The Art of Booktalking-- Presentation Documents

Later this morning, I will be presenting The Art of Booktalking at RAILS in Burr Ridge, IL.  All of the details are here.  I believe they are not only live streaming it, but also recording it, so you could still see it after today.

We have three speakers and  an informal, “salon” atmosphere, so there is not a formal presentation.  I did however, prepared a short list of resources I will be referring to.  I also have a slide show of the book covers of the 6 books in my short example book talk.  So whether you were there today or watched a recording, please consider the part of the post under the divide, your official handout.

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The Art of Booktalking

HANDOUT

September 23, 2014

RAILS

Becky Spratford-- Contact Info

RA for All:  raforall.blogspot.com

Twitter: @RAforAll

Student booktalking examples: http://raforall.blogspot.com/search/label/take%20ten

Staff short book talking examples on The Browsers Corner

List of books in my example booktalk:

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Amity by Micol Ostow

The Quick by Lauren Owen

The New Black by Richard Thomas

The Rats by James Herbert

Slide show of book covers

Works Cited:

Cyr, Ann-Marie and Kellie M. Gillespie.  Something to Talk About: Creative Booktalking for Adults.  (Scarecrow Press, 2006)