An Education Institute Webinar

 

April 13, 2017  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

 

 

 

Book clubs create considerable engagement between the public and libraries — but reading and recommending the "usual suspects" can lose its appeal over time. Join this session to receive suggestions about new books that will spark discussion and the exchange of ideas. We’ll be looking at novels from Canada and around the world, and also a selection of nonfiction — many of the books in paperback, but also a few outstanding hardcover contenders that are hot off the press.

 

Key outcomes:

Receive some "outside the box" recommendations that may appeal to jaded book club members — or to those (men, perhaps) who do not traditionally join books clubs — as well as books in "tried and true" categories
Receive a longlist of 30-40 titles, available in Spring 2017, to consider and /or recommend to book clubs in the library

 

Presenters:

The Dewey Divas and Dudes are a group of publishers’ representatives who read widely and delight in sharing their discoveries with librarians. The group has existed for over a decade, and in that time has recommended over 3000 different books; if these books were put on a shelf, it would be as long as a football field!

 

The members include: Saffron Beckwith, Ampersand; Andrea Colquhoun, Penguin Random House Canada; Tim Gain, Canadian Manda; Janet Murie, Scholastic Canada; Rosalyn Steele, HarperCollins Canada; Margot Stokreef, Martin and Associates; Lahring Tribe, Penguin Random House Canada.