New Podcast Episode: Librarian Becky Spratford interviews Paul Tremblay, author of THE PALLBEARERS CLUB

We are so excited to share a new podcast episode between Readers' Advisor Becky Spratford and beloved author Paul Tremblay about his upcoming book, The Pallbearers Club—a cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable—and unsettling—friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its veins.

Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She mentioned the 3rd edition of her book: The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, which she named Paul Tremblay as an example of a great author working in psychological horror. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAforAll. 

Becky reviewed The Pallbearers Club book for Booklist, giving it a starred review!

"In his brilliant new novel, Tremblay takes on the well-mined small-town, coming-of-age horror trope, transforming it into something so original, it elevates the entire genre."

—Booklist ⭐️ review

 

Check out some of the other rave reviews:

"Books can have teeth. A whole mouthful of them. The Pallbearers Club has a whole lifetime of them." 
—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of My Heart is a Chainsaw

 

"A new novel from Paul Tremblay is always cause for celebration. The Pallbearers Club has it all—growth and decay, metatextual playfulness and earnest terror, dark hilarity and deep melancholy. For a book that looks death squarely in its sightless eye this one is just brimming over with life and inventiveness. I loved floating and falling through time with Art Barbara and Mercy."
—Karen Russell, New York Times bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Orange World

 

"The most beautiful and heartbreaking funeral I've been to in a long time, The Pallbearers Club is melancholy, funny, and very cruel, but you won't regret carrying this coffin."
—Grady Hendrix, bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group

Listen to the episode below:

Paul also listed some of the books he is reading and loving:

• Ocean State by Stewart O'Nan
• Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John Langan
• Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
• Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum
• The Ghost Sequences by AC Wise
• Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

The Pallbearers Club is on sale July 5, 2022

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LibraryReads votes are due June 1st.

A HUGE thank you to Becky and Paul for taking the time to record this episode!

-Lainey