonThe Sundowner's Dance by Todd KeislingSenseless by Ronald MalfiMayThe Starving Saints by Caitlin StarlingThe Butcher's Daughter: There Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs Lovett by David Demchuk and Corrine Leigh ClarkBelow the Grand Hotel by Cat ScullyOvergrowth by Mira GrantThe Night Birds by Christopher GoldenMaXXXine by Tim WaggonerJuneThe Nut House by Patrick BarbI Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene SolaEcstasy by Ivy PochodaGirl In The Creek by Wendy N WagnerThe Small Hours by Bob PastorellaKing of Ashes by SA CosbyBuy These BooksPreorder all of the 2025 Horror Preview books on Bookshop.org.I hope you enjoy this episode! 2025 is going to be packed with exciting new books, so get out there and start reading. If you have a book you're excited about, let me know! Comment here, or on social media. I love to share things, so I love to hear about new things. Finally, if you're more of a YouTube type of listener/viewer, this link is for you: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

I'm not going to give a beat by beat, but I want to start by sharing how I got involved with Scare Up The Vote. I am driving in highway traffic when I get a text from Becky Spratford. It just says: “Can you talk. It's big. Call when you can.”I never thought of myself as an awfulizer, but a vague text like that gets me nervous. So I immediately called back Becky and when she answered I asked the obvious question “Big good, or big bad?”I'd seen Tananarive tweeting about how there should be a horror community stream for Harris/Walz, and in my mind I agreed. Horror is a great community, and can really come together for a cause, because horror people care. A few days after Becky's text I was sitting in the parking lot of a book store, on a phone call with Tananarive Due talking about how to put on a live stream. There were some vague ideas and a lot of positive energy. I told her I would love to be involved in tech in whatever capacity, and when we hung up I got started researching. From there, I was the tech team for this stream. Tananarive had pulled together a committee to run the event, including Linda Addison, Christopher Golden, Maxwell Ian Gold, and Cynthia Pelayo. And we had two weeks to go live time.That two weeks is a blur of Zoom calls, emails, advice from respected peers, nerves, successes, and a very minor amount of failures. It was all momentum and enthusiasm, and practice practice practice.The guest list blossomed from a dozen or so awesome names to over twenty. The tech team responded in kind. I brought on someone who brought on several other someones. Tananarive brought in several amazing folks who had experience with cons and streams and who are brilliantly talented.Everyone contributed their skills, experience and knowledge to make this stream something I was terrified to say for fear of jinxing everything (until we finally ended the stream): a huge fucking success!Folks, if that stream looked nearly flawless, and felt like we really knew what we were doing, it's because it was and we did. This team that got pulled together in the small window of time that we had executed essentially perfectly.Some of them didn't get added to the team until the day of the stream! The guest speakers similarly crushed it. Spooky writers telling scary stories, entertaining, informing, inspiring. Folks of all variety of backgrounds and experiences, coming together because sometimes the scariest story is real life. But as Rachel Harrison said, we will be battered, bloody, crawling through the dirt wielding whatever weapon we can find - and the weapon we have now is our vote. I think another weapon we have is each other. And the more we talk about it, and come together, and make noise, the more power we will see that we truly have. The “me” of this election cycle is starting to feel a lot like “us”, which gives me hope.But back to the stream. Stream day was me sitting at a desk for 13 hours, consistently communicating with the team, guest speakers, etc. Skipping lunch, drinking way too much coffee, and generally feeling anxious. Fearing the worst. But the worst never came, and fifteen minutes before the scheduled launch, I started pre-roll. Nearly three hours later, twenty six (I think) passionate folks had spoken their mind, and aside from a muted mic in the beginning and shifting two guest spots, more than 1,300 people had watched, and our little operation raised over $21,000.Thanks are due to all of the committee and volunteers. Everyone worked hard, and it wouldn't be the production it was without everyone's effort. I'm especially grateful for my friend Greg Greene, who I asked to hop on a call for some advice running a stream. Not only did he join the team, his organizational and planning skills were crucial to the flow of the event. He also brought on Jason Ragosta to do a lot of the art, and Amber Reu to run the green room. There are countless beautiful moments in the stream. One of my personal favorites, as a massive fan of the TV show Hannibal, was Bryan Fuller's rebuke of Trump on the topic of Hannibal Lecter. Chef's kiss, Bryan. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

One of the most consequential topics among independent publishers is how they can get their books into libraries. IBPA is always looking for ways to set indie publishers up for success, so we invited Becky Spratford on the podcast who has been working with the library market in multiple capacities for over two decades. Becky shares expert tips about how to collaborate with your local libraries to interest them in your books, how librarians make buying decisions, the best ways to approach a library about carrying your books, and more.PARTICIPANTSBecky Spratford [MLIS] is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She is under contract to provide content for EBSCO's NoveList database and writes reviews for Booklist and a horror review column for Library Journal. Becky is a 23-year locally elected Library Trustee [still serving], a former Board member for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and currently on the Executive Board of the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with horror readers, Becky is the author of The Reader's Advisory Guide to Horror, Third Edition [ALA Editions, 2021] and the forthcoming Why I Love Horror and You Should Too [Saga Press, Sept 2025]. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association, currently serving as the Association's Secretary and Co-Chair of their Library Committee.Independent Book Publishers Association is the largest trade association for independent publishers in the United States. As the IBPA Director of Membership & Member Services, Christopher Locke assists the 3,600 members as they travel along their publishing journeys. Major projects include managing the member benefits to curate the most advantageous services for independent publishers and author publishers; managing the Innovative Voices Program that supports publishers from marginalized communities; and hosting the IBPA podcast, “Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA).” He's also passionate about indie publishing, because he's an author publisher himself, having published two novels so far in his YA trilogy, The Enlightenment Adventures.LINKSLearn more about the many benefits of becoming a member of Independent Book Publishers Association here: https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/membershipLearn more about the RA for All training blog here: http://raforall.blogspot.com Follow IBPA on:Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/IBPAonlineX – https://twitter.com/ibpaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/ibpalovesindies/Follow Becky Spratford on:X: @RAforAllBluesky: @raforall.bsky.social

Part three! This time, we talk about Josh's recently-filmed documentary For All The Books. In case this title isn't familiar, for years Josh has been looking for something beyond social media where he can express the full experience of writing a book. I could go on, but I'll just let you listen to Josh explain it. It's a pretty cool story, and the documentary is great too! I got to screen the most recent edit, and I think people are going to enjoy it! Outside the documentary talk, we talk about what authors are in our areas, meeting peers at the end of the world, and more. Thanks for following along with this experience. I'm excited to share it with you all, and I hope you're finding value in it. Up nextI'll finish up this series with the rehearsal for the Incidents Around The House performance in June, and some fun original music inspired by the book, in my episode titled Incidents Around The Race Track.In the futureI've recently set up dates to record with Clay McLeod Chapman, Joshua Chaplinsky, and the second part of my 2024 Horror Preview with Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes. Farther out, I'll planning episodes with Brian Asman, Zoje Stage, Sofia Ajram, and many many more.For those of you who prefer YouTube (there's no video, but there are captions!) Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Here is the sixth, and final, LitReactor ARChive episode. In this one, I chat with the two head honchos of LitReactor about the genesis of the site, the goals of the site, and some of the highlights over the years. Peppered throughout are some call-in audio clips from contributors. It's a nice little tribute to the site, and a fitting goodbye. I appreciate everything it worked for and represented over the years, and hopefully people like having this peek behind the curtain. You don't want to miss the next episode! It's the 2024 Horror Preview (Jan-June)! Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes join me to look ahead to the first half of the year, and talk about some of the books we're most looking forward to. It's a great conversation. Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

LitReactor, as we know it, is closing down. I'm reposting the episodes I hosted for Unprintable (their podcast) over here on The ARC Party, so that they don't go away when the site shuts down. This is the fifth of six episodes - a deep dive into grammar featuring LR's managing editor, and two LR columnists who both have written and/or taught classes on the topic of grammar. One more to go after this. I'm rounding out the series with my discussion with Rob Hart and Josh Chaplinsky - where they talk about how the site started, and some of the highlights of the first ten years. So keep an eye out for that, and also for my 2024 Horror Preview episode featuring Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes. It's not to be missed! Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

This is the second of six ARC Party episodes, where I'm reposting my small run of episodes of their Unprintable podcast. As LitReactor is closing down, I wanted to give my episodes a place to live on, because they were great conversations that should not be lost to the ages. In this episode, Rob Hart joined to cohost an interview with SA Cosby, about his then-latest book RAZORBLADE TEARS. Rob was also on the cusp of the release of PARADOX HOTEL, so there was a good deal of discussion about that as well. This episode originally posted on Unprintable on 2/15/2022Coming soon:There are four more episodes of the LitReactor ARChives to come! Grammar, Interviews, Reviews, and the LR 10th Anniversary episode. Also, tomorrow I'm recording the ARC Party Look Ahead episode for the first half of 2024, with Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes. Very excited for this! Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

With the lights at LitReactor going dark for good in the coming weeks, I wanted to find a way to archive the handful of episodes that I recorded from them back in 2021. This is the first of six episodes, where I “re-air” the talks I hosted on their podcast, Unprintable. In this episode, Rob Hart joins me as a cohost to speak with Alma Katsu about her then-newly released book RED WIDOW, and also her then-upcoming book THE FERVOR. It's a great conversation, and I hope that if you haven't read Alma's work before, you're inspired to now. She writes great historical horror, as well as epsionage books! Coming soon, I'll be posting the other five episodes that I recorded with Unprintable, including an interview with SA Cosby, episodes on Grammar, Interviews, Reviews, and a 10th anniversary retrospective with Rob Hart and Josh Chaplinsky. Also, this week I'm recording an episode with Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes where we look ahead to our most anticipated books of the first half of 2024. As you can see, lots to come soon from Arc Party! I hope everyone has a great holiday season, enjoys some throwback episodes, and that you're all as excited as I am for what's coming in 2024! Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

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This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and librarian Rebecca Leannah (from the Racine, WI Public Library) about what kinds of programming they do around Summer Scares, what to tell patrons who think horror is not for them, the Wisconsin version of Tiger King. Then, Susan gets the skinny on the selections for this years' readers, first from author spokesperson Daniel Kraus and Summer Scares committee member Becky Spratford, then from Booklist's own Julia Smith. Spooky! And fun. This Thing Between Us, by Gus Moreno Rotters, by Daniel Kraus Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark Catherine House, by Elizabeth Thomas The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, by Daniel M. Lavery In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters Squad, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker, illus. by Wendy Xu Horror Writers Association's StokerCon 2023 in Pittsburgh The Living Dead, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus Evil Whispers, by Owl Goingback “Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to Terror,” by Susan Maguire and Becky Spratford Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston (127 Hours) The Martian, by Andy Weir Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illus. by Weshoyot Alvitre Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, illus. by Stephen Gammell A Small Zombie Problem, by K. G. Campbell, illus. by the author Booklistonline.com/webinars

It's time to celebrate another great book, and it's even greater author! This time, Zoje Stage (BABY TEETH, WONDERLAND) joins me to talk about her upcoming release, MOTHERED, along with special guest Becky Spratford. I last had the chance to interview Zoje when her book WONDERLAND was released, but I've been an avid reader all along. It was great to catch up with Zoje about this new book, and talk about her journey in publishing. And I gushed a bunch about her amazing dark fairy tale THE GIRL WHO OUTGREW THE WORLD.Becky. Well, I could talk to her all day. She's so ebullient and so knowledgeable about the world of publishing. She gave a glowing review to MOTHERED, and we had a moment in a previous podcast where we both geeked out over Zoje's book WONDERLAND, so I knew she needed to be a part of this episode. It was a great conversation, and we talked about some really interesting things, so I hope you join us in celebrating Zoje and her books! Be sure to pre-order MOTHERED now, and while you're at it, grab all of Zoje's books! (Here's a handy list I created: https://bookshop.org/lists/zoje-stage)If you're looking for video versions of my episodes, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thearcpartyThanks, and let's get this party started! Get full access to The ARC Party at www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Steve chats with Robin Bradford and Becky Spratford, creators of the Actively Anti-Racist Service to Leisure Readers course for Learn with NoveList, about how they got started doing anti-racism training, the difference between “not racist” and “anti-racist”, working with NoveList to adapt their in-person presentations to a virtual self-paced format, and why they provide serious … Continue reading 233: Actively Anti-Racism Service to Leisure Readers, with Robin Bradford and Becky Spratford

This week Tayla is joined by Becky Spratford from RA for All and Katie Jablonski from the Cumberland Public Library to talk to us about great horror picks for this Halloween season. They also discuss award committee work, football, and New Jersey. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What is your favorite way to find out about new books? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Katie and Becky suggested so many great books! Visit our website for the complete list. AV Smile (2022) Jersey Shore (2009-2012) Knock at the Cabin (2023) Nope (2022) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021) Other Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Longlist 2023 Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to Terror RA For All: Horror Cumberland Public Library Book Discussion Groups

Halloween is nearly here. And leading up to the holiday, many of us do all sorts of things to put ourselves in a spooky mood—take haunted hayrides, watch horror movies, carve pumpkins. Sometimes we dust off that shelf of Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, and Anne Rice books, and sink our teeth into a terrifying story that keeps us up at night. In Episode 76 of Call Number with American Libraries, we examine what it is about the horror genre that fascinates us, sometimes repulses us, and yet keeps us coming back for more. First, American Libraries Associate Editor and Call Number host Diana Panuncial talks with Goosebumps and Fear Street author R. L. Stine. In this interview from ALA's 2022 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., the two discuss what it's like writing horror for kids and how Stine fuses spooky and silly concepts in his books. Next, members of the Call Number podcast team and a couple of listeners answer the question: What horror or nonhorror movie scared you as a child, and does it still scare you? Finally, ALA Editions Senior Editor Jamie Santoro chats with Becky Spratford, a readers' advisory specialist based in Chicago. Spratford runs RA for All, a blog that connects librarians with book recommendations for patrons. She and Santoro discuss how to tailor horror media recommendations to different audiences and identify trends emerging in the horror genre today. [Episode here] For fun facts about the holiday, check out the By the Numbers section in the September/October issue of American Libraries. Next episode, we're exploring the marvels of medical libraries. Is there a story or topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know at callnumber@ala.org. You can also follow us on Twitter and SoundCloud and leave a review on iTunes. We welcome feedback and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for listening.

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. Here's what we talked about: The Hunger, by Alma Katsu The Deep, by Alma Katsu The Fervor, by Alma Katsu Summer Scares Programming Guide 2022 My Favorite Thing is Monsters, by Emil Ferris Coyote Songs, by Gabino Iglesias The Remaking, by Clay McCleod Chapman Clown in a Cornfield, by Adam Cesare The Companion, by Kate Alender Agnes at the End of the World, by Kelly McWilliams Horror Writers Association YouTube Channel libraries@horror.org Gallant, by V. E. Schwab, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt Pet Sematary, by Stephen King, read by Michael C. Hall No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt and Erik Larson 11/22/63, by Stephen King, read by Craig Wasson Billy Summers, by Stephen King, read by Paul Sparks Bird Box, by Josh Malerman, read by Cassandra Campbell Grady Hendrix The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu Beetle and the Hollowbones, by Aliza Layne, illustrated by the author Cleo Porter and the Body Electric, by Jake Burt Scout's Honor, by Lily Anderson Sir Ladybug, by Corey R. Tabor The Age of Cage, by Keith Phipps

On this episode, Becky Spratford, Readers' Advisory expert, running the blog RA for All, interviews Paul Tremblay, author of THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, available on July 5, 2022. Find show notes here: https://bit.ly/3JVbw9L Visit our website: librarylovefest.com. You can find us on Facebook (@librarylovefest), Twitter (@librarylovefest), and Instagram (@harperlibrary). We also have a voicemail! Give us a call at 212-207-7773.

Brea and Mallory talk about figuring out which books are coming out when, and interview author and librarian Becky Spratford! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Feals CBDRotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Erotica Book Club!9/5 12pm PST on our Instagram - Live!NetGalleyEdelweissBecky SpratfordRA for AllBecky's TwitterBooks Mentioned - Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane AndersThe House with Chicken Legs by Sophie AndersonQueen of Teeth by Hailey PiperThe Bright Lands by John Fram 

Steve chats with Becky Spratford, author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, about RA for All’s origin story, why people read scary books, the importance of promoting diversity in the horror genre, and which book Steve should read next to scare the bejesus out of him. Today's show is brought to you by Syndetics Unbound, … Continue reading 206: Becky Spratford

We promised you an episode on Dark Romance and truthfully we're pretty proud of how well we've delivered. We've got Kenya Goree-Bell, Nisha Sharma, Joanna Shupe and Jo Brenner with us today to dig deep on this subgenre that we don't read regularly. We are endlessly grateful for their guidance through this end of the romance pool! We talk about what makes a romance “dark,” about how dark romance differs from morality chain and taboo romance, and about why dark romance resonates with so many readers. Oh, and yes, if you're curious, we fill your TBR pile (obvi). Stay tuned at the end of the episode for additional reflections from Sarah & Jen.CONTENT NOTE: Because Dark Romance can include all sorts of problematic content, we don't shy away from many of those topics in this episode. Proceed with caution, both in listening and in reading.Our next read along, sometime in July, is Cat Sebastian's wonderful Unmasked by the Marquess. Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, or Bookshop.org. Thank you, as always, for listening! Please follow us on your favorite podcasting app, and if you are up for leaving a rating or review there, we would be very grateful! Show NotesWelcome our panel of dark romance experts: Kenya Goree-Bell, Nisha Sharma, Joanna Shupe, and Jo Brenner.The hallmarks and tenets of Dark RomanceAll dubious consent and non-consent romance is dark romance (although not all dark romance has dubcon or nonconsensual elements).It's about what the HEA is made up of: If the non-aggressor or non-villian moves into the dark (rather than pulling the other into the light), then it would qualify as dark romance.Often the aggressor/villain is static, while the non-aggressor finds their light or strength in the new world they exist in. This person does all the work and learns how to navigate a life around the aggressor and their world. These are not stories of love redeeming, but rather of learning to find love and happiness with the person (people) in front of you.The characters are suffering from current or past psychological or physical trauma. The non-aggressor represents the last bits of humanity that the aggressor has to hold on to. Dark romance explores a relationship where only one person has strains of humanity and the impact it has on a person without it.The evil and violence of the aggressor must take place on the page.Some Terms we'll use on this episodeConsensual non-consent (non-con): is when romantic partners engage “in behaviors that may include role-playing nonconsensual behaviors, or may involve negotiating sexual behaviors where one partner agrees to give up consent during certain behaviors or relationships.” This can include fantasizing about rape and kidnapping, and lots of women have complicated feelings about these fantasies. Dubious consent (dub-con): is the gray area between full, enthusiastic consent and rape. A person hasn't give outright consent to having sex and might not consider it rape; however, some other factor prevents them from saying no. The Aggressor: rather than use hero/heroine, Jo started using aggressor and non-aggressor as a way of talking about chracters who exhibit very non-heroic behavior. The skin suit: What Jen calls the experience of reading a book where she wants more distance between herself and the main characters.The Murder Meal: Sarah noticed that a common trope of dark romance is a meal where blood is shed and people still continue to eat.Notes and Other LinksYou may have listened to our Morality Chain episode, where we made a graphic explaining how it differs from dark romance. Next month, Nikki Sloane will join us to discuss taboo romance. It's not Mordor unless you're a hobbit. Sarah is not opposed to elevensies, so it's fine.Earlier this year, there was a Saturday Night Live skit about women watching The Murder Show. Why do women like reading about serial killers? Did you see this essay in Slate about a woman who thinks she slept with a man who went on to be a serial killer?Game of Thrones and it's penchant for sexual violence is still influencing pop culture. The only thing that's forbidden in dark romance is cheating, which shows how firmly these books are rooted in the romance genre, as compared to the rampant cheating by male characters The Godfather and other mafia movies, but this is often rooted in obsession rather than a belief in monogamy. While there's very little (possibly no) research on readers of dark romance, but there's lots of research on the horror genre. Sarah's friend Micol Ostow, who writes YA horror recommended this essay about the "spectacle of the ruined body." Meanwhile, Jen follows Becky Spratford, a librarian and horror expert, who says that one thing romance and horror have in common is they are both “genres of emotion.”There's some research on horror and spoilers from Jonathan Leavitt & Nicholas Christenfeld which indicates that spoilers might allow people to enjoy a story more fully. Perhaps dark romance readers, regardless of what terrible things happen, can safely continue reading because they know there will be an HEA.Why do we like to watch and read media where characters are undergoing trauma? In The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive Emotion, Katerina Bantinaki explains how readers experience reading about fear and trauma. Related: [(Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? By G. Neil Martin. A highly gendered kind of world exists in many m/f Dark Romances, and the article Her Body, Himself: Gender in Slasher Films by Carol Clover explores how similar themes play out in horror movies. As Nisha said, there are queer and polyamarous dark romance and a few the panel recommends are Soul Survivor by Daniel de Lorne, the Wicked Villains Series by Katee Robert, Trouble or the Darkness trilogy by Nora Ash, and Manipulate by Pam Godwin.Stockholm Syndrome isn't real, quelle surprise, but it still a popular idea in pop culture of all kinds. Many dark romance novels show characters using extreme or maladaptive coping strategies in an attempt to heal themselves or others without the help of therapists or medicine, a particularly American problem since so few people have adequate (if any) coverage for mental health.Dark romance runs long, they're all “Zack Snyder cut” books. We speculated that there are two reasons for the length of many of these books: 1) The books are long because the trauma on page must have an equal or greater redemption arc. Readers must believe that the non-agressor has fully accepted the bad deeds of the aggressor in order to believe the HEA. 2) Many of these books are on KU, which means authors are getting paid by the page. Like Charles Dickens, the incentive is to write longer to increase their pay.

Special Episode 21 - Summer Scares! with Becky Spratford and Konrad Stump Summer is a great time to read Horror Fiction! We are joined by Becky Spratford (RA For All) and Konrad Stump (The Springfield-Greene County Library District) to discuss Summer Scares 2021 and why we love to be scared. Beck and Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Shelfcare https://www.booklistreader.com/2021/02/23/books-and-authors/shelf-care-episode-13-summer-scares-2021/ http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-scares.html https://tornightfire.com/announcing-the-5th-annual-stokercon-librarians-day-schedule-of-events/#:~:text=All%20Librarians'%20Day%20programming%20will,%2C%20not%20just%20Librarians'%20Day! Summer Scares Programming Guide

(For the full notes with links, visit booklistonline.com/shelf-care) On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, Susan gets real scared…Summer Scare(d), that is! Ha ha ha ha ha, good one. Hear from author Silvia Moreno-Garcia and librarian horror expert Becky Spratford, librarians Konrad Stump and Evelyn Gathu, and Booklist’s own Julia Smith about this year’s Summer Scares program, from how the books are selected to that one author in the UP who can only be reached if you call the gas station in town. Here’s what we talked about: Summer Scares 2021 list: The Hunger, by Alma Katsu (2018) The Cipher, by Kathe Koja (reissued by Meerkat Press, 2020) Frankenstein in Baghdad, by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright (2018) Undead Girl Gang, by Lily Anderson (2018) The Diviners, by Libba Bray (2012) The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline (2017) Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, by Hal Johnson and illustrated by Tom Mead (2015) Ollie’s Odyssey, written and illustrated by William Joyce (2016) Whichwood, by Tahereh Mafi (2017) RA for All: Horror Women in Horror month Horror Writers Association Summer Scares 2020 Program Guide (2021 guide is coming soon…) UP Notable Books 2020 Yoopernatural Haunts: Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society Case Files, by Brad Blair, Tim Ellis, and Steve LaPlaunt The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle Case File 13: Zombie Kid, by J. Scott Savage In the Valley of the Sun, by Andy Davidson Goosebumps series, by R. L. Stine Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gammell

On today's special Halloween episode, we are excited to be joined by Vivian Valentine and Becky Spratford! We're talking about writing in the horror genre, and more specifically, about splatterpunk and body horror. Have some questions about these sub-genres? We did too!    RESOURCES MENTIONED Lovecraft Country Book Club Library Journal Horror Writers Association

Becky Spratford is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She is under contract to provide content for EBSCO's NoveList database and writes reviews for Booklist and a horror review column for Library Journal. Becky is a 20 year locally elected Library Trustee [still serving] and a Board member for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. Known for her work with horror readers, Becky is the author of The Reader's Advisory Guide to Horror, Second Edition [ALA Editions, 2012] and is currently hard at work on the 3rd Edition. She is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association and currently serves as the Association's Secretary and organizer of their annual Librarians' Day. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAforAll.   Recommended in this episode: Ladies of the Fright podcast (episode 36), Through the Woods by Emily Carroll, Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo, and Doll Bones by Holly Black  Please rate and review us, or better yet, tell a friend.  Our social media is @MonsterWrote on Twitter and Instagram. Our email is monsterwrote@gmail.com. This episode was produced and researched by Lisa and Mel. Theme music is “Misconception” by Nicolas Gasparini (used with permission). 

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Recorded at the Public Library Association 2020 conference, Steve chats with Sourcebooks authors Ashley Blooms, Emily Levesque, and Caroline B. Cooney about their new books and their interactions with – and love of – libraries. Then, Steve catches up with Megan Emery of the Healing Library and Becky Spratford of RA for All and RA … Continue reading 177: PLA 2020

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron.And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes Becky Spratford is the "Library World's Horror Maven" who specializing in reader's advisory to help match books with readers through the public library. Konrad Stump is the Local History Associate with the Springfield-Greene Library in Springfield, Missouri. It was so fun to reconnect with Becky to hear how Summer Scares 2019 went overall. And Konrad gave us some specific ways the initiative was celebrated in his own library. We also dived a bit deeper into Konrad's experience programming library events, and he gave us some great tips for planning any kind of program. He also shared some specific ways that both librarians and patrons can be involved with getting more horror and horror programming into their own libraries! It was a fun, informative conversation that will bring a lot of value to our listeners--librarians, readers, and writers alike! And what does Shmidt from New Girl have to do with ANY of this? You'll have to listen to the end to find out. Find Becky: Website | Twitter Find Konrad: Instagram | The Springfield-Green Library Find out more about Summer Scares: Website

In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, we get a little otherworldly, to coincide with our August Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror, and also because it’s never not a good time to talk about helping genre-reading patrons. First, Susan talks to RA maven and horror expert Becky Spratford about nostalgia, body horror, and queer Cthulu retellings, and how horror-reading patrons want to be helped. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth refutes the idea that writers shouldn’t narrate their own audiobooks with some fantastic self-narrated famous-person memoirs on audio. Finally, Susan corrals Maggie Reagan, Teen Feelings Expert, about being a grown-up who reads teen books, the undying appeal of vampires, and a few forthcoming books she can’t wait to share. Here’s what we talked about: RA for All The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror Ladies of Horror Fiction Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste Caitlín R. Kiernan, queer, non-binary Lovecraftian updater The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle “The Horror at Red Hook” by H. P. Lovecraft A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams Ellen Datlow, horror anthologist extraordinaire Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay Full Throttle by Joe Hill Movies & TV: Netflix’s Bird Box, based on the book by Josh Malerman; Us, directed by Jordan Peele; Neftlix’s Stranger Things; The Walking Dead, based on the graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Thrillers by Sarah Pinborough, such as Behind Her Eyes The Hunger by Alma Katsu RA for All: Horror Celebrity Memoirs on Audio, Read by the Author: Yes, Please by Amy Poehler Becoming by Michelle Obama A Dream about Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons by Ben Folds No Walls and the Recurring Dream by Ani DiFranco Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters Teen Feelings Books: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Steve chats with bestselling horror author Grady Hendrix and Readers’ Advisory Specialist Becky Spratford about how Grady grew up with libraries, the legitimacy of genre fiction, lessons learned from Stephen King, and the Summer Scares program. Grady Hendrix is a best selling author whose novels include Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism – which he describes … Continue reading 161: Grady Hendrix and Becky Spratford

It's difficult to put into words what a rewarding experience it was to host the panel "Why Does Horror Matter? An Exploration of the Relevance and—Dare We Say—Necessity of Horror in a Tumultuous World" featuring panelists Stephen Graham Jones, Kathryn E. McGee, Becky Spratford, and Gabino Iglesias this past May at Stoker Con 2019. It was incredibly rewarding and definitely one of the highlights of the con for us. This topic is one we've been thinking a lot about lately, but we had no idea if it was one that would resonate with others. We were pleasantly surprised to arrive at our panel room to find it was standing room only. Not only did we feel the podcast love, but we also felt that this is a topic that's heavy on many people's hearts.  Our panelists added a richness and depth to the conversation that we could have never anticipated. Our panelist table was smaller than what was featured in some of the other rooms, but it added such a feeling of intimacy to our discussion that wouldn't have been captured otherwise. The subject matter has a tendency to become heavy and intense, but our panelists sprinkled in moments of humor and lightness to balance it all out. We're incredibly honored to share this conversation with you, and we hope it sparks continued ideas, inspiration, encouragement—and most of all, reckless hope.  Show Notes Panelist book recommendations: Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Brook Bolander, Uncanny Magazine "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" The Line That Held Us by David Joy Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi Severance by Ling Ma The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste Sisters of Slaughter, C.V. Hunt Find Our Panelists: Stephen Graham Jones: Website | Twitter Kathryn E. McGee: Website | Twitter Becky Spratford: Website | Twitter Gabino Iglesias: Website | Twitter

First things first: we have finally started a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to S.M. Fedor, who has joined the Patreon at the $10 level. Find him on twitter at S_M_Fedor. If you’re interested in our Patreon, check it out over at patreon.com/ladiesofthefright. We would be thrilled to have you join us at any level, and we are offering cool rewards at every tier. The most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to Patrons at every tier. We also have our first challenge going! When we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway! Alright, one last bit of “housekeeping” before we get on with the show: This week is Stoker Con! Mackenzie & I are in Grand Rapids this weekend. Make sure you look us up! We are on two panels: Friday 5/9 from 2:15pm-3:15pm Podcasting 101 for Librarians Day as panelists.  On Saturday 5/10 11am-12pm we are moderating Why Does Horror Matter? With Gabino Iglesias, Stephen Graham Jones, Kathryn McGee, and Becky Spratford—which we are also recording to air on the podcast. Show Notes: In this episode, we are thrilled to bring you our third Tropisode! Today’s episode is all about the Devil. As you know, with these episodes we invite a guest with some expertise on the trope we’re exploring. Today, we’re happy to welcome Bracken MacLeod to the show. We’ve brought Bracken onto the show because of his graduate studies (a million years ago) in philosophy and comparative religion, but also his own formative youth during the height of the Satanic Panic, he has a particular fondness for the character of the Devil. We think you’ll find his expertise valuable! Essential Devil Reading Paradise Lost by John Milton Lucifer: The Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg Demons edited by John Skipp Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan - the short story "At Home in Devil's House"  The Devil and Winnie Flynn by Micol Ostow Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud - the novella "The Atlas of Hell" The Master in Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The History of the Devil - a play by Clive Barker Books of Blood by Clive Barker - the short story "Down Satan" Devil Movies Mentioned The Prophecy Angel Heart The Devil's Candy Find Bracken: Facebook | Twitter | Website Special thanks to our patrons, Bob Pastorella & S.M. Fedor!    

Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Becky Spratford is back with her best books of 2018, books she’s looking forward to in 2019, and recommendations of how to buy books for gifts! 0:00:23 Welcome Back Becky0:01:29 How Becky Chose her booksBecky's Best of 20180:03:28 Best Horror Book: Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay0:05:57 Best Audio Book: There, There by Tommy Orange0:08:37 Most Fun I Had Reading a Book All Year: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteBecky's Looking Forward to in 20190:13:05 Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken [Feb]0:14:23 The Bird King by G Willow Wilson [March]0:18:33 Josh Malerman's newest- Inspection [April]0:20:32 How to gift books0:34:20 Gifting Poetry0:46:04 Nobody buys us books as gifts L0:47:51 Books Becky is Giving Her Kids0:50:39 Books for Becky’s SO0:53:11 What Christen is excited to give0:54:32 What Becca is excited to give0:56:06 In defense of Graphic Novels1:00:02 Board Books as Gifts1:02:48 Ela Book BuzzBecky’s Three Books:Best of 2018Best Horror Book: Cabin at the End of the World by Paul TremblayBest Audio Book: There, There by Tommy OrangeMost Fun I Had Reading a Book All Year: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteLooking Forward to in 2019:Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken [Feb]The Bird King by G Willow Wilson [March]Josh Malerman's newest- Inspection [April]Additional show notes: eapl.org/threebooksThree Books Social Media:Email: threebookspodcast@gmail.comTwitter - @threebookspod

What do the genres Romance and Horror have in common?  They bring the feels. Learn more about Horror as a genre, and get LOTS of recommendations based on different appeal factors and interests. Huge thanks to Becky Spratford and Kelly Peter for being our spoopy gurus!  There are soooo many links on the show notes this time that we suggest you head on over: https://lplks.org/blogs/post/032-crying-or-peeing-your-pants/ ------------------------------------------------ Twice(-ish) a month, the librarians are in, with their favorite recommendations in Two Book Minimum, a toe-to-toe discussion on a book or topic, as well as news from the book world, updates from Lawrence Public Library, and beyond. This episode was produced by Jim Barnes in the Sound & Vision studio. Our theme song is by Heidi Lynne Gluck. You can find the Book Squad Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or SoundCloud. Please subscribe and leave us comments – we’d love to know what you think, and your comments make it easier for other people to find our podcast. Happy reading and listening! xo, Polli & Kate

In part two of our conversation with Becky Spratford, we discuss her ongoing involvement with Stoker Con, how horror authors can do programs and conventions at their local libraries, advice for authors at the beginning of their career, how to use Halloween and the current popularity of the horror genre to your advantage when building relationships with libraries, and more! Becky Spratford is a Librarian [MLIS] in Illinois specializing in serving leisure readers ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through their local public library. She is the author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, 2d edition (ALA Editions, 2012). She is under contract to write content for EBSCO's NoveList database, reviews for Booklist, is a member of the Adult Reading Round Table Steering Committee, a 5 term Trustee for her local library, and am a proud member of The Horror Writers' Association. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAForAll. Show Notes: StokerCon 2019 Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker Places with good reviews for horror: This Is Horror, Locus, Litreator,  Katie Lamantia & Emily Vinci: Hosting Your Own Comic Con Emerald Con Merrimack Valley Halloween Book FestivalChristopher Golden, James Moorer Horror Writer's Association Hereditary

Librarians may ask: why horror? And authors may ask: why libraries? Becky Spratford has the answers to these questions and more—her insight gave us a whole new perspective on ways to strengthen the horror community in libraries. We talk about what writers can do to build relationships with their local libraries, how reader's advisory works, the pros and cons of genres and subgenres, and so much more. Becky shares her philosophy on connecting authors and librarians with the ultimate goal of finding more readers for their books. Becky Spratford is a Librarian [MLIS] in Illinois specializing in serving leisure readers ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through their local public library. She is the author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, 2d edition (ALA Editions, 2012). She is under contract to write content for EBSCO's NoveList database, reviews for Booklist, is a member of the Adult Reading Round Table Steering Committee, a 5 term Trustee for her local library, and am a proud member of The Horror Writers' Association. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAForAll. Show Notes: StokerCon 2019 Locus Recommended Reading List Booklist Magazine This Is Horror HWA Bram Stoker Award™ 2018 Reading List V.C. Andrews paperbacks Neil Gaiman The Grip of It by Jac Jemc The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Iliad Ken Burns Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls (September 18, 20c Gabino Iglesias Ginger Nuts of Horror Lisa Morton Library Journal NPR Summer Horror Poll Cemetery Dance Flame Tree Press APEX Sinister Grin Press Journal Stone Corpsepaint by David Peak Briane Keene Leslie Klinger Don D'auria  Danse Macabre by Stephen King Get Out The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward The Walking Dead Game of Thrones Stranger Things Joyland, The Shining by Stephen King KillerCon The Martian, Artemis by Andy Weir N0S4A2 by Joe Hill Faustian bargan

This special episode comes to you live from StokerCon 2018. Mackenzie and Lisa sat down with friend and fellow horror writer Kathryn E. McGee to talk about the highlights of the event. Show Notes: Paperbacks From Hell, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix  StokerCon 2018 Horror University Workshop DRILLING DOWN: GETTING HONEST WITH YOUR WRITING with Grady Hendrix "Summerland and Lost": Grady Hendrix’s dramatic spoke word presentation of the true story of the Fox sisters, key figures in the dawn of the Spiritualist movement. StokerCon 2018 Horror University Workshop WOMEN AND VIOLENCE: UNLEASHING YOUR FEMALE CHARACTERS’ DARK SIDES with Heather Herrman and Dr. Lauren Genovesi "The Debutante", a short story by Leonora Carrington Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier "Women In Horror Month" by moderated by Carol Gyzander with panelists Linda Addison, Meghan Arcuri-Moran, Amber Newberry, Kathleen Scheiner, Sara Tantlinger "Promoting Your Book to Libraries & Book Sellers" moderated by JG Faherty with panelists Grady Hendrix, J.H. Moncrieff, Becky Spratford, Jeff Strand Most libraries buy through Ingram and Baker & Taylor "Traditional v. Indie v. Hybrid Publishing" moderated by Kathleen Kaufman with panelists J.D. Barker, Rob E. Boley, Megan Hart, Jeff Menapace, Paul Tremblay "Shirley Jackson: Master of Horror" panel moderated by Jack Herringa with panelists Jennifer Barnes, Karen Bovenmyer, Nicole Cushing, Gwendolyn Kiste, and Paul Tremblay The Thing in the Labyrinth, a horror bookclub moderated by Kathryn E. McGee at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles

Steve chats with Becky Spratford, creator of RA for All and RA for All: Horror, about getting respect for reviews of genre titles, her upcoming work in IndiePicks magazine, and how to do readers’ advisory in genres you don’t personally enjoy or understand (also, Carrie vs. Pennywise??). Becky Spratford is a Readers’ Advisor in Illinois … Continue reading 120: Becky Spratford

Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. In episode one, the library world's horror maven, Becky Spratford, talks about why we need horror and her three horror book choices. Introduction 0:00 to 0:35 Guest Introduction 0:36 to 2:02 Learning About Horror and Why We Need It 2:03 to 6:43 Approaching Horror 6:44 to 10:38 Becky’s Three Books 10:39 to 25:28 Book 1 11:06 to 13:02 Book 2 16:56 to 20:39 Book 3 20:44 to 25:12 What Becky is Reading Now 25:29 to 33:09 A Gateway Book to Horror 33:10 to 38:55 Library Origin Story 38:56 to 43:51 Where to Find Becky 43:52 to 45:47 Featured Books Review 45:48 to 46:20 Conclusion 46:21 to 47:40 Becky Spratford’s Three: Bird Box and Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman The Ruins by Scott Smith In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson Additional Sources: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Lab Girl by Hope Jahren See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Becky Spratford’s Social Media RA For All RA For All Horror Email: threebookspodcast@gmail.com

Steve reports back from the second day of the 2017 ALA Annual Conference and has brief chats with Leah White and Becky Spratford. SHOW NOTES: Sarah Jessica Parker announces first pick for ALA’s Book Club Central Circulating Ideas is produced with support from the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science and … Continue reading 111.2 ALA Annual 2017, Day 2

This week's episode is about all things horror, with guest Becky Spratford.This episode is sponsored by We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean and the Room movie.