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Heather Booth
@booklistaudio.bsky.social
Audio Editor at Booklist Publications
Longtime librarian
Doing the things because worry isn't work.
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📣Happy #NationalLibraryWeek 2025!🎉To celebrate, the April issue of BOOKLIST will be free and open to everyone from April 6-12. This issue includes spotlights on Health & Wellness, Relationship Fiction, and Series Nonfiction; plus, TONS of Summer Reading resources. Start reading now: bit.ly/3n2BDBb
April 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Donate to your public library, get a free Libro.fm audiobook credit! 📚🥰❤️

This week is #NationalLibraryWeek and just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities.

But, more than ever, they need our support.

Learn more: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
April 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I just got a pitch from a company that makes AI narrated audiobooks as a "smart solution" to Trump's tariffs. I don't get it. #Audiobook narrators-you all live abroad? BTW, Booklist is not accepting AI narrated audio for review.
April 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We must ask ourselves what we value as a society and what we lose in American daily life, future advancements, and preservation of our shared history when cuts like this are made.
Take action here:
PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
action.everylibrary.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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This is today! I will be there. I was part of this last year and loved it.

Even if you can’t watch all 3 hours, sign up and you will be sent the recording. It will also be in the @ala-booklist.bsky.social webinar archive forever!
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Join me and a bunch of other smart book folks next Wednesday for @ala-booklist.bsky.social's second series of Reader's Advisory: Ideas and Practice webinars. Guys, it's free. And it'll make you feel like a total RA wizard. ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Readers’ Advisory: Ideas & Practice 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Booklist is back with a new series of free readers' advisory workshops on Wednesday, March 12 starting at 11 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. ET designed to keep you up to speed on both the ideas and prac...
ala-events.zoom.us
March 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
January 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This action will deliver a devasting blow to America's commitment to preserving museum and library services.

We know this won't end here.

action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump Has ALREADY Attacked Libraries
This action is the first step in dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services and eliminating federal funding for libraries.
action.everylibrary.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM