A Surprise Bonus Panel for Librarians' Day Courtesy of Sourcebooks

I try to keep the horror talk over on the horror blog, especially in October, but I did want to remind you that on this coming Sunday, November 1, the Horror Writers Association and ARRT with sponsorship from NoveList, LibraryReads, and Flame Tree Press will debut an entire day's worth of panels meant to replicate a full day event of continuing education for any public service library worker whether you are a horror fan or not.

Of course, in the virtual format you don't have to spend 7 hours in a row watching all the panels at once and they will be free to all at this link on the Horror Writers Association YouTube page all in one playlist. This means anyone can watch and learn both about the genre and how to work with patrons, but if you sign up at this link you will also be able to interact with the panelists, probably in a more detailed and meaningful way than you could have with only 15 minutes between panels during the planned in person event.

By signing up you get access to an email address which will allow you to ask any panelist a question. We will distribute the questions to the appropriate people and post both the answers and the questions on this resource page.

Just in case you aren't sure about participating, we have posted 2 teaser videos on the playlist including one that announces a bonus panel courtesy of  Sourcebooks.

Breathing New Life into Horror Classics - A lively conversation with the co- editors of Poisoned Pen Press’s Haunted Library of Horror Classics series Les Klinger and Eric Guignard, former HWA President Lisa Morton and Los Angeles Public Library librarian Daryl Maxwell about the behind the scenes creation of the series and the use of horror titles in library book clubs and programming. Thank you to Sourcebooks for organizing and sponsoring this panel!

You can access the playlist here to watch the teaser videos and again after midnight on 11/1 to watch every panel. The signup page has all of the details on the 6 panels we are offering. 

I think this new Sourcebooks panel further enhances the fact that while the frame of this program of CE is centered around horror, we are presenting information that can help any library worker. For another example, we have an entire panel about reviewing where the participants, including myself, talk about our reviewing philosophies and how you can  use any review to match readers with books.

I hope you decide to join us.