Huge shout out to Booklist for taking on the administration of 3 webinars to introduce library workers all over the world to our Summer Scares authors and editors. From the marketing copy for the webinars:
Blood still chilled from the winter? Keep the feeling going with our upcoming Summer Scares webinar series, which will see discussions of the horror genre with this year’s selected authors for middle-grade, YA, and adult audiences. Booklist is proud to continue its partnership with the Horror Writers Association’s Summer Scares Reading Program—alongside Book Riot, iREAD, and NoveList—to bring free library programming and a broad range of horror recommendations to readers of all ages. Invite us into your library, won’t you?
Click here to see all of the webinars or use the links below to register.
Booklist Books for Youth senior editor Julia Smith will get things started by chatting with the authors of the 2026 middle-grade picks: Ally Malinenko (THIS APPEARING HOUSE), Bree Paulsen (GARLIC AND THE VAMPIRE), and Ally Russell (IT CAME FROM THE TREES). This free, one-hour webinar will take place on Thursday, March 12 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Click here to register for the Summer Scares Middle Grade webinar.
Author, Book Riot senior editor, and fierce YA lit advocate Kelly Jensen will peer into the shadows with the 2026 Summer Scares YA authors and editors: Linda Cheng (GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES), Ann Fraistat (WHAT WE HARVEST), and Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (OUR SHADOWS HAVE CLAWS). This free, one-hour webinar will take place on Monday, March 23 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Click here to register for the Summer Scares YA Webinar.
Join 2026 Summer Scares spokesperson and New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer McMahon, as she hashes out all things horror with authors and editors of this year’s adult selections: Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst (NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT), CJ Leede (MAEVE FLY), and Noah Medlock (A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER). This free, one-hour webinar will take place on Thursday, March 26 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Click here to register for the Summer Scares Adult Webinar.
Before the first webinar, we will be debuting the Summer Scares Programing Guide (estimated release date is 3/2/26). The link will be made available at each webinar and it will be posted on the Summer Scares resource page as well.
Each year I am blown away by how many people sign up and then actually join us (number of live participants is in the 900s +). Thank you for supporting this work and for incorporating horror into your summer reading programs and understanding it is a great reading choice for all ages, all year long.
Use the links above or click on the images for each webinar below to register. Even if you cannot join us live, you will be emailed the recording. I will be behind the scenes for each webinar, there to answer your questions about the program while we all get to know the authors and their books a little bit better.
Any and all Booklist webinars, including last year's Summer Scares events (here, here, and here) are always available for free in the Booklist webinar archive.
See you there.
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