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DENVER

MIDWINTER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Listen List Announced
The Listen List Council of the Collection
Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)
of the Reference and User Services Association
(RUSA) has announced the 2018 selections of
the Listen List, selected for both avid listeners
of audiobooks and those new to the pleasures
of the fastest-growing format in publishing.
This juried list of 12 newly released titles features
extraordinary narrators and listening experiences
that merit special attention by a general adult
audience and the librarians who advise them.
The 2018 selections are:
The Book of Polly: A Novel by Kathy Hepinstall. Narrated by Jenna Lamia. Books on Tape.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African
Childhood by Trevor Noah. Narrated by Trevor
Noah. Brilliance Audio.
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir: A Novel by
Jennifer Ryan. Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister,
Laura Kirman, Imogen Wilde, Adjoa Andoh,
Tom Clegg, Mike Grady. Books on Tape.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail
Honeyman. Narrated by Cathleen McCarron.

Books on Tape.
The Force: A Novel by Don Winslow. Narrated by Dion Graham. Blackstone Audio.
The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels and
Other Gentlemen by Victoria Alexander. Narrated by Marian Hussey. Harlequin Audio.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel by
Kathleen Rooney. Narrated by Xe Sands.
Macmillan Audio.
Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George
Saunders. Narrated by Nick Offerman, David
Sedaris, George Saunders, Carrie Brownstein,
Miranda July, Lena Dunham, and a full cast.
Books on Tape.
The Reason You're Alive: A Novel by Matthew
Quick. Narrated by R. C. Bray. HarperAudio.
Sourdough: A Novel by Robin Sloan. Narrated by Therese Plummer. Macmillan Audio.
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary
Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel.
Narrated by Mark Bramhall. Books on Tape.
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie. Narrated by Sherman
Alexie. Hachette Audio.

Check out all of the videos from the Midwinter Meeting
& Exhibits - capturing sessions, exhibits, and one-on-one
interviews with speakers - at YouTube.com. You'll even
find the Presidential Candidates' Forum in its entirety.
Just search "ALA Midwinter 2018" to see the playlist.
Enjoy!

Thanks to Our Sponsors
ALA is proud to acknowledge the following organizations
for their generous support of the Midwinter Meeting.
Platinum Sponsor
Gale, a Cengage Company - Shuttle Buses
Diamond Sponsor
ProQuest - Spectrum Scholarships
Ruby Sponsors
Bluubeam- iBeacon Technology
My Book Tote mobile app - Powered by Combined Book Exhibit
Oxford University Press - Conference Lanyards
Speaker Sponsors
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Chronicle Books
HarperCollins Children's Books
Macmillan
Penguin Young Readers
Scholastic

For information on sponsorship opportunities at future events, contact
Paul Graller at pgraller@ala.org or (312) 280-3219.

2018 Amelia Bloomer List
Highlights Best Feminist
Books for Young Readers
This bibliography consists of well-written
and well-illustrated books with significant
feminist content for young readers from birth
to 18 years old. Named for Amelia Bloomer,
a pioneering 19th century newspaper editor,
feminist thinker, public speaker, and suffragist, the list features books that spur the
imagination and promote equity for people
of all genders.
The top 10 titles of the 2018 Amelia
Bloomer List are:
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali, Simon &
Schuster/Salaam Reads, Grades 7 and up.
#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American
Women, by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth
Leatherdale, editors. Annick Press, Grades 8
and up.
Hand Over Hand by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Renné Benoit. Second Story, Pre-K
to Grade 3.
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel
Greenberg. Little, Brown, Grades 9 and up.
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie

Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez
Miguens. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Pre-K
to Grade 3.
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar. Lee & Low/Tu,
Grades 3-7.
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate. Abrams/
Amulet, Grades 9-12.
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at
a Time by Tanya Lee Stone. Penguin/Random
House Children's Books/Wendy Lamb, Grades
9 and up.
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson.
Bloomsbury, Grades 7 and up.
Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai,
illustrated by Kerascoët. Hachette/Little,
Brown and Company, Grades K-3.
The complete annotated list will be published by February 15 on the Amelia Bloomer
Project blog at http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/ and on the Feminist Task Force
website at http://www.ala.org/rt/srrt/feministtask-force.

Outstanding Reference Sources List
for Adults Announced
The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2017 have been named to the 2018
Outstanding References Sources List, an annual
list selected by experts of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).
The Outstanding Reference Sources Committee was established in 1958 to recommend
the most outstanding reference publications
published the previous year for small and
medium-sized public and academic libraries. The selected titles are valuable reference
resources and are highly recommended for
inclusion in any library's reference collections.
The winners are:
Defining Documents in American History:
Immigration & Immigrant Communities (17902016), James S. Pula, editor. Salem Press.
A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist
and Drummer, James A. Strain. Rowman &
Littlefield.
Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts.
Timothy J. Stapleton, editor. ABC-CLIO.

Encyclopedia of Black Comics. Sheena C.
Howard. Fulcrum Publishing.
End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions. Wendell G. Johnson,
editor. ABC-CLIO.
The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Paul R. Bartrop and Michael
Dickerman, editors. ABC-CLIO.
Horses of the World. Elise Rousseau. Princeton University Press.
The Last Superpower Summits: Reagan, Gorbachev, and Bush at the End of the Cold War.
Svetlana Savranskya and Thomas Blanton.
Central University Press.
Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre.
Thomas S. Hischak. Greenwood.
War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith
and Conflict. Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy
J. Demy, editors. Greenwood (ABC-CLIO).
Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document
Collection. Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne
Welch. ABC-CLIO.

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