Books in the Freezer Summer Scares Episode with Konrad Stump and Jennifer McMahon (Plus a Booklist Webinar Reminder)

Books in the Freezer is the official podcast partner of Summer Scares. This past week,   the host, Stephanie, had Konrad Stump, my Summer Scares and HWA Libraries Committee Co-Chair, and Jennifer McMahon, our 2026 Spokesperson, on to talk about the program in general and this year's titles in particular.

You can listen and get access to the show notes here. Or wherever you listen to podcasts. I have also added a direct link to the Summer Scares Resource Page.

You can also use this link to go back and listen to the Books in the Freezer Podcasts Stephanie has centered around Summer Scares from previous years as well. 

And since you are here, reading this post about Summer Scares resources, I wanted to also remind you that our series of FREE webinars centered around each age level of Summer Scares begin today!

• Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Middle-Grade authors and moderated by Julia Smith. Click here to register.
• Monday, March 23, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Young Adult authors and moderated by Kelly Jensen. Click here to register.
• Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 2pm Eastern, featuring our Adult authors and moderated by Jennifer McMahon. Click here to register.

And if you cannot make it, do not worry. Recordings will be available for on demand viewing after the live events at https://www.booklistonline.com/webinars-archive.

I will be in the background of each webinar to answer any questions you have about the program as well.

We are all in the thick of Summer Reading planning and Summer Scares is here to help make it easy for you to incorporate Horror into those plans. And remember, if you are using iREAD, we have 1 book per age level that is directly connected to their 2026 theme-- Plant a Seed, Read.

Reach out to libraries at horror dot org with questions of if you want help connecting our Summer Scares authors with your libraries.