This comprehensive, spirited, and often laugh-out-loud funny handbook will help you start, maintain, or enhance a science fiction and fantasy book group.
Neil Hollands is an MLS-degreed librarian working at Williamsburg Regional Library in Williamsburg, VA. His published works include Libraries Unlimited's Read On…Fantasy Fiction.
Intended for discussion-group leaders, this will also be of use to
librarians as a collection-development tool and readers'-advisory
tool. Recommended.
*Booklist*
While book groups are an excellent means of outreach, these
idiosyncrasies pose a particular challenge to librarians seeking to
facilitate successful groups for fans of these genres. Fortunately,
this comprehensive guide comes to the rescue. It is an excellent
resource for both novices looking to initiate groups, and veterans
seeking to breathe new life into existing factions….Although the
book is not specifically aimed toward those who work with
teenagers, young adult librarians (and educators that are so
inclined) will have no difficulty adapting the suggestions and
themes to young adults as needed for a book group, as well as
utilizing it as a general collection-development tool. Particularly
in these genres, where there is a lack of functional ideas of how
to appeal to fans, this manual is indispensable.
*VOYA*
The tips are helpful; everything from how to organize the meetings
to how to break the monotony if things start becoming staid. The
lists are comprehensive, and it's hard to imagine anyone not
finding something of interest within these pages.
*School Library Journal*
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