Just like last Sunday, I am using this post to catch you up on some of the additional October content that you may have missed. We are deep into the Spooky Season so there is A LOT:
- Stephen Graham Jones had this Opinion Essay in the NYT defending Horror.
- Booklist Reader, the new FREE, patron facing publication, has an October issue chock full of Horror resources, including an article by my Booklist editor, Susan Maguire, and me that helps you to rate popular Horror novels by scare level. Click here to access the Booklist Reader.
- The Association of Library Service to Children [ALSC] had this excellent essay about Why Kids Love Horror.
- Related: Book Riot had this excellent list of "Truly Terrifying Books for Fearless Middle Grade Readers."
- One local library [Kokomo-Howard County [IN] Public Library had their staff share their favorite Horror books with the local newspaper.
- Last week Caitlin Starling's new book came out, The Death of Jane Lawrence, and as part of the promotion she had this EXCELLENT essay on CrimeReads entitled "Why Body Horror is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling."
- Related: The LitHub search function will allow you to search across their platforms to find all fo their "horror" content. Click here to run the search or go to the site and put "horror" in the search box. The breadth of content is excellent.
- 32 Horror Authors Every Scare-Chaser Needs to Know via The Lineup
- It seems like every publication wants to be on the Horror bandwagon these days. It is important to remember that your patrons are encountering these lists in unexpected places. It helps if you have seen said lists and can prepare for the requests and have readalike options for when they are checked out. Here are a few:
- Esquire: The 14 Best Horror Books for Reveling in the Spooky Season
- Business Insider: The 21 Best Horror Books to Read for Halloween
- Buzz Feed News: 21 New and Upcoming Horror Novels You've Got to Read
- The Guardian: Top 10 Urban Legends in Literature
- There are more and they are everywhere, but this is a good sampling of the variety of places where you patrons may encounter Horror lists without actively looking for them.
- These are not new, but I do love searching TED Talks for a variety of topics to give myself a different way to receive information. Two of note that are worth your time which I watched this week are:
- Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of HP Lovecraft by Silvia Moreno-Garcia from 2019
- Why Should You Read Edgar Allan Poe by Scott Peeples from 2018
Feel free to add a comment with something you are doing at your library OR with a link you found helpful this October.
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