ARRT Romance Program and Genre Study Updates-- Join Us In Person Or Follow Along Online

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ARRT recently announced the first program of 2019:

Join us Tuesday, March 19, at 2 pm, for Acquiring the Duke: The Current State of Romance in Publishing and Libraries. The event takes place at Indian Prairie Public Library (Darien).  

Romance tends to be underestimated in the shuffle of collection development, readers’ advisory, and publishing–despite comprising 23% of the US fiction market. We are bringing all aspects to the forefront with our expert panel of editors, reviewers, and authors to discuss trends in romance, traditional and self-publishing, review sources, and much more. 

Panelists

• Mary Altman, Editor at Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Bobbi Dumas, freelance writer and book reviewer for several mainstream publications including Kirkus and NPR
• Jennifer Prokop, book reviewer and creator of Jen Reads Romance
• Amy Sandas, author
• Melonie Johnson, author
• Suleikha Snyder, author
• Panel Moderator: Susan Maguire, Senior Editor for Collection Management and Library Outreach at Booklist

Registration is now open. Member: $20Nonmember: $25Register here

This is an extremely well rounded program that will cover all areas of the genre, and it is moderated by my editor Susan [Woot!].

I am trying to figure out if I can make this panel as I am also supposed to be in Peoria that evening for dinner, but I would guess that many of you reading this can join us. Seriously, it is a great deal.

Also, this is the perfect time to remind everyone that it is also time to renew your ARRT membership. Membership costs $15 but as you can see above, it gives you at least $5 off each of our programs. Being a member literally pays for itself if you attend all 3 of our programs during the year.

While you never need to be a member to come to our programs, you do need to be a member to attend our Genre Study and Book Club Study in person. Speaking of the Genre Study, we have just begun year 2 of the the 2 year Romance Genre Study. In fact, we are having this Romance Program to enhance the Genre Study for those who have been attending AND have a Romance event for those who aren't members or who couldn't make the Genre Study meetings.

But, while you have to be a member to participate in the live Genre Study meetings, anyone can see [and even use for their own genre studies] our schedule, agendas, and notes. I have been unable to attend the Romance Genre Study meetings myself, but have been keeping up with the notes here and have learned quite a bit.

I hope you can find some time to attend our Romance Program or look at the Genre Study notes. Whether you are a romance expert or novice, there is something here for every library worker to use to help patrons better.