Something to Talk About Creative Booktalking

This is the first book to focus solely on booktalking to adults. Here is an instruction manual and a material sourcebook in one; providing the reader with both step-by-step instructions on how to write a booktalk and 88 samples to use when creating a booktalk program for an adult audience.

Ann-Marie Cyr has served as the reference librarian in the Mesa Public Library, Arizona Kellie M. Gillespie is a fiction specialist at the City of Mesa Library

Introduction

v

1 The Benefits of Booktalking

1

(6)

2 Choosing the Book

7

(8)

3 How to Write a Booktalk

15

(8)

4 Putting a Program Together

23

(12)

5 Publicity and Promotion

35

(6)

6 Practical Matters

41

(6)

7 Sample Booktalks

47

(66)

Chillers

47

(6)

General Fiction

53

(5)

Historical Fiction

58

(5)

Humorous Fiction

63

(5)

Multicultural Fiction

68

(3)

Mystery

71

(9)

Nonfiction

80

(5)

Romance

85

(6)

Science Fiction

91

(6)

Sea Adventures

97

(5)

Women's Fiction

102

(6)

Booktalks by Genre

108

(5)

Selected Bibliography

113

(2)

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Something to Talk About Creative Booktalking for Adults

Summary

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Table of Contents

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