Tonight at 6pm central I am doing a FREE, virtual, live event with Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, and Hailey Piper for the Chicago Public Library. We will be talking about Horror and announcing the Summer Scares spokesperson at the end of the event. I am going to hand the announcement duties to Summer Scares veteran Stephen Graham Jones who's Mongrels was a 2019 inaugural suggestion and who led the program in 2020.
This is the first year we are announcing the spokesperson LIVE and I am so happy to do this in conjunction with the largest library in the country who supports the Summer Scares program. We will also be having our normal Halloween announcement here on the blog and with a press release.
We are going to talk about the state of Horror today, but we are also going to delve into the question of why those from marginalized perspectives are writing some of the bets horror today. All three authors are proof of that. Jones and Katsu were both up for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in May and Piper will be appearing on at least 1 year end Best Horror list that I know of [and that is because I was on that committee]. This is not a trend, by the way, and we will discuss that openly and honestly.
Also, side note, CPL does an excellent job with virtual live events. Take a look at their YouTube page where they live stream events [as well as on Facebook] and archive them all. CPL does not require a registration for these events which I think is a great idea. You can set a reminder for Facebook and YouTube to remember so people can quasi register, but without making them physically register you eliminate troubleshooting registration links as you are trying to start an event.
See below or click here to watch us tonight.
But before I lose your attention, tomorrow, the Oak Park Public Library [a town which touches Chicago on its eastern border] is hosting Brian Keene, another former Summer Summer Scares author, for a live event. I will be attending that one as a viewer. You can live anywhere to join that one. Click here to register.
See some of you tonight. We will be taking questions.
Get in the Halloween spirit and join a lively discussion with three of today's hottest voices in horror: Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, and Hailey Piper, moderated by local librarian and Horror expert Becky Spratford. They will talk about why they love Horror, how they bring the fear to life on the page, and what creators they seek out for their own frightening fun. This will be a casual and fun conversation where participation by the audience will be highly encouraged. As a special bonus, the evening will be capped off by the official kick off of the 2022 Summer Scares program with a LIVE announcement of this year's author spokesperson.
For more information about Summer Scares and for librarian vetted Horror for all ages of readers please visit: http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-scares.html. Come spend a spooky evening with us...if you dare!
How to Attend:
This event will take place on CPL's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Can't make it to the live stream? We'll archive the video on YouTube to watch later as well.
Accessibility
Captioning is available via YouTube's captioning service. Just turn on the captioning option.
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