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Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.

In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks with Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, whose new book, TOUCH THE SKY, goes on sale in May.

Stephanie writes books in the San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by a few kids, a few cats, and one husband. Her work includes THE END OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL, HELLO STAR, and THE LEAGUE OF PICKY EATERS.

Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone.

In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks with Patricia Kreiser about her debut picture book Always Together, which came out in January.

Patricia Kreiser is an author and illustrator and proud mom who absolutely loves creating picture stories. Some of her earliest and best childhood memories include endless hours with Breyer horses, drawing (but not on the walls) and reading pretty much anything she could get her hands on. Patricia graduated from Pratt Institute and hopes her stories will one day be someone's favorite childhood memory. She joins us today from her home near Philadelphia.

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Stephanie Sendaula, librarian and memoir enthusiast, about what’s so great about memoirs and what makes a great author visit. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth shares some upcoming awards and lists that those who do collection development and listeners’ advisory will want to know about. Finally, Susan and Annie Bostrom, Senior Editor, Adult Books, chat about what they’re reading and loving.

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It, by Greg Marshall

Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing, by Jen Soriano

Women We Buried, Women We Burned, by Rachel Louise Snyder

Electric Lit

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, a Memorial, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, by Jane Wong

Illness as Metaphor, by Susan Sontag

Rainbow Black, by Maggie Thrash

The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America, by Katherine Turk

Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Odyssey Award Winners

RUSA Adult Listen List

Spring Audio Preview (in Corner Shelf)

Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel

Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera

American Daughters, by Piper Huguley

It’s December, and that means…Editors’ Choice! Booklist’s full list of our Editors’ Choice titles can be found in our December issue, but on this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, the Booklist editors share some standouts from the already stand-out list.

Here’s what everyone talked about:

Donna Seaman:

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny (Top of the List, Adult Nonfiction)

The Apartment, by Ana Menéndez (Top of the List, Adult Fiction)

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, by Claire Jiménez

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride

Absolution, by Alice McDermott

Unshuttered, by Patricia Smith

Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond

Sarah Hunter:

Roaming, by Mariko Tamaki, art by Jillian Tamaki

Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed, art by the author (Top of the List, Adult Graphic Novel)

Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, by Thien Pham, art by the author

Bea Wolf, by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (Top of the List, Youth Graphic Novel)

Invisible Things, written and illustrated by Andy J. Pizza and Sophie Miller

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider, written and illustrated by Jessica Lanan

Mr. S, written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo (Top of the List, Picture Book)

Heather Booth:

Cutting Teeth, by Chandler Baker, read by January LaVoy (Top of the List, Adult Audio)

Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett, read by Meryl Streep

So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin, by Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik, read by the authors

Sure I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere, by Maria Bamford, read by the author

What Happened to Rachel Riley?, by Claire Swinarski, read by a full cast (Top of the List, Youth Audio)

Big Tree, by Brian Selznick, read by Meryl Streep

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White, read by Raphael Corkhill

Edoardo Ballerini, Voice of Choice

Julia Smith:

The Labors of Hercules Beal, by Gary D. Schmidt (Top of the List, Middle Grade)

Barely Floating, by Lilliam Rivera

The Otherwoods, by Justine Pucella Winans

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything, by Justine Pucella Winans (Top of the List, Young Adult)

The Worlds We Leave Behind, by A. F. Harrold

The Wild Robot Protects, by Peter Brown

Annie Bostrom:

The Vaster Wilds, by Lauren Groff

Maggie Reagan:

Champion of Fate, by Kendare Blake

This Dark Descent, by Kalyn Josephson

Painted Devils, by Margaret Owen

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja, by Lorraine Avila

The Blood Years, by Elena K. Arnold

Susan Maguire:

Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim

Much Ado about Nada, by Uzma Jalaluddin

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett

Ronny Khuri:

The Hidden World of Gnomes, written and illustrated by Lauren Soloy

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian Nanette Donohue to talk about all aspects of collecting craft books. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with librarian Emily Borsa about the appeal of the celebrity memoir, whether read by the author or not. Finally, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Sarah Hunter joins Susan to shout about a few books she’s been reading and loving lately. (She doesn’t really shout.)

Here’s what we talked about:

Elizabeth Zimmermann’s knitting books

Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods, by Leslie Ann Bestor

Barbara Walker’s Stitch Dictionaries

Alice Starmore’s Book of Fair Isle Knitting, by Alice Starmore

Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs, by Benjamin Herold

The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears, read by Michelle Williams

Talking to My Angels, by Melissa Etheridge, read by the author

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, by Bono, read by the author

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, by Dave Grohl, read by the author

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons, by Ben Folds, read by the author

Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere, by Maria Bamford, read by the author

ARRTReads.org

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond, by Henry Winkler, read by the author

If You Would Have Told Me, by John Stamos, read by the author

Down the Drain, by Julia Fox, read by the author

My Name is Barbra, by Barbra Streisand, read by the author

Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg

Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments, by Victoria Grace Elliott, illus. by the author

Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar, v.1: Attack of the Snack, by Kevin Alvir, illus. by the author

The Warm Hands of Ghosts, by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Yen Press.

BonHyung Jeong (Bon) studied Cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her debut graphic novel was Kyle's Little Sister, made possible with the help of numerous people. She hopes to make connections with others through relatable stories. Currently living in Korea, she's always busy playing console games - exactly like Grace from her books!

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Capstone Young Readers.

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer, interfaith activist, and cultural sensitivity trainer featured in O the Oprah Magazine. Author of the Yasmin Chapter book series, Saadia also writes middle grade novels such as YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO, and other books for children. Saadia is Editor-in-Chief of Blue Minaret, an online magazine of poetry, short stories, and art. Besides writing, she also loves reading, binge-watching her favorite shows, and taking naps. She lives in Houston with her family.

Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about their books. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.

In this episode, Julia Smith talks to author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson about her new picture book, SMALL SHOES, GREAT STRIDES: HOW THREE BRAVE GIRLS OPENED DOORS TO SCHOOL EQUALITY, which is available from Carolrhoda Books on November 7, 2023.

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson credits her passion for books to her late parents, who read to her and her siblings faithfully every night. Drawing stories from family as well as undertold black history, many of Vaunda's books and have been recognized with awards and honors. The Pennsylvania native has been a children's librarian, newspaper reporter, teacher, bookseller, and recreation specialist, and has served on the Newbery, Caldecott and Ezra Jack Keats awards committees. Retired from her library career, she continues to serve children and young adults through her writing. Vaunda lives in New Mexico with her husband, Drew.

www.vaundamicheauxnelson.com.

Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about their books. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by IDW.

In this episode, Sarah Hunter talks to co-authors Jackson Lanzig and Collin Kelly about their comic series Star Trek: the first volume, God Shock, came out in July, and the second, The Red Path, will release in November.

Screenwriters and comic book creators Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzig have collaborated on a dizzying number of series together, including Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, and along with Brandon Sanderson, Dark One, as well as many others. They both live in LA.

In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to four people addressing banned books in different ways: Cortney Hall and Matt Rodrigues from NBC Chicago Today’s Banned Book Club; Amanda ReCupido, Vice President of the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation and chair of the committee for their freedom to read fundraising gala; and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman, who shares a Booklist feature about censorship as well as a few books she’s been loving recently.

Banned Books Week is October 1 – 7 this year—how are you celebrating?

Here's what we talked about on the pod:

All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson

The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume

Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, edited by The New York Times Magazine

The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, read by a full cast

@NBCChigacoToday on Instagram

Downers Grove Public Library Foundation

The Essentials: Banned Books and the First Amendment, by Donna Seaman

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

PBS Books

Roman Stories, by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Todd Portnowitz

Read-alikes: Expats and Other Outsiders, by Donna Seaman

Our Strangers, by Lydia Davis

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA, by Liza Mundy