Becky Spratford
@raforall.bsky.social
Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) out 9/23/25. https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror. (She/Her)
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Becky Spratford
@raforall.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Why I Love Horror: The Book Tour-- Coming to a Library and a Computer and a Podcast Near You
Well, we are only 6 weeks out (to the day) from my first official in person appearance on my book tour. And, we are exactly 1 week away fr...
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I am about to go on tour to support the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR. I will be appearing with many of the authors from the book. Schedule, is below and will be updated as needed.
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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So excited and so nervous to have @rachelharrison.bsky.social joining me tonight at Barnes & Noble in Hingham, Massachusetts at 5 o’clock for a very special Horror Bookclub come hang out with us!!!
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So excited and so nervous to have @rachelharrison.bsky.social joining me tonight at Barnes & Noble in Hingham, Massachusetts at 5 o’clock for a very special Horror Bookclub come hang out with us!!!
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
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You could win a personalized postcard from prolific novelist Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social this holiday season! Stephen is the author of nearly thirty novels and collections, including The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. More information below!
Stephen Graham Jones
Receive a handwritten note from Stephen Graham Jones, prolific horror/crime/sci-fi novelist and writer known for THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, and MONGRELS (among many, many others).
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You could win a personalized postcard from prolific novelist Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social this holiday season! Stephen is the author of nearly thirty novels and collections, including The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. More information below!
Attack of the Best Lists 2025: The 100 Must Read Books of 2025 via Time
Featuring THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER @sgj.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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Featuring THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER @sgj.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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Attack of the Best Lists 2025: The 100 Must Read Books of 2025 via Time
This post is part of my year end "Attack of the Best Lists" coverage. To see every post in my "Attack of the Best Lists 2025" coverage [and ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Attack of the Best Lists 2025: The 100 Must Read Books of 2025 via Time
Featuring THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER @sgj.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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Featuring THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER @sgj.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Thrilled to share a snippet of @ala-booklist.bsky.social's review of FIEND audiobook! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734363...
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thrilled to share a snippet of @ala-booklist.bsky.social's review of FIEND audiobook! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734363...
Attack of the Best Lists 2025: Amazon's Best Books
Post features details about my annual YEAR IN REVIEW program coming in Feb thru PCI Webinars:
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Post features details about my annual YEAR IN REVIEW program coming in Feb thru PCI Webinars:
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Attack of the Best Lists 2025: Amazon's Best Books
This post is part of my year end "Attack of the Best Lists" coverage. To see every post in my "Attack of the Best Lists 2024" coverage [and ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Attack of the Best Lists 2025: Amazon's Best Books
Post features details about my annual YEAR IN REVIEW program coming in Feb thru PCI Webinars:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/atta...
Post features details about my annual YEAR IN REVIEW program coming in Feb thru PCI Webinars:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/atta...
Book tour has paused and I am back to library training! Excited to give my signature talk-- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader to a gathering of SW MI library workers today. My full schedule and slides links are always here: raforall.blogspot.com/p/wapl-prese...
Recent and Upcoming Presentations and Appearances [Updated November 2025]
In the spirit of being green, this page will house links to my recent presentations, allowing attendees access without having to print copie...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Book tour has paused and I am back to library training! Excited to give my signature talk-- RA for All: Flip the Script and Think Like a Reader to a gathering of SW MI library workers today. My full schedule and slides links are always here: raforall.blogspot.com/p/wapl-prese...
After an busy October and one week off to reset, the Horror for Libraries giveaway is BACK and it is 3 finished books you may have missed for 1 winner. @titanbooks.bsky.social @hardcasecrime.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social
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#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: 3 Finished Books You Probaly Missed For 1 Winner
After a month of 31 Days of Horror where I had giveaways scattered throughout the month, and then a week off last week so I could recover, t...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
After an busy October and one week off to reset, the Horror for Libraries giveaway is BACK and it is 3 finished books you may have missed for 1 winner. @titanbooks.bsky.social @hardcasecrime.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social
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Really fascinating how they square this kind of thinking with how much they're worried about *books* for children.
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Really fascinating how they square this kind of thinking with how much they're worried about *books* for children.
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It’s that time again. Time for my monthly interview column YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR. This time I chat with the fantastic @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about one of her favorites: Samuel Beckett. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about art, online discourse, & more.
Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: Cynthia Pelayo on Samuel Beckett - Shortwave Publishing
Back during the height of the pandemic, when the HWA held a virtual version of their annual StokerCon, Cynthia Pelayo was one of the first authors who really welcomed me to the fold, who made me feel ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s that time again. Time for my monthly interview column YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR. This time I chat with the fantastic @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about one of her favorites: Samuel Beckett. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about art, online discourse, & more.
Michigan! I am here. Barely. But I’m here. Training tomorrow and then back to Chicago.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan! I am here. Barely. But I’m here. Training tomorrow and then back to Chicago.
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Last night's panel discussion at the NYPL with Becky Siegel Spratford, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, and Grady Hendrix was one for the ages, all in celebration of Spratford's WHY I LOVE HORROR! I'm so glad I could be there and get my copy signed!
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Last night's panel discussion at the NYPL with Becky Siegel Spratford, @rachelharrison.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, and Grady Hendrix was one for the ages, all in celebration of Spratford's WHY I LOVE HORROR! I'm so glad I could be there and get my copy signed!
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StoryFesting with Rachel Harrison, Nick, and Becky Spratford
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
StoryFesting with Rachel Harrison, Nick, and Becky Spratford
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Sitting with Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, Dan Poblocki, Koren Shadmi, Hailey Piper & Becky Spratford at StoryFest
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sitting with Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, Dan Poblocki, Koren Shadmi, Hailey Piper & Becky Spratford at StoryFest
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StoryFest was such a fantastic time. Thank you everyone who came out! We had an absolute blast. It was a joy to be on not 1, not 2, but 3 panels 😄 this was my last travel event of 2025, and it was lovely to go out with a scream 🖤
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
StoryFest was such a fantastic time. Thank you everyone who came out! We had an absolute blast. It was a joy to be on not 1, not 2, but 3 panels 😄 this was my last travel event of 2025, and it was lovely to go out with a scream 🖤
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Finished my reading of THE STAND and THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT over the weekend. Nursing my massive book hangover with WHY I LOVE HORROR until I settle on what I am reading next. 💙📚
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Finished my reading of THE STAND and THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT over the weekend. Nursing my massive book hangover with WHY I LOVE HORROR until I settle on what I am reading next. 💙📚
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I was unable to see the northern lights because of light pollution. But I am headed to Stevensville MI tonight for a training of library staff tomorrow and hoping being more in the country and right near Lake Michigan to the north will help.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was unable to see the northern lights because of light pollution. But I am headed to Stevensville MI tonight for a training of library staff tomorrow and hoping being more in the country and right near Lake Michigan to the north will help.
Outside the Box Resource: @literaryhub.bsky.social Does Quick Interviews with @nationalbook.bsky.social Award Nominees:
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Outside the Box Resource: Lit Hub Does Quick Interviews with National Book Award Nominees
The National Book Awards are coming up. When they had their long list, I had this post about how to use the award as a resource . (Look I am...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Outside the Box Resource: @literaryhub.bsky.social Does Quick Interviews with @nationalbook.bsky.social Award Nominees:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/outs...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/outs...
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Last event for FIEND is this evening at the Union Church in Boston. Almost 2 months since the book came out 9/16. www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/author-serie...
Fiend by Alma Katsu — FOSEL: Friends of the South End Library
Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time,,,
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November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Last event for FIEND is this evening at the Union Church in Boston. Almost 2 months since the book came out 9/16. www.friendsofsouthendlibrary.org/author-serie...
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Thanks to the @chicago.suntimes.com for running my letter advocating for no cuts to the Chicago Public Library!
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Disappointed in Durbin
A reader from Palos Park expresses frustration over Durbin's vote to end the government shutdown. Also, "Obamacare," proposed Chicago Public library cuts, Dale Bowman, tears gas and Chicago's sports t...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thanks to the @chicago.suntimes.com for running my letter advocating for no cuts to the Chicago Public Library!
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No one has asked for this cut.
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Restore Chicago Library’s Collections Budget
No one has asked for this cut. Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No one has asked for this cut.
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day.
action.everylibrary.org/cpl2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Happy pub day @claymcleod.bsky.social.
Hey adult library workers- make sure your teen staff know about this one!
Hey adult library workers- make sure your teen staff know about this one!
Happy pub day to sweetest, massively talented man @claymcleod.bsky.social
Shiny Happy People is quite the ride!! I just love how Clay gets us in Kyra’s head in the midst of her panic attacks and the way we have all felt so alone when we were teens. And the rest is crazy!Go out and pick this one up!
Shiny Happy People is quite the ride!! I just love how Clay gets us in Kyra’s head in the midst of her panic attacks and the way we have all felt so alone when we were teens. And the rest is crazy!Go out and pick this one up!
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy pub day @claymcleod.bsky.social.
Hey adult library workers- make sure your teen staff know about this one!
Hey adult library workers- make sure your teen staff know about this one!