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Episode 45: Once Upon a Fairy Tale Retelling
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fairy tale retelling are having a moment, a moment that has extended for, like, millennia, but now the trend feels particularly hot. Host Susan Maguir...
Episode 44: A Tale of Two Sara(h)s
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with two of our favorite Sara(h)s. First, librarian and Booklister Sara Martí...
Episode 43: Live from ALA!
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, we’re coming to you live from ALA’s Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Audio Editor Heath...
Episode 42: Why I Love Horror
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 42 Show Notes In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarian and horror expert Becky Spratford...
Episode 41: Summer Scares 2025
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time for Summer Scares, and the popular horror-reading program is in fine form again. Shelf Care host Susan Maguire spoke to librarian Becky Sp...
Episode 40: It’s Not New (But It Sucks): Dealing with Book Bans from the Frontlines
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Katie Clausen, a Chicagoland children’s librarian, about what it’s like to...
Episode 39: Editors' Choice 2024
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of the year again, when the Booklist editors gather ‘round the proverbial fire and share some of their favorite reads of the year. ...
Episode 38: With a Little Help from Our Friends
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to two of her Friends, the co-chairs of the annual book sale at her local branch ...
The Shelf Care Interview: Carole Boston Weatherford
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 37: Book-Clubbable
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire spoke to Allison Escoto of the Center for Fiction about book groups, being a solo libra...
Episode 36: So. Many. Book. Suggestions.
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we’ve got lots and lots of reading suggestions. First, host Susan Maguire is joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Exe...
The Shelf Care Interview: The Creative Team Behind RIFTS AND REFRAINS
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional podcast series in which Booklist editors get to talk to book people. This Sh...
After the Diversity Audit and Farewell, Maggie (sad emoji)
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sat down with Johanna Boyle and Marie Mulder from the Kent District Library in Michigan...
Summer Scares 2024
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Associat...
The Shelf Care Interview: Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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The Shelf Care Interview: Patricia Kreiser
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 33: Memoirs, Author Visits, and Books Books Books
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Stephanie Sendaula, librarian and memoir enthusiast, about what’s so great a...
Episode 32: Editors' Choice 2023
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s December, and that means…Editors’ Choice! Booklist’s full list of our Editors’ Choice titles can be found in our December issue, but on...
Episode 31: Craft Books, Celebrity Memoirs, and Evil Hamburgers
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian Nanette Donohue to talk about all aspects of collecting craft ...
Shelf Care Interview: BonHyung Jeong
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Saadia Faruqi
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about th...
The Shelf Care Interview: Jackson Lanzig and Collin Kelly
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another installment of the Shelf Care interview, an occasional podcast where Booklist editors get to talk with authors and artists about th...
Episode 30: Free People Read Freely: Banned Books Week 2023
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to four people addressing banned books in different ways: Cortney Hall and Matt R...
The Shelf Care Interview: DK Dyson and Rudy Gutierrez
19 Sep 2023
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The Shelf Care Interview: Rachel Werner
05 Sep 2023
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The Shelf Care Interview: Pedro Martín
15 Aug 2023
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Episode 29: Cool People Talking about Cool Books
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In keeping with our annual post-Annual tradition, Susan invited LibraryReads Executive Director Rebecca Vnuk on to participate in a mini Read ‘n’ ...
The Shelf Care Interview: Kate Glasheen
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The Shelf Care Interview: Sarah Sax
06 Jun 2023
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Episode 28: Summer Scares 2023!
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and...
The Shelf Care Interview: Paul Gilligan
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The Shelf Care Interview: Jessixa and Aaron Bagley
02 May 2023
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The Shelf Care Interview: Andrea Beaty and Bahni Turpin
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 27: RA Training, The Audies, And Mothman
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Jessica Trotter of the Capital Area District Libraries (MI) about all things r...
The Shelf Care Interview: Heather Murphy Capps
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 26: A Deep Dive into Book Groups
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Indianapolis (IL) Public Library’s Montoya Barker about all things book grou...
Episode 25: Editors' Choice 2022
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, it’s Editors’ Choice time, when we here at...
Episode 24: Reading Glasses and Other Helpful Insights
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to the hosts of another podcast, Reading Glasses. Mallory O’Meara and Brea Gran...
The Shelf Care Interview: Tameka Fryer Brown and Nina Crews
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Saadia Faruqi
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 23: Personal Weeding and Personal Reading
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to RAILS Community Engagement Manager Dan Bostrom about how to weed ...
Shelf Care Interview: Svetlana Chmakova
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Daniel Minter
20 Sep 2022
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Shelf Care Interview: Reimena Yee
07 Sep 2022
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Shelf Care Interview: April Lavalle and Alex Boniello
02 Aug 2022
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Episode 22: Book Banning and Book Suggesting
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Kelly Jensen about the current state of book banning, what’s be...
Shelf Care Interview: Bao Phi
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Johnnie Christmas
07 Jun 2022
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Episode 21: Spookier than a Clown in a Cornfield: Summer Scares 2022
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire gets the scoop on the books for Summer Scares 2022; first, the adult and teen titles fr...
Shelf Care Interview: Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Sajni Patel
19 Apr 2022
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Episode 20: Reading the Reading List
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to NoveList’s Halle Eisenman about her turn as chair of the RUSA C...
Shelf Care Interview: Jamar J. Perry
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 19: Hyperlocal Streaming Music, Audiobook Awards, and Picture Books with Boots
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Molly Luby and Melissa Bartoletta about Tracks, a hyperlocal stre...
Episode 18: Editors' Choice 2021
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, Booklist’s editors look back on the year in reading and talk about some of their fave titles from the Ed...
Episode 17: No Library is a TARDIS: Or, Why and How to Weed
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarians Anna Mickelsen and Alene Moroni about best practices f...
Shelf Care Interview: Dave Scheidt and Miranda Harmon
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Chris Barton
04 Oct 2021
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Shelf Care Interview: Karla Valenti and Emma Otheguy
21 Sep 2021
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Shelf Care Interview: Sara Pennypacker
07 Sep 2021
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Episode 16: Don't Think about the Elephant! (RA for Non-RA Staff)
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarian Katie McLean Horner about helping non-readers’ adviso...
Shelf Care Interview: Jeffrey Archer
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Nidhi Chanani
07 Jul 2021
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Episode 15: Graphic Novels for Every Reader and Mother-Dog Summer
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to the Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table’s Jessica Jenner about ...
Shelf Care Interview: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan, and Roger Marsh
22 Jun 2021
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Shelf Care Interview: Olivia Matthews and Janina Edwards
07 Jun 2021
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Shelf Care Interview: Raúl the Third
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raúl the Third is the Pura Belpré Honor-winning illustrator of ¡VAMOS! LET'S GO TO THE MARKET and ¡VAMOS! LET'S GO EAT. He is currently working on...
Episode 14: Circ Stats, Bridgerton, and Other Library Business
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Karen Toonen, Collection Services Manager at the Naperville Publi...
Shelf Care Interview: J. William Lewis
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Interview: Ally Carter
05 Apr 2021
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Episode 13: This Book Is a Platypus (Summer Scares 2021)
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(For the full notes with links, visit booklistonline.com/shelf-care) On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, Susan gets real scared…...
Shelf Care Interview: Traci Sorell
16 Feb 2021
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Episode #12: Editors' Choice
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, Booklist editors pull together the most noteworthy books of the year for the Editors’ Choice, and every year, Susan Maguire chases them ...
Shelf Care Interview: John Gallagher
04 Jan 2021
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Shelf Care Episode #11: Games!
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Strang, of the Naperville Public Library and ALA’s Games and Gaming Round Table, spoke to Susan Maguire about everything games in libraries,...
Shelf Care Interview: Alex Sanchez
18 Nov 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Duchess Harris
09 Nov 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Aliza Layne and Gabby Rivera
19 Oct 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Macmillan Library Marketing Team
21 Sep 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Kim Johnson and Alex Aster
14 Sep 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: John Patrick Green, Mike Curato, and Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter
01 Sep 2020
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Shelf Care Episode #10: Socially Distant Programming
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kansas City Public Library’s Kaite Stover and Crystal Faris talk to Susan Maguire about how they moved author events and youth programming online, h...
Shelf Care Interview: Nancy Pearl
25 Aug 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: V.T. Bidania
05 Aug 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Margaret Owen
22 Jul 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
07 Jul 2020
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Episode #9: Comics and Book Groups and Libraries, Oh My!
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Durham County Library’s Patrick Holt talks about how he helps book groups find and discuss great graphic novels; Audio Editor Heather Booth shares h...
Booklist Shelf Care Interview: Tracey Hecht
19 May 2020
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Booklist Shelf Care Interview: Sabaa Tahir, Nicole Andelfinger, and Sonia Liao
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Shelf Care Episode #8: Shelf-Isolation
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Susan Maguire talks to her Booklist colleagues about what media is bringing them comfort during COVID-19 self-isolation in an episode that may or...
Shelf Care Interview: Susan Muaddi Darraj and Siman Nuurali
07 Apr 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
16 Mar 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Irene Latham and Charles Waters on Dictionary for a Better World
04 Mar 2020
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Episode #7: Size (and Format) Matters
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Booklist's Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian extraordinaire Robin Bradford to discuss the hottes...
Shelf Care Interview: Chris Ferrie on the Everyday Science Academy series
18 Feb 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Irene Hannon on Starfish Pier
03 Feb 2020
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Shelf Care Interview: Suzanne Woods Fisher on Two Steps Forward
21 Jan 2020
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Episode #6: Editors' Choices
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Booklist editors gathered around the fire (JK, we gathered in the sound-proof-ish room in the basement of the ALA office) to dig a little deeper i...
Shelf Care Interview: Lynette Eason on Collateral Damage
16 Dec 2019
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