Something to Talk About: Creative Booktalking for Adults

Using booktalks as an essential tool for revitalizing adult reading in communities can position the library as a cultural, educational, and social agent connecting people who are interested in reading. Part instructional manual, part material sourcebook, this is a solid introduction to the topic of booktalking. A practical addition for public librarians, this volume will inspire enriching conversations about books and authors and help librarians to discover current reading trends and gauge literary needs in their communities.
Will be of value to inexperienced booktalkers and may give more experienced booktalkers some new ideas on how to present old favorites.
This is a practical addition to the Reader's Advisory literature and would make a good addition for public libraries.
Comprehensive, straightforward, and practical, this is a valuable resource that adult services librarians will continually use. Recommended for all public libraries.
Noting a lack of material for adult groups, Cyr, a reference librarian, and Gillespie, a fiction specialist, describe the idea of booktalking and focus specifically on instructions for putting a program together for adults. They also discuss what a booktalk is, how librarians can choose a book and write a talk that will create interest in a title, and how to publicize a program, following this with 88 samples in a variety of genres, from general fiction to nonfiction. Examples also contain bibliographic information on the book, a list of related genres, and the general characteristics of each