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May 1, 2017
Wilda Williams RA for Newbies (and Not-So-Newbies)
Wilda Williams, Fiction Editor

Do you get anxious when you are asked to recommend a title in an unfamiliar genre? Never fear! Readers’ advisory experts offer a beginner’s guide to six popular fiction genres. Get more RA advice in this month’s Wyatt’s World column, which focuses on horror anthologies. National Poetry Month may be over, but continue the celebration of verse with some exciting spring collections. Also keep your eye out on these five poets. Granta identifies America's best writers under the age of 40. Cuba on your travel bucket list? Check out longtime reviewer Barbara Conaty’s visit to the Havana International Book Fair and make plans to attend next year. Are you interested in serving as a judge in LJ’s third annual Indie Ebook Awards? Participants will assess books in one of five genres: romance, sf, fantasy, mystery, or YA. To be considered, please submit this form.
YA Ready RA Ready: A Beginner’s Guide to Genre Fiction
By LJ Reviews
A crash course in sf/fantasy, romance, mystery, thrillers, horror, and YA for adults from six readers’ advisory experts who offer writers, novels, and series to recommend to patrons reading in those genres.
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Cuban Book Fair A Cuban Book Trip: Reading Flourishes at the Havana Book Fair
By Barbara Conaty
An ALA-sponsored tour visits a popular book fair as well as major Cuban libraries and other cultural institutions.
Making Libraries Sing Making Libraries Sing | Music Matters
By Robin Bradford
A shout-out to a librarian with a double life, and the work she and others do at Olympia Timberland Library, WA, to bring music to patrons in a variety of ways.
Spring Cookbooks
  1. Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark; photos by Eric Wolfinger (Clarkson Potter: Crown).
  2. In My Kitchen: A Collection of New and Favorite Vegetarian Recipes by Deborah Madison (Ten Speed: Crown).
  3. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat; illus. by Wendy MacNaughton (S. & S.).
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Here are 13 highly recommended titles that will shock you awake.
The January Children Five Poets to Watch
By Barbara Hoffert
Fresh, keen work from upcoming writers.
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image What’s Old Is New Again, plus RWA Update | Romance Reviews
By Kristin Ramsdell
The expanded world of historical romance, plus a preview of RWA 2017.
Nightmares Early Scares: Halfway to Halloween | The Reader’s Shelf
By Becky Spratford
Short stories are alive and kicking when it comes to horror.
Bates Motel The Young, the Psycho, the War-torn, the Aging, & the Beachy | What We’re Reading & Watching
By Liz French
LJ and School Library Journal staffers contemplate mortality, parse a prequel, witness war and its effects on “normal” people, and escape to Nantucket this week.
Best of Young American Novelists Granta: Best of Young American Novelists,Third Edition
By Barbara Hoffert
On Wednesday, April 26, Granta magazine announced its third list of Best of Young American Novelists, comprising the country’s most outstanding writers under age 40. The list, released every ten years, includes a nice mix of household names and writers who are just emerging.
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