Episode 27: RA Training, The Audies, And Mothman
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Jessica Trotter of the Capital Area District Libraries (MI) about all things readers’ advisory training, from grassroots staff efforts to defining core competencies and all kinds of stuff in between. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth gets the inside scoop on the biggest audiobook awards of the year, the Audies, from the Audio Publishers Association’s Michele Cobb. Lastly but not leastly, Susan talks to Senior Editor, Books for Youth Ronny Khuri about what he’s reading and loving. Here’s what we talked about: LibraryReads Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library, by Joyce G. Saricks. Fantastic Fiction Desperation in Death, by JD Robb In the Upper Country, by Kai Thomas Finding Me, by Viola Davis, read by the author Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam, read by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, and Paul Simon Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt, read by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie Wake, by Rebecca Hall, art by Hugo Martínez, read by a full cast The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, read by a full cast Audie Short List Dark Angel, by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, read by McLeod Andrews Marriage Be Hard, by Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks, read by the authors Audiopub.org Audies@audiopub.org Audio Publishers Association YouTube Channel The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, by Daniel Nayeri Dear Mothman, by Robin Gow Indigo and Ida, by Heather Murphy Capps Shelf Care Interview with Heather Murphy Capps