Popping in today with an invitation for every single one o you and your patrons-- all ages of patrons. Join me and best-selling authors Rory Power (YA), Lisa Springer (MG/YA), Andrew Joseph White(YA and Adult), and Nat Cassidy (Adult) as we have a conversation about horror hosted by Anderson County (SC) Library System. And it is 1 week from today! Friday, April 15th from 6-7:30pm eastern.
While anytime of year is the perfect time of year to talk about Horror, April does mark Halfway to Halloween making this month a great time to have horror programming.
I want to give a shout out to Cash from the library. She emailed "libraries at horror dot org" asking for help increasing her horror based programming. She was noticing an uptick in horror readers at all age levels in their library system and knew more programming was needed to satisfy demand.
After a phone call and a few more emails back and forth, Cash sent me a "wish list" of authors (see some of those above) and I helped to organize this event for her.
This is all part of the work the Horror Writers' Association's Libraries Committee does each and every day. As part of the HWA's 501c3 status, we provide free programming to libraries includingconnecting them to authors.
The HWA Libraries Committee is currently in the midst of a strategic planning process as well. It is going well and we will have more to share with the world by September, but in the meantime, we are gathering names of people who want to be a part of our work. We have a short form where you can share your interest and expertise with us. Click here to access that. You do not have to be a library worker to fill it out. Library supporters are welcome as well. Again, click here.
We are in the process of starting a HWA Libraries newsletter [target Fall 2026], and if you share your info with us now, we will get you on the list ASAP.
Back to next week's program-- any and all are welcome to join us, but you need to register here to get the link.
DescriptionIt's never too early to celebrate Halloween! Start the countdown by joining us for this exclusive online event, as best-selling authors Rory Power, Lisa Springer, Andrew Joseph White, and Nat Cassidy discuss the horror genre and share insights into their writing processes, moderated by horror advocate and author Becky Spratford! Now, that's something to scream about!While we cannot promise that every burning question will be answered, we encourage you to email us your best ones to eccstaff@andersonlibrary.org before the discussion.
I hope to see many of you there.
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