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Friday, October 23, 2020

The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie via EW and Staying Up To Date on the Pop Culture Landscape

It's the 100th Anniversary of Christie's first book and she is more popular than ever. We know this at libraries both because of the continuous circulation of her books and the hundreds of new titles that are inspired by her.

In the most recent issue of EW, they have an in-depth look at her popularity here.

A must read for all library workers as patrons will see it and we may see an uptick in requests for Christie and Christie-esque stories based off of this article.

But you can also learn here as, this article goes into depth as to WHY people enjoy Christie-- then and now. [And see if you can spot the horror movie franchise inspired by Christie too. Seriously. I was shocked by this revelation.]

I would also like to use this post to provide a general reminder about how important it is for those of us who work with leisure workers to be aware of the general pop culture conversations. We cannot possibly know about everything that is popular at the moment, but we should know the resources to find that information.

EW's website and the now monthly magazine are the easiest way to stay up to date on every aspect of popular culture; it's your easy, one-stop shop to survey the entire landscape with a few clicks. They cover all aspects of media and pop culture and draw connections between them-- this Christie article is a great example as it looks at books, movies, and TV shows. But they do  it for everything all of the time. They frame the most popular things in our culture for us, every day.

So read the Christie article ASAP, but also make EW's website a regular stop as you work. Follow what's hot and anticipate your patrons leisure reading needs based on what's popular across the pop culture landscape.

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