Week 6 Prompt
In full transparency, I used Casey Stepaniuk’s article on Bookriot, “How to host a book tasting for adults at a public library,” as inspiration for an innovative way to promote horror novels at my local library.
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Hello,
To
promote horror novels at the branch, I propose the library design a book
tasting with a full-course menu, including appetizers, entrees, desserts, and
specials of the day. The “appetizers” will include supernatural or paranormal
and body horror, “entrees,” gothic and psychological horror, and “desserts,”
slasher and survival horror. For the specials, attendees will receive
recommendations on nonfiction readalikes, horror poetry, horror films and
television shows, podcasts, video games, and board games.
I
will print each menu (see the photo below for an example menu)
double-sided and place it in a flyer stand so each person, regardless of which
side of the table they choose to sit on, can refer to it. Although we will only
have the physical copies of each book available to patrons for the book
tasting, we will choose books available in print and electronic format. If
there is an audiobook version, we will also relay this to patrons. In addition
to the menu, we will utilize place cards, which we will put on each seat at the
table. The place cards will have the title of each book, and, to the right of
the titles, in parentheses, we will state whether it is available in print
only, in both print and ebook format, if there is an audiobook version, and
whether patrons access the ebook through Axis 360 or OverDrive or the audiobook
through Hoopla or OverDrive.
I
plan to incorporate integrated advisory into this program by recommending
podcasts, films, video games, and board game recommendations. I will print
these recommendations on a one-sided sheet of paper, which I will hand out to
each attendee at the end of the event. Next to each recommendation, I will
share my citations, or sources, whether the library has copies of these items
that patrons can rent or, if not, online and in-store retailers where they can
purchase these items.
References:
Stepanuk,
C. (2020, April 6). How to
host a book tasting for adults at a public library. Bookriot. https://bookriot.com/how-to-host-a-book-tasting-for-adults-at-a-public-library/
Lexi,
ReplyDeleteI love how you wrote this up as a proposal. For some reason it didn't occur to me to do that. I just wrote mine as a blog post with pictures, although my boss is fairly informal so it would be fine with her.
Also, the flyer you made is really nice; it matches the theme perfectly and the graphics are on point for the topic. Even though you mentioned you got the idea from a blogger, I feel that you spun it enough to be unique. Board games are nice addition to this. My library actually has a board game collection (I started it) so this would be great if someone here did a similar program.
Adding materials that the library may not have is something people might not necessarily think about, but we actually do that all the time. Interlibrary loans are one of the easiest examples of this. We don't own those materials but are helping them obtain them nonetheless.
I LOVE this idea! I've hosted a book tasting before and it was a hit - I love focusing on just one genre though. I love how you wrote this prompt, shared credit, and made the graphic. Full points and keep up the great work!
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