Loan Stars is the readers’ advisory tool that allows library staff across Canada to collaboratively select their favourite forthcoming titles. Using CataList, the online catalogue service and order management tool available for free to libraries, library staff can endorse the Fiction, Non-Fiction, Juvenile, and Young Adult titles they want to recommend to their patrons. The titles with the most recommendations become Loan Stars picks!
But who are the authors and illustrators behind these great Loan Stars reads?
We find out in our series, Meet the Loan Stars.
Meet Natalie Jenner 🍁
Photo of Natalie Jenner by Sarah Sims
Natalie Jenner is the author of two books, the instant international bestseller The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls. A Goodreads Choice Award finalist for best debut novel and historical fiction, The Jane Austen Society was a USA Today and #1 national bestseller and will be translated into twenty different languages worldwide. Bloomsbury Girls released on May 17, 2022 in North America and has also sold for translation in several countries. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie has been a corporate lawyer, a career coach and, most recently, an independent bookstore owner in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her family and two rescue dogs.
You can find Natalie’s Bloomsbury Girls on the May 2022 Loan Stars Adult list!
Read Natalie’s interview below to learn all about her love for libraries, book recommendations, and more.
If you could visit any library in the world, where would you go?
The British Library (just like Evie in my books).
Do you have a favourite librarian, real or fictional?
Jenny Cavilleri from Love Story for her immortal words: “I’m not talking legality, Preppie, I’m talking ethics. You guys have five million books. We have a few lousy thousand.”
Which book would you choose to recommend to library patrons?
When I had a bookshop, the most consistently praised title by a landslide was All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I cannot convey in words how much people love this book.
What does being a Loan Stars pick mean to you?
The fact that librarians across the country want to put my book in their patrons' hands is a highlight in my very young career as a very middle-aged author!
Thank you for answering our questionnaire, Natalie!
Are you a Loan Stars-recommended author or illustrator who wants to be featured on our blog? Get in touch with us to get started.
Until next time!
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