Racquel Marie
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Bio
From the American Library Association conference website:[1]
- "Racquel Marie is an author published through Feiwel and Friends / Macmillan. She grew up in Southern California where her passion for storytelling of all kinds was encouraged by her friends and big family. She received a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University of California, Irvine. There is, unexpectedly, a C in her first name. She is the author of Ophelia After All, You Don’t Have a Shot, and This Is Me Trying.
How to Run an LGBTQIA2S+ Book Club for Teens if You’re Not Queer or Trans
Jen Ferguson led a panel discussion for the American Library Association 2024 conference titled "How to Run an LGBTQIA2S+ Book Club for Teens if You’re Not Queer or Trans" on June 29, 2024.[2],[3]
Racquel Marie was a panelist.
- Say you know there’s a need for a queer book club for teens at your library, and you’re willing to run the program, but you’re not queer or trans—what are some best practices for being an incredible ally to your LGBTQIA2S+ teens? This panel will bring a group of LGBTQIA2S+ authors together to think through best practices, and all the tips and tricks we’ve got to make your queer book club the strongest it can be. We will talk book selection, developing a community agreements and think through the kinds of other supports a queer book club needs to be successful if the person running the programming isn't queer themselves, especially in the current, shall we say, landscape.
Learning Objectives:
- level up their allyship to queer and trans teens in their libraries and their lives.
- consider what goes into providing a service to a group with specific needs which the librarian does not share.
- leave ALA24 with instantly applicable ideas and techniques to bring home with them.
- consider the challenges of providing a service in the current landscape of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation.
Panelists
- Jen Ferguson (she/her/hers) Author Heartdrum/HarperCollins (Presenter)
- Racquel Marie Author Macmillan / Feiwel and Friends (she/her/hers)
- Shelly Page Author/Anthology Editor Macmillan/RHCB (she/her/hers)
- Edward Underhill Author HarperCollins / Macmillan (he/him/his)
- Justine Winans Author HarperCollins (they/them/theirs)