Murder, They Wrote Slides and Recording

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or here for the slides.

Earlier this month, the Adult Reading Round Table, in partnership with RAILS had an excellent and FREE event entitled, "Murder, They Wrote."

This program was in two distinct parts. Part 1 featured librarian Cari Dubiel interviewing members of the author collective-- Crime Writers of Color. The authors were:

• Wanda Morris
• Alex Segura
• Kellye Garrett
• Mia P. Manansala

[You can look up all of the members, with their identities, here]

I featured a guest post by Cari about Crime Writers of Color back in March of this year here. 

During this part of the program, the authors all had a chance to introduce themselves and their work. They recommended other titles and talked about the organization. That in and of itself was fascinating and fun.

But then, Part 2 added even more value! A panel of librarians including Cari and my good friend Karen Toonen [among others] talked about suggesting diverse Crime Fiction. They book talked sure bet authors and Karen gave a great talk about how and why you need to be actively incorporate marginalized voices into your work. Karen and I have worked together [with Robin too] in the past so some of what she said echoes what I say, but Karen is also actively engaged in this work as she manages the collections and tech services staff for  the second largest library [by circulation] in the state of IL. In other words, she knows what she is talking about in theory and practice.

This entire FREE program is worth your time.

Click here to watch the recording of the entire program.

And here for slide access.