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What are you going to read this year?
May we suggest something different? SurlySpice has some suggestions: A Year in Reading Suggestions
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RAIG at BCLA Conference 2014
It was great to meet some of you yesterday at the 2014 BCLA Conference in Vancouver! Our new reading prescription pads were very popular….and I still have a few left…so…the first five people who email...
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Staff SRC (why should kids have all the fun this summer?)
I started a Staff SRC for the summer – and I think I’ll do it every summer. I invited all Surrey Libraries staff to participate and got 40 people signed up. I asked people to fill out a small form for...
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Twenty Rules for Better Book Displays – from Novelist
Twenty Rules for Better Book Displays by Susan Brown, Novelist 1. Displays should reflect your patrons’ interests, not your personal interests. You might be fascinated by ancient Japanese sword...
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Readerly: from the National Reading Campaign
Check out the National Reading Campaign’s blog.
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A Plotting of Fictional Genres
A very cool infographic from Pop Chart Labs: click here and scroll down a bit. You can click on the infographic to make it bigger.
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Genre Tip: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Confused about Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres? Wondering how to tell the difference between Steampunk, Cyberpunk and Splatterpunk? Try this handy sub-genre list from Worlds Without End to...
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ReadWatchPlay
Here is a cool blog collaboration from Down Under (and elsewhere) on reading – with monthly themes: https://readwatchplay.wordpress.com/
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Winners of the 2015 Alberta Literary Awards announced
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta announced the winners of this year’s Alberta Literary Awards on May 23, during the Alberta Literary Awards Gala. Click here for the list of winners.
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Kelowna Author Wins 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Alix Hawley from Kelowna won for her novel “All True Not a Lie In It”. Click here for the whole story.
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RA in a Day
Your wish is our command: readers’ advisory is simply too big to be contained to a half day. May we present… RA in a Day! It’s about boosting your confidence, showing you how much you know, exploring...
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Book Movement and organizing your book club
I was perusing the Adult Reading Round Table website, “a group dedicated to developing readers’ advisory skills and promoting reading for pleasure through public libraries in the Chicago area,” which I...
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