We’re Halfway to Halloween! Join us on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 from 2-4pm on Zoom. Join authors and librarians from the Horror Writers Association as they discuss the 2022 SUMMER SCARES titles and how to promote horror in your library. Register Here: https://bit.ly/ARRTHalfwaytoHalloween Presented in conjunction with RAILS and Horror Writer’s Association: Summer Scares.

    Selling Happily Ever Afters: Secrets from the Romance Book Slingers Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 2-4 pm  (CST) Join us for this free Zoom program to hear renowned booksellers share their tips and tricks for suggesting romance to readers. Learn the techniques booksellers use that library staff can implement in their libraries, and

      If you weren’t able to attend the recent ARRT program “Murder, They Wrote,” you can catch it on YouTube and also see the presenters’ slides. Thanks to panelists Wanda Morris, Alex Segura, Kellye Garrett, Mia P. Manansala, and Cari Dubiel. Thanks to the Reaching Across Illinois Library System for sponsoring the event.

  Murder, They Wrote Tuesday, August 17, 2021 2-4 pm  Via Zoom  Join us on Zoom to meet four mystery writers who are members of Crime Writers of Color. Their works run the gamut from cozy comfort reads to pulse-pounding thrillers. Participants will leave the session with insight on the genre along with great new

If you missed ARRT’s recent Socially Distanced Reader’s Advisory and Programs event, or if you want to watch it again, you can find a recording of the program here. Again, thanks to the speakers and Reaching Across Illinois Library System. For more details, please see our Programs page.

Join us for “Socially Distanced Reader’s Advisory and Programs” on Thursday, May 20, from 2-4 pm on Zoom Struggling to provide reader’s advisory virtually? Zoomed out or not getting the attendance numbers you’d like? Hear from a panel of librarians about the ways they have continued to offer bibliographies, book talks, author visits, personalized recommendations,

  If you missed the recent Diversity Audits for Library Collections program, you can watch the recording and see the presenters’ slides and resources here.

Check out the Winter 2020/2021 issue of the ARRT newsletter to find out about upcoming events, such as a program about Diversity Audits for Library Collections, a virtual book club study, and the re-launch of the Nonfiction Genre Study.

Join us on Wednesday, December 9 at 2 pm for a panel discussion with collection development librarians Betsy Bird of the Evanston Public Library and Dontaná McPherson-Joseph of the Oak Park Public Library. They will discuss the process of conducting a diversity audit and the results that led to changes in procedures and new initiatives