Dear Librarian,
It’s been a challenging time for libraries. Sisters in Crime has resources to help you in your search for content, inspiration, and programming.
Since 2010, Sisters in Crime has given over $120,000 in grants to libraries in recognition of the role they play in building community, supporting literacy and lifelong learning, and introducing authors to readers. Grants of $500 will be made six times this year. Click here for more information and a link to apply.
Looking for diverse books? For many years, SINC has curated Frankie’s List, an extensive list of crime novels by people of color and other marginalized groups. Frankie Y. Bailey, building on work by the late Eleanor Taylor Bland, began to compile a list of published Black crime writers over a decade ago. Frankie has expanded the list to include other WOC and LGBTQ+ authors. Here’s a link: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/FrankiesList
Feel free to explore our website and see all we have to offer: an author search tool to help you find crime writers in your area; a library of webinars from engaging experts in writing, forensics, and other topics of interest to your patrons; and more. https://www.sistersincrime.org
Membership in SINC is open to all readers, writers, booksellers, and of course, librarians. Thank you for all you do and remember – Sisters in Crime Loves Libraries!
Best wishes,
Shari Randall
Librarian@SistersinCrime.org
Sisters in Crime Library Liaison
Sisters in Crime is the premier crime writing association focused on equity and inclusion in our community and in publishing. Our 4,500+ members enjoy access to tools to help them learn, grow, improve, thrive, and reinvent if necessary. They also gain a community of supportive fellow writers and readers, both peers to share the peaks and valleys of writing, and mentors to model the way forward.
