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September Book and Literary Events in New Mexico

But First, These Important Messages!

One: September 1 is registration day to show your books at the NMBA/PMA booth at the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Trade Show in Denver, Sept. 28-30. We need copies of one or two of your titles, page for the catalog, and $60. Details below. MPBA draws bookbuyers from the chains, indie bookstores, and elsewhere! Call me now: Richard Polese (505) 983-1412

Two: September 14 is NMBA’s Second Friday Networking Luncheon. "Self-Publishing Basics" is the focus of our discussion. Bring your information, insights and questions to share. We meet at the Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am to 1pm, brown bag format, free to all!

Three: October 3 is date of "Book Distribution Decoded." NMBA’s latest Professional Development Workshop takes place that Wednesday evening at The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 6:30-8:30pm. Panelists will unravel the mysteries of book distribution today: Patricia Nelson, a national sales rep; Dorothy Massey, retailer; and David Quinn of Baker & Taylor Books. Cost: $20 for NMBA members, $25 non-members. Reserve your place now! Send name and check to: NMBA, PO Box 1285, and Santa Fe NM 87504. Contact Jim Mafchir, (505) 988-7214 for details.



SEPTEMBER 2007 Book Events

Sept. 1: Membership Renewal Date for all NMBA members (except for those who joined after May 15, 2007). Send your $62 dues check to: NMBA, PO Box 1285, and Santa Fe, NM 87504 Fe. Include any changes in address information and your latest news.

Sept. 1: Self-Publishing and Local Author Book Fair, Page One Bookstore Cafe, first Saturday every month, 3-5pm, 11018 Montgomery, NE, Albuquerque. (505) 294-2026.

Sept. 1: SOMOS Book Sale, Taos, 1-3pm. www.somostaos.org, (505) 758-0081.

Sept. 1: Zephyr Press "World in Poetry" series featuring Iraqi poetry and music, Court Youth Center, Las Cruces, 7:30pm,(505) 524-1474.

Sept. 6: Writers at the Mission Cafe, DeVargas Street, and Santa Fe. Facilitator Suzan Hall organizes this gathering for fiction and non-fiction writers every second Tuesday. $16 per meeting, $115 for 8 weeks. Suzan Hall, (505) 954-9931, suzanh@cybermesa.com

Sept. 6-9: Las Poetistas Amigas, poetry dance and music performance featuring five Latin American poets of the early 20 th century, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, $12 and $10. (505) 473-0143.

Sept. 14: NMBA Networking Luncheon: Discussion of "Self-Publishing Basics," at the Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey Santa Fe, 11:30-1:30pm., Free. Bring your bag lunch and a friend. No reservations necessary. (505) 231-1755.

Sept. 15: DEADLINE! October Libro (both the print edition and Libro October email book events calendar). (505) 231-1755, mail@nmbook.org, or send to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504.

Sept. 15: DEADLINE! Tony Hillerman/Cowboys & Indians Mystery Short Story Contest. 2500-word stories must be postmarked by Sept.15,$1500 prize. www.hillermanconference.com/contest.htm

Sept. 15: "Getting Down the Story of Your Life" with Carol Franco, Southwest Literary Center & Narrative Arts Center, Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 10am-4pm, $95 includes her book! litcenter@recursos.com, www.thelegacyguide.com, carolfranco@comcast.net.

Sept. 21-23: Lisa Lenard-Cook Weekend Intensive Workshop, Narrative Arts Center, Carson, NM. Contact lhlenard@earthlink.net.

Sept. 21: NM Book Coop Luncheon "Books and Alibi" with Steve Robert Allen, editor/arts&lit editor, Home Town Buffet, 9261 Coors Blvd, Albuquerque, $8.29 plus tax, tip. (505) 344-9382, info@nmsantos.com.

Sept. 22: Sean Murphy Short Fiction Workshop, “Sizzling Short Fiction” Santa Fe. www.wordharvest.com/onedayworkshops.php


Sept. 25: DEADLINE: DIY Book Festival Book of the Year entries. $1500 cash prize. Visit www.diyconvention.com, (323) 665-8080.

Sept. 28-30: Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association Trade Show. Denver Tech Marriott. Only $60 to display up to two titles at our NMBA booth. Check needed by Sept. 1, catalog pages by Sept 8: NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe NM 87504, (505) 231-1755.

Sept. & Oct.: "Stage Presence for the Shy Author," with Barbara Mayfield, publicist. Information: (505) 231-4774, bjmayfield@cybermesa.com.



+ On the Horizon

Oct. 1: DEADLINE: Carl Hertzog Award for excellence in book design. $1000 cash prize for books printed in 2006 and 2007. Write for entry form: Hertzog Award Competition, University Librarian, UTEP Library, El Paso, Texas 79968.

Oct. 2: "Coming to the Center," a yoga and poetry workshop with Pat Shapiro and Lorraine Schecter, Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs, $175. (505) 466-6656, shapiro@comcast.net.

Oct. 3: "Book Distribution Decoded" NMBA Professional Development Workshop. Panelists unravel the mysteries and frustrations of book distribution today. The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 6:30-8:30pm. Patricia Nelson, a national sales rep; Dorothy Massey, retailer; and David Quinn of Baker & Taylor Books. Cost: $20 for NMBA members, $25 for non-members. Reserve your place now! Send check to: NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe NM 87504 (marked "Distribution"). Contact Jim Mafchir, (505) 988-7214 for details.

Oct. 7: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, Bookworks, Albuquerque, (505) 344-8139 or call Karen Villanueva, 764-8323. Also, Oct. 9, Otowi Station in Los Alamos; Oct. 10, Tome on the Range in Las Vegas; and Oct. 11 at Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, Albuquerque. MoreTBA.

Oct. 4-6: Santa Fe Short Story Festival, at New Mexico School for the Deaf. Contact David Olson thwork@theaterwork.org and visit www.santafeshortstory.org.

Oct. 11-17: Santa Fe Design Week ("Design Matters"), Santa Fe Indian School. Product show Oct. 13 and 14.) Contact Sarah Ellis, (505)955-7003.

Oct. 12: NMBA Nertworking Luncheon, The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 11:30am to 1pm, free.

November: "Reading in Public" NMBA Professional Development Workshop at The Writers Room, Santa Fe. Watch for date in October’s Libro Calendar of Events. Jim Mafchir, (505) 988-7214.

Nov. 1-4: Tony Hillerman Conference: "Focus on Mystery," with opportunity to meet with literary agents interested in mysteries, Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque.www.hillermanconference.com

Nov. 9: New Mexico Book Awards, MCM Elegante Hotel, Albuquerque. Casual New Mexico wear (bolos and boots) New Mexico Book Association is a sponsor of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards. Cost: $28 before Oct. 1, $34 after. (505) 344-1382

Dec. 8: Holiday Book & Craft Fair, St. John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, 10am-4pm.. Application form at www.nmbookcoop.com/advent.doc



+ Author Readings and Signings

Sept. 10: John Trever, Manana Republic: A New Mexico Cartoon Album, Page One Books, Albuquerque, 7pm (505) 294-2026

Sept. 14: Laura Santoro, Mercy, Mable Dodge Luhan House, 240 Morada Lane, Taos, 7:30pm. (505) 758-0081.

Sept. 14: "Becoming a Spiritual Scientist," 12-week course with author and counselor Rebecca Skeele, $100 application, $900 tuition. (505) 984-1739.

Sept. 16: Duende Poetry Series: Four Women, featuring Diana Huntress and Margaret Randall, Anasazi Fields Winery, Placitas, NM, 7pm.

Sept. 23: Dear Diary Readings, with six notable women writers, Film Center, 1616 St. Michael’s Drive, Santa Fe, 3pm, $15 donation. Call (505) 483-9747 or contact beastofbengal@yahoo.com.

Sept. 28: Jon Scieszka, Cowboy and Octopus, Page One, Albuquerque, 7pm.

Sept. 29: Leslie Shipman and Jessica Powers, Borders Cottonwood booksignings, Albuquerque. (505) 344-9382.

Oct. 1: "Voices from Guantanamo" poetry with Lucy Lippard and other readers. First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, 7pm, free. (505) 988-5185, www.pennm.org.

Oct. 4: Richard Rhodes, Arsenals of Folly. Otowi Station Bookstore, 1350 Central Ave, Los Alamos, 5-7pm. (505) 662-9589, books@otowistation.com

+ On the Air

The Reading Sampler with Dorothy Doyle, KSFR 90.7 FM. Thursdays, 6:30-7pm:
Sept. 6: The Walk, by William Debuys

Sept. 13: Leaving New Buffalo Commune by Arthur Kopecky

Sept. 20: Coyota, a novel by Martha Egan

Sept. 27: Speak Like Singing, by Kenneth Lincoln

Attention Calendar participants! All event information must be received in this simple format: Date, Event Name, Sponsor, Location, Time, Cost (if any), and a Contact phone or email. Sorry, but we will no longer edit from longer descriptions.

Welcome new NMBA members! Douglas Bullis (Atelier Books), Mary Lou Heaphy, and Nathan Williams (Sidewinder Publishing) recently joined NMBA. Welcome aboard!

News and Additions: Contact mail@nmbook.org (not authorcare@aol.com, please).

New Mexico Book Association is the state’s nonprofit dedicated to the success of all book and literary professionals. Visit www.nmbook.org