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| February 12, 2018 |  Register Now for Day of Dialog 2018 Barbara Hoffert - @barbarahoffert It's one of the biggest events of the year for librarians, for Library Journal, and certainly for me, and after two decades it's bigger than ever. Held May 30 (before Book Expo opens) at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, this year's Day of Dialog expands to include not just the ever-popular Editors Picks panel but also an Editors' Mystery Picks panel, with the usual juicy author panels and a star turn by M.C. Beaton. A third of 2017's Day of Dialog authors ended up as LibraryReads picks, so you know you'll see authors you'll love. Plus galley giveaways, signings, and networking opportunities. So register now for Day of Dialog—and register before February 16 to get a 20 percent discount. |
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 Issues of Identity and Award-Winning Novelists | Barbara’s Picks “Ethicist” columnist for the New York Times, Kwame Anthony Appiah challenges our conceptions of identity in The Lies That Bind, while Riad Sattouf continues his graphic-format exploration of his French–Middle Eastern background in The Arab of the Future 3. The award-worthy fiction authors showing up in August range from Laura van den Berg to Edgar Cantero to Kate Walbert. |
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 Late-Summer Mystery, from Andrews to Muller | Fiction Previews Your chance to travel from Key West and West Virginia to San Francisco and some far-flung Scottish isles during World War II—plus a big debut, Caz Frear's Sweet Little Lies, set in England and boasting a 75,000-copy first printing. It's tough being a detective constable who thinks your estranged father might be complicit in murder. |
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 Reichs, Patterson, Scottoline, & More | Thriller Previews Three-time Edgar Award winner T. Jefferson Parker and two-time Edgar Award finalist Olen Steinhauer deal with domestic terror in Swift Vengeance and The Middleman, respectively. Interestingly, Danish crime writer Jussi Adler-Olsen's timely The Washington Decree, about civil rights challenges stemming from partisan politics and gun violence, was written a decade ago. |
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What’s Hot Now? | Materials Survey
- Thrillers
- Historical fiction
- Biography/memoir
- Medicine/health
- Current events/political
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 Debuts with Credentials | Fiction Previews Talk about up-and-coming writers: Kim Crystal Hana ( If You Leave Me) won PEN America’s Story Prize for Emerging Writers, while Ling Ma ( Severance) claimed the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize, awarded to the best novel excerpt from an emerging writer. Also represented here, JM Holmes, Paul Matthew Maisano, and Stephen Markley are all graduates of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop and are getting enthusiatic publisher pushes. |
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 Two Key Education Titles | Nonfiction Previews What's more important than educating our children? But that task doesn't seem to be going well in America today. Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and journalist/screenwriter Cinque Henderson, a former teacher, address key education concerns. |
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 Diversity and Cultural Competency Training: Collections & RA Do you want to ensure that your library’s collections are diverse, equitable, inclusive, and well-read? Do you want to become a more culturally literate librarian and a more effective advocate for your community? We've developed a foundational online course—with live sessions on February 28 & March 14—that will explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive and equitable collections. |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Youngstown State University is seeking a new Executive Director |
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