Steve Thomas: Becky, welcome back to Circulating Ideas. Becky Spratford: Thanks for having me, Steve. It’s always wonderful to be on this podcast. Steve Thomas: Well, we already covered your librarian origin story in a previous episode. It’s just how we start a lot of episodes here. So , I thought we could talk about … Continue reading Becky Spratford (2021)
Steve chats with Becky Spratford, author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, about RA for All’s origin story, why people read scary books, the importance of promoting diversity in the horror genre, and which book Steve should read next to scare the bejesus out of him. Read the transcript! Today’s show is brought to … Continue reading 206: Becky Spratford
Steve chats with bestselling horror author Grady Hendrix and Readers’ Advisory Specialist Becky Spratford about how Grady grew up with libraries, the legitimacy of genre fiction, lessons learned from Stephen King, and the Summer Scares program. Grady Hendrix is a best selling author whose novels include Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism – which he describes … Continue reading 161: Grady Hendrix and Becky Spratford
Steve chats with Becky Spratford, creator of RA for All and RA for All: Horror, about getting respect for reviews of genre titles, her upcoming work in IndiePicks magazine, and how to do readers’ advisory in genres you don’t personally enjoy or understand (also, Carrie vs. Pennywise??). Becky Spratford is a Readers’ Advisor in Illinois … Continue reading 120: Becky Spratford
This is Circulating Ideas. I’m Steve Thomas. I was pleased recently to go speak at the Illinois Library Association conference in Springfield, and I was able to do a few interviews for the show, including today’s guest, Becky Spratford. She’s a reader’s adviser at the Berwyn Public Library. She also runs two very popular blogs, … Continue reading Becky Spratford
Steve chats with Becky Spratford, author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, at the Illinois Library Association annual conference. Read the transcript. Becky Spratford [MLIS] has been a Readers’ Advisor for patrons ages 13 and up for over 14 years at the Berwyn [IL] Public Library. She has taught at the graduate level and … Continue reading 53: Becky Spratford
Recorded at the Public Library Association 2020 conference, Steve chats with Sourcebooks authors Ashley Blooms, Emily Levesque, and Caroline B. Cooney about their new books and their interactions with – and love of – libraries. Then, Steve catches up with Megan Emery of the Healing Library and Becky Spratford of RA for All and RA … Continue reading 177: PLA 2020
Steve chats with Stephanie Chase and Hillary Ostlund from Hillsboro (OR) Public Library, about their paths to librarianship, working with a diverse community, going deskless, and blowing up their organizational structure. Read the transcript. Stephanie Chase is the Director of Libraries for the City of Hillsboro, Oregon. With more than twenty years of experience in … Continue reading 166: Stephanie Chase and Hillary Ostlund
Steve chats with Sari Feldman, newly-retired Executive Director of Cuyahoga County Public Library and former president of the Public Library Association and the American Library Association, about lessons learned as ALA President, the current library ebook landscape, her legacy at Cuyahoga County, and how she will continue to work within the profession. In August 2019, … Continue reading 165: Sari Feldman
Steve chats with Cicely Lewis, library media specialist at Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, GA, about Read Woke and other projects she has created for her students, her path from teaching to libraries, and how it feels to win so many awards in such a short period of time. Cicely Lewis is the library media … Continue reading 164: Cicely Lewis
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