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Quarterly Literary Fiction
Book Discussion
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Coordinated by ARRT Steering Committee
members Ted Balcom and Debbie Walsh, this group will focus on a different
work of literary fiction four times a year. The next meeting will take
place on
Wednesday July 22 at 1:30 p.m. at the Geneva
Public Library. We will discuss
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. All ARRT members are welcome
and should have read the book so that they can participate in the
discussion.
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What Librarians Need to Know
About Publishing (and How to Find Out!) |
On March 25, 2009, Nora Rawlinson, Librarian and former Editor-in-Chief of Publishers Weekly,
taught Readers Advisors what
they need to know about publishing to predict popular demand.
At the program, Ms. Rawlinson presented a Galley Challenge
which you can participate in
here
http://arrtreadsgalleys.pbwiki.com/
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2009 will mark the 25th anniversary of RA programming provided for
Chicago-area librarians (and sometimes beyond) by the Adult Reading Round
Table. Ever wonder what similar group exist across the country? You
may live too far away to participate in ARRT's meetings, but there may be a
similar group nearby. Here is a growing list of groups that provide
readers
advisory programming and training.
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Membership to the
premiere Readers Advisory group in the nation, The Adult Reading
Round Table, is still only $10! This is our 25th
Anniversary year and we have Big Things planned for our members.
If you are not yet a member or wish to renew your membership for 2009,
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The 2009-2010 ARRT Genre
Study kicked of on February 5, 2009. All ARRT members are invited to
join this two-year study of the Romance Genre.
Find out how |
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One Thing Leads to Another
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Have you ever noticed
that you tend to read in patterns? This
Reading Map
or serial bibliography provides an example of the way readers
can suggest connected books to one another — and travel across genres, around
the world, and through time on the journey from the first book to the last. |
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