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My general rates are as follows:
- Virtual: Rates begin at $500 for a 60-90 min webinar with discounts for multiple programs booked at the same time. Contact me to craft your plan and figure out pricing. Virtual multi-month training programs with or without "homework" are also available
- Local [does not require an overnight stay]: Rates begin at $700 for 1 program and go up to $1,200 depending on how far (mileage is included in this pricing)
- Travel [requires an overnight stay but I can drive]: Rates begin at $2,000
- Travel [requires an overnight night stay and air travel]: Rates begin at $2500
- Consulting-Virtual [you get to pick my brain officially]: Rates begin at $150/hr
- If you have hired me to present or are considering hiring me, I provide free consulting before I present and for up to 6 months after.
These rates do not include my travel costs. Those are billed out for exact costs with an invoice; however, I do provide a not to exceed dollar amount for travel for your budgeting purposes.
Also, please note that by hiring RA for All all parties must agree to this Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Mission Statement:
Also, please note that by hiring RA for All all parties must agree to this Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Mission Statement:
RA for All’s programs are crafted and delivered with the understanding that increasing the collection, discovery, and circulation of titles written by marginalized voices in all public libraries is not a trend. It is a requirement. By contracting with RA for All, library organizations must take the position that libraries are not neutral, and understand that the goal is to become an anti-racist library, an organization that does the work to begin actively breaking down the walls of the systemic oppression of marginalized view points, walls which have been built over centuries but cannot be allowed to stand any longer. This work is not easy and will be uncomfortable at times, but getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is part of this process. RA for All is committed to helping you craft an actionable plan to begin this important journey.
2025
- StokerCon Librarians Day: Stamford, CT (in person)
- Friday, June 13, 2025 from 8am-5pm Eastern
- Details and registration links here
- Library Insights Summit: June 27, 2025, 8:30 am-3pm
- A pre-ALA event (opening session for ALA is at 4), in the Convention Center.
- My panel: Library Challenges and How Publishers Can Help
- Click here for all of the details and to get a $30 coupon on your registration
- ALA Annual: June 27-30, 2025; Philadelphia Convention Center
- Appearing on multiple panels for both RA Training and to promote my book
- Details
- PCI Webinars: August 14 from 2-3 Eastern
- Horror Readers Advisory: How to Help Your Scariest Patrons
- Slide access for all here
- S&S Adult Librarian Fall 2025 Virtual Showcase: August 14 from 3:30-4:45 Eastern
- With Author and Librarian, Becky Siegel Spratford
- Link to signup for free is here
- Actively Anti-Racist Readers' Advisory Service for ALA eCourse (with Robin)
- A two-part webinar series taking place on Wednesday August 20, 2025 and Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30pm Central/12:30pm Mountain/11:30am Pacific.
- Sign up and details here
- Becky's slides access
- WI Libraries: Virtual, September 16, 2025 2-3:30 Central
- Horror Readers Advisory: How to Help Your Scariest Patrons
- Slide access here
- Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN: September 18, 2025, 6:30pm
- WHY I LOVE HORROR pre-release event with Rachel Harrison and Alma Katsu
- Books sales and signing
- Registration here
- Can't make it but want a singed, personalized copy? Click here by 9/15.
- La Grange Public Library (IL): September 23rd, 2025, 7pm
- WHY I LOVE HORROR Book Release Party with Cynthia Pelayo
- Book sales and signing via Anderson's Books w/ 20% of on site sales being donated to the Library
- Registration here
- Northbrook Public Library (IL): September 30, 2025, 7pm
- Why I Love Horror: A Conversation wit Local Horror Authors
- with Cynthia Pelayo, James Kennedy, Nick Medina, and S.A. Barnes
- Book sales and signing
- Registration here
- New York Public Library: October 7, 2025, 6:30pm
- Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature by Becky Siegel Spratford with Rachel Harrison, Grady Hendrix, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Victor LaValle
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event Center
- Book sales and signing
- Registration here
- Illinois Library Association Annual Conference: Rosemont, IL, October 14-16, 2025
- RA for All is a sponsor
- Tuesday, 1:30-2:30-- The Call is Coming From Inside the House: How White Librarianship Protects Itself and Hinders Belonging
- Thursday, 3-4pm-- You Truly Belong At Our Library: How Embedding Belonging in Your Planning and Policies Creates A Better Library Experience for Staff and Patrons
- Westport Library Storyfest: October 17-19
- CT Libraries: Virtual, October 21, 2025 10-11:30 Eastern
- Horror Readers Advisory: How to Help Your Scariest Patrons
- Slide access here
- Springfield-Greene County Library (MO): October 28, 2025, 6:30 pm
- WHY I LOVE HORROR is a featured title for Oh, the Horror, a month long series
- “Why I Love Horror”: Grady Hendrix and Becky Siegel Spratford in Conversation
- at Relics Event Center, 2015 W. Battlefield Road, Suite E.
- Registration is REQUIRED here
- Book sales and signing
- Local TV Appearance with Grady Hendrix (link)
- Photos From the event
- Seattle Public Library: November 6, 2025, 7pm
- Author Talk: Becky Spratford discusses “Why I Love Horror”
- Joint appearance with Sadie Hartmann
- Book sales and signing
- Registration here
- Lincoln Township Public Library: In person, Thursday, November 13, 2025, 10-12 Eastern
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader:
- Follows my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service
- Slide access here
- Illinois Heartland Library System: Virtual, November 20, 2025 from 10-:11:30 Central
- Demystifying Genre
- Slide access here
- Waukesha (WI) Public Library: In person staff day, Friday, December 5, 2025
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader
- Booktalk Your Way to the Friendliest Library in Town
2026
- Olathe Public Schools (KS): Library Staff Virtual Training
- Monday January 5, 2026
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader
- Follows my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service
- Slide access here
- CT State Library: Monthly Monday Afternoon RA Training
- All Times 2-3:30 ET
- Recharge Your Book Club: January 12, 2026
- Slide access here
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader: February 9, 2026
- Follows my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service
- Slide access here
- Booktalk Your Way to the Friendliest Library in Town : March 16, 2026
- Slide access here
- Demystifying Genre: April 13, 2026
- Slide access here
- Main Library Alliance (in NJ) Reader's Advisory Group: Virtual Training
- Thursday, January 22, 2026; 2-5pm ET
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader
- Follows my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service
- Slide access here
- Booktalk Your Way to the Friendliest Library in Town
- Slide access here
- Contra Costa [CA] County Library: Virtual Staff Training
- Thursday, February 5, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM PT
- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader
- Follows my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service
- Slide access here
- PCI Webinars: 2025 Readers' Advisory Year in Review
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026; 2-3pn ET
- Available across the country-- check with your library system for access
- Slide access here
- Illinois Libraries Presents: February 24, 2026, 7pm Central
- Virtual conversation with R.L. Stine
- Participating IL libraries only
- Link to register through your local public library
- Scares That Care AuthorCon IV: February 27- March 1, 2026
- Attendee and presenting 2 panels on Saturday
- One about working with your library for authors
- Second, WHY I LOVE HORROR with some of the book's contributors including Brian Keene and Mary SanGiovanni
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