The Lure of Romance Program, June 17, 2001

Overbooked (Book Links):
ALA/RUSA/CODES Readers' Advisory Committee

Bouricius, Ann. Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

Chelton, Mary K. "Unrestricted Body Parts and Predictable Bliss: The Audience Appeal of Formula Romances." Library Journal 116 (July 1991): 44-49.

Krentz, Jayne Ann. "All the Right Reasons: Romance Fiction in the Public Library." Public Libraries 36 (May/June 1997): 162-166.

Krentz, Jayne Ann, ed. Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.

Linz, Cathie, Ann Bouricius, and Carole Byrnes. "Exploring the World of Romance Novels." Public Libraries 34 (May/June 1995): 144-151.

Mosley, Shelley, John Charles, and Julie Havir. "The Librarian as Effete Snob: Why Romance?" Wilson Library Bulletin 69 (May 1995): 24-25, 114-115.

Mussell, Kay and Johanna Tunon. North American Romance Writers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999.

Radway, Janice A. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Ramsdell, Kristin. Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1987.

Ramsdell, Kristin. Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Ramsdell, Kristin, ed. What Romance Do I Read Next? 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 1999.

Saricks, Joyce. "Rules of the Romance Genre." Booklist 96 (Sept. 15, 1999): 244.

Tunon, Johanna. "A Fine Romance: How to Select Romances for Your Collection." Wilson Library Bulletin 69 (May 1995): 31-34.

 

Useful Links for Romance Writers and Readers at http://www.jaclynreding.com/links/
A well-organized listing of links for authors, publishers, distributors, organizations, and romance reference.

All About Romance at http://www.likesbooks.com/
For and by romance readers, they call themselves the romance readers home for romance novels, romance reviews, romance authors, and more.

Romance Novel Review at http://members.tripod.com/~KristinaDaron/
A personal site with professional content. Reviews, author links, and "Best-of" lists.

The Romance Journal at http://www.romancejournal.com/
Features 2 active message boards, and informative content that takes the romance genre seriously.

The Romance Club at http://www.theromanceclub.com/
Previews, featured authors, and lots of links.

The Romance Reader at http://www.theromancereader.com/
Thousands of book reviews, author interviews, an author address book, and feature columns.

Romance Writers of America at http://www.rwanational.com/
Industry news with special sections for readers and librarians.

The Ultimate Internet Romance Book Site at http://www.icgnet.com/romancebooks/index1.htm
A unique personal site featuring hundreds of scanned romance novel covers dating back to 1973, as well as cover model info and a list of 320 aliases of romance writers.

Romantic Times Magazine at http://www.romantictimes.com/
The website companion to the print periodical. Features reviews by genre and author news.

CVCO - Overbooked Romance Links at http://www.overbooked.org/romance.html

 

Authors ~ Presenters:

Teresa Medeiros: http://home.earthlink.net/~termede/website2001.htm

Susan Elizabeth Phillips: http://www.susanephillips.com/

Kristin Ramsdell: http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/kramsdell.htm

 

Related Links:

Bantam Doubleday Dell

William Morrow - HarperCollins

Genreflecting: Romance

All About Romance Interview with Kay Mussell
"Are Feminism and Romance Novels Mutally Exclusive?" (1997)

The Literature of Romance: A Librarian's Viewpoint by Kristin Ramsdell
This article was originally published in the June 1999 edition of Romance Writers Report, the professional journal of the Romance Writers of America. 19 (June 1999): 37-39

Accidental Authors, Random Readers, and the Art of Popular Romance by Dr. Beth Rapp Young
This article was first published in Paradoxa Studies in World Literary Genres:
Where's Love Gone? Transformations in the Romance Genre (Vol. 3, Numbers 1-2, 1997: 29-45)

Defeating the Critics: What We Can Do About the Anti-Romance Bias by Jennifer Crusie
Romance Writer's Report. Vol. 18 Number 6, June 1998: 38-39, 44. Panache column on the hot buttons that romance fiction pushes in its critics

Romance Novel Studies Bibliography - compiled by Rita Mackin Fox
Includes dissertations, articles, reference sources and more.

"What's in a Name" - PW article on Romance and Women's Fiction 7/2/01
Authors and publishers discuss the (often subtle) distinctions between romance and women's fiction

RUSA/CODES Readers' Advisory Committee - program links

This bibliography was prepared by Vicki Nesting and Rebecca Vnuk for the CODES (Collection Development and Evaluation Section) / Readers' Advisory Committee's program "The Lure of Romance." This program was held June 17, 2001 at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco. CODES is a part of the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association.