Join us Tuesday, March 19, at 2 pm, for Acquiring the Duke: The Current State of Romance in Publishing and Libraries. The event takes place at Indian Prairie Public Library (Darien). Romance tends to be underestimated in the shuffle of collection development, readers’ advisory, and publishing–despite comprising 23% of the US fiction market. We are
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It’s ARRT membership renewal time!
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Start the New Year by renewing your ARRT Membership. Members receive discounted programs pricing for members as well as the opportunity to participate in our 2018-2019 Romance Genre Study, as well as the Book Club Study. Our goal is to also make the 5th edition of The ARRT Popular Fiction List free to our members at the Fall
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2019 Book Club Study schedule
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Save the dates! Check out our 2019 Book Club Study schedule… Winter Book Discussion: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Tuesday, February 26th, 2-4 p.m. Oak Park Public Library Spring Book Discussion: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. Tuesday, April 16th, 2-4 p.m. Itasca Community Library Summer Book Discussion: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh
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Upcoming book club study: Evicted
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Join us Tuesday, February 26, from 2-4 pm, at Oak Park Public Library for a discussion of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. RSVP to Margita Lidaka (mlidaka@oppl.org) Find more details on the ARRT Book Club Study page
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ARRT travel grants now available
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ARRT now offers Travel Grants to support readers’ advisors in attending ARRT programs! Visit the ARRT Travel Grant page for more information on how to apply.
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Upcoming genre study meeting: Erotic Romance & Erotica
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The next meeting of the Romance genre study—where we discuss Erotic Romance & Erotica—will be on February 7 from 2-4 pm at Lisle District Library. You can find the assignment here.
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Upcoming genre study meeting: LGBTQ Romance
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The next meeting of the Romance genre study—where we discuss LGBTQ Romance—will be on December 6 from 2-4 pm at Glenview Public Library. You can find the assignment here.
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Upcoming book club study: The Leavers
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Join us Wednesday, November 7, from 2-4 pm, at Stickney-Forest View Public Library for a discussion of The Leavers by Lisa Ko. RSVP to Sonia Reppe (reppes@sfvpld.org) Find more details on the ARRT Book Club Study page
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Winner of 2018 ILA Readers’ Advisory Service Award
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The Adult Services Department of the Deerfield Public Library is the recipient of the 2018 Illinois Library Association Readers’ Advisory Service Award. The award, presented and sponsored by the Adult Reading Round Table, recognizes excellence in the planning, development and delivery of readers’ advisory service to adults and teens. Deerfield’s Adult Services Department was selected
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Come see us at ILA!
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(Don’t) Call Me Crazy: Book Release and Author Interview Thursday, October 11 If you’re attending the Illinois Library Association conference in Peoria, please join us for this ARRT-sponsored event — a book release party with librarian, Boot Riot Editor, and bestselling author Kelly Jensen as she launches (Don’t) Call me Crazy, an essay collection that explores,