Spring 2018
No. 78
Membership
ARRT membership is $15 ($5 for students) and is valid for one calendar year. Join ARRT (or renew your membership) online or by printing a form to mail with your fee.
 
Upcoming Events
 
Book Club Study
Wednesday, April 25, 2-4 p.m.
Naper Blvd branch of Naperville Public Library 
(This is a different location than ARRTCon 2017!) 

Please join us for a discussion of A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev.

Following the discussion, the leadership topic will focus on incorporating romance novels into any book club. Please note: Sonali will be joining us for the leadership topic! Sonali is a delightful speaker, passionate about romance novels, and an excellent advocate for diverse authorship in all publishing. In addition to the notes, ARRT will also be providing a booklist of discussable romance novels! If you have discussable romance titles, bring them and we will add them to the list to share with everyone.

Free to ARRT Members. RSVP to Karen Toonen (ktoonen@naperville-lib.org)
 
 
RA Outreach: Taking the Books on the Road
Wednesday, May 23, 9-11:15 a.m.
Oak Park Public Library
 
Readers are everywhere, and readers’ advisory can be too! Join ARRT for an informative and engaging presentation to learn about two libraries’ successes in expanding their RA service beyond the walls of their building and into their communities’ favorite places. 
 
Presenters:
Sarah Yale Neighborhood Services Librarian Oak Park Public Library
Sam Adams-Lanham Community Engagement Librarian Barrington Area Library
 
$10 ARRT Members; $15 Nonmembers
Register here.
 
Event Recaps
Book Club Study: Exit West
In January, we discussed Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. The leadership topic focused on discussing the pros and cons of choosing "best" books (award winners or popular book club picks).
 
Romance Genre Study (Introduction)
In February we kicked off our 2 year genre study for Romance (recap here).
 
Save the Date: 2018 Romance Genre Study 
4/5/18 @ Glenview Public Library: Love Stories vs. Romance
6/7/18 @ Lisle District Library: Contemporary Romance
8/2/18 @ Glenview Public Library: Historical Romance
10/4/18 @ Lisle District Library: Historical Romance, Cont.
12/6/18 @ Glenview Public Library : LGBTQ Romance
 
Save the Date: 2018 Events Book Club Study 
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Book one
by Emil Ferris
 
Filled with B-horror movie and pulp monster iconography, the diary of ten-year-old Karen Reyes records her investigation into the murder of her upstairs neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor.
 
Will be held at Northbrook Public Library on Thursday, August 9th from 2:00-4:00, more details to come. 
 
The Leavers : A Novel
by Lisa Ko
 
An award-winning debut novel follows the experiences of a Chinese youth who when his undocumented worker mother fails to return home is adopted by a family that attempts to make him over as an American teen while he struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of the family he left behind.
 
Will be held at Stickney-Forest View Public Library District on Wednesday, November 7th from 2:00-4:00, more details to come. 
 
Save the Date: 2018 Programs
Summer Program: 
 
Hosting Author Events at Your Library, July 24th @ Warren-Newport Library

 
Fall Program: 
 
Reader Focused Collection Development, September 25th  @ Archer Heights branch of the Chicago Public Library

More details to come. 
 
 
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