Librarian Newsletter: Some of Our Favorite Poets Turned Novelists

Poets who became novelists, Banned Books Week, previews, and more ...

Librarian Newsletter: September 2024 View as Webpage Update your email settings Forwarded by a friend? Subscribe here Hello, This month, we look at novelists who started their careers as poets in a "beyond the book" article accompanying our review of Sam Sax's Yr Dead (recently longlisted for the National Book Award). We also share some bottomless book club resources: 35+ discussion questions that can be applied to any book, along with our rotating top 10 recommended book club titles. Plus, you and your patrons can check out our blog for Banned Books Week on how anyone can fight book bans, a new category of books recommended by both LibraryReads and BookBrowse, and previews of noteworthy October releases. — The BookBrowse Team Beyond the Book: Poets Turned Novelists Yr Dead is author Sam Sax's debut novel, but not their first published work; they have previously published four chapbooks and three full collections of poetry. Many other well-established poets have also turned to fiction with great success. Read Article 36 Book Club Discussion Questions for Any Book—Tried and Tested! With some all-purpose book club discussion topics like these, anyone can turn out a top-notch discussion guide that will be an awesome fit for their book group. Read Blog Top 10 Book Club Recommendations The next time you or your patrons need ideas for good book club books, just load up our reading guides page to find a numbered list of the current 10 most viewed book club titles. Click to see what's popular right now! View Today's Recommendations How to Fight Book Bans In conjunction with Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2024), an annual event established in 1982 to draw attention to problems of censorship, we share a few ways anyone can support efforts to fight book bans in their community, and on a larger scale, too. Feel free to share this article (and any of our other blog content) with your patrons. Read Blog LibraryReads in Filtered Search BookBrowse has partnered with LibraryReads to include LibraryReads Picks as a category on BookBrowse that anyone can access, and subscribing libraries can apply this category in our filtered search. Note that not all LibraryReads picks will appear here, just the books that BookBrowse and LibraryReads have recommended — the best of both worlds! See LibraryReads Picks New & Notable Books in October We've carefully selected 100+ of the most noteworthy books publishing in October — check them out! Individual members and subscribing libraries can see, sort, and download the full list for all months. Non-subscribers can view books up to the current month and a limited selection of future books. See Previews For questions about BookBrowse for Libraries, including quotes and trials, please contact: info@bookbrowse.com 1-800-745-5306 x 109 Not a librarian? You received this email because you are subscribed to our librarian newsletter list. If you are not interested in receiving library related emails but want to stay subscribed to other BookBrowse emails, go to bookbrowse.com/subscriptions to update your settings.  If you wish to be removed from all BookBrowse mailings, click unsubscribe below.

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