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Deep Is the Fen
by Lili Wilkinson

What others call witch-eyed, Merry calls looking threadwise: she can see magic, but she wants no association with the witches she knows killed her mother. Besides, in Anglyon, where she lives, there are 100 legal, government-sanctioned magical spells, and the witches, who flout the restrictions, are widely feared.

10 Questions for Elly Griffiths
By John Charles

Elly Griffiths is the USA Today best-selling author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; The Postscript Murders; and Bleeding Heart Yard, winner of the Fingerprint Awards’ Crime Book of the Year.

Booklist Backlist: Second Chances
by Donna Seaman

Spring is all about renewal. For us humans, that can mean second chances at love and life. These works of fiction, including suspense, literary novels, a short-story collection, and romances, offer imaginative, affecting, and charming variations on this hopeful, though often complicated, theme.

10 Questions for Nick Medina
By John Charles

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nick Medina appreciates blues-based music, local folklore, and snowy winters. A member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, he drew on personal and family experiences, along with research into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic, to inspire his debut novel, Sisters of the Lost Nation.

New and Forthcoming Health and Wellness Books in Spanish
by Heather Booth

This selection of recent and forthcoming books in Spanish, comprising topics ranging from healthy habits to healing from trauma, is a step toward extending that critical library service to the Spanish speakers in your community.

Episode #34: Summer Scares 2024
By Susan Maguire

This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement.

10 Questions for Suzanne Park
By John Charles

Suzanne Park is a Korean American writer who was born and raised in Tennessee. She is the author of the adult novels The Do-Over, So We Meet Again, and Loathe at First Sight.