Welcome to Episode 4! This episode is about all things horror, so I’ve brought in an amazing horror expert, librarian Becky Spratford. Becky is a Readers’ Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All and it’s evil twin sister RA for All: Horror and is on the Steering Committee of the Adult Reading Round Table. Becky is also known for her work with horror readers as the author of The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, Second Edition [ALA Editions, 2012] and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAforAll.
This episode is sponsored by We’ll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean and the Room movie.
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Books Discussed on the Show!
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltersman
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due
Defy the Dark anthology (esp. Malinda Lo’s “Ghost Town” and “The Dark Side of the Moon” by Dia Reeves)
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Stories in any collection edited by Ellen Datlow
The New Black edited by Richard Thomas (more here)
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
Slade House by David Mitchell
The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
The Darkling by R.B. Chesterton
Resource one for diversity Question (Write World)
Lesley Conner (adult)– The Weight of Chains and Amy Lukavics (teen)– Daughters unto Devils
Resource two for diversity Question
Wytches by Scott Snyder
The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor
Ghost Radio by Leopoldo Gout
Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Ring by Koji Suzuki
Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
The Rising by Brian Keene
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