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This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and librarian Rebecca Leannah (from the Racine, WI Public Library) about what kinds of programming they do around Summer Scares, what to tell patrons who think horror is not for them, the Wisconsin version of Tiger King. Then, Susan gets the skinny on the selections for this years’ readers, first from author spokesperson Daniel Kraus and Summer Scares committee member Becky Spratford, then from Booklist’s own Julia Smith. Spooky! And fun.

This Thing Between Us, by Gus Moreno
Rotters, by Daniel Kraus
Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark
Catherine House, by Elizabeth Thomas
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, by Daniel M. Lavery
In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters
Squad, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle
Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker, illus. by Wendy Xu
Horror Writers Association’s StokerCon 2023 in Pittsburgh
The Living Dead, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus
Evil Whispers, by Owl Goingback
“Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to Terror,” by Susan Maguire and Becky Spratford
Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston (127 Hours)
The Martian, by Andy Weir
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illus. by Weshoyot Alvitre
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, illus. by Stephen Gammell
A Small Zombie Problem, by K. G. Campbell, illus. by the author
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In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Paul Gilligan, the author and artist of PLUTO ROCKET: NEW IN TOWN.

Paul Gilligan writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Pooch Cafe with Andrews McMeel, which runs in over 250 newspapers around the world and has been twice nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for Best Strip. In addition to being the author and illustrator of PLUTO ROCKET, he works in animation and has shows in development with Guru Animation and the Cartoon Network. Paul is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Jessixa and Aaron Bagley, the author and artist of DUEL.

Jessixa Bagley is a children's book author and illustrator with a background in fine arts and comics whose work appears in such publications as New American Paintings, Highlights Magazine, and my personal hometown, alt-weekly, the Chicago Reader. Her work includes the award-winning Boats for Papa and many other Junior Library Guild selections, many of which feature animals and emotional themes, often inspired by her own experiences. She teaches and speaks about writing and illustration, and lives in Seattle with her husband, Aaron Bagley, who is also here to talk about, Duel.

Aaron Bagley is an illustrator who has created pieces for The Stranger, The Seattle Review of Books, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, and he's a frequent collaborator with Jessixa, including the picture book, Vincent Comes Home from 2018. As you probably guested, he too lives in Seattle. Thank you so much for being here today, Jessixa and Aaron.

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Andrea Beaty is the author of the bestselling QUESTIONEERS series, among other children’s titles. She lives just outside Chicago.

Bahni Turpin is an experienced audiobook narrator and actress who has appeared in numerous television productions as well as films. An ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company, she currently resides in Los Angeles, where she founded the SoLA Food Co-op.

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
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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

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Heather Murphy Capps grew up in a small Minnesota town where the motto is "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment." She spent fifteen years as a television news journalist before deciding to focus on her favorite kind of writing: books for kids involving history, social justice, science, mystery, and a touch of magic. A mixed-race author committed to diversity in publishing, she lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and yes, even some cows, colleges, and contentment. INDIGO AND IDA is her debut novel.