Listen to an interview with librarian Robin Bradford—a 2018 Library Journal Mover & Shaker and a 2016 RWA Cathie Linz Librarian of the Year Award recipient—on the latest episode of The Library Love Fest Podcast.
We talk about Robin's advocacy for diversity in romance, her experiences working in collection development and readers advisory, and what she's reading and loving! Listen to the episode and find a list of the titles we discussed below.
Titles discussed:
- On the Corner of Hope and Main by Beverly Jenkins
- Sweet Talkin' Lover by Tracey Livesay
- The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
- Polaris Rising, Aurora Blazing, and Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik
Want to learn more about these titles? We have audio book samples available here.
We also discussed Becky Spratford's website RA for All and Robin's original article on LitHub.
Links discussed (and a few Robin provided after the recording) for romance readers advisory:
- Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
- Romance.IO
- Robin also said she advises people to search 'story tropes' online in order to find helpful Goodreads lists.
At the end of the show, Robin offered to answer any questions you may have. Leave a message at our new voicemail number: 212-207-7773. Let us know who you are and your question; Robin will answer the questions and we will feature them on the show. Make sure to tell us how to contact you and we will send you a book for participating!
A big thank you to Robin Bradford for taking the time to chat with us!
-Lainey