New Mexico Book Association

> August 3: Jane Hirschfeld, poet (Given Sugar, The Lives of the Heart, etc.), reading and signing at Collected Works, Santa Fe, 6pm.

> August 8: NMBA Networking Luncheon, The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 11:30am to 1:15pm, free.

> August 9: Lisa Dale Norton: Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir (St. Martin's Press), booklaunch at Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 3-4pm. Reception at the author's home follows at 5pm. Call Lisa at (505) 986-0050.

> August 14: NMBA Publishers and Authors Round Table & Happy Hour! Santa Fe Bar and Grill in DeVargas Mall, 5:30pm. Come, relax, enjoy conversation!

> August 16: "Oral History Collecting" with Cecelia Portal, Taos Public Library, 10:30am to 12:30pm, $45 www.somos.org

> August 22: DEADLINE! PDF file for your page in the catalog for the New Mexico Authors & Publishers Showcase at the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Trade Show. Contact Jim Mafchir, westernedge@santa-fe.net, (505) 988-7214.

> September 9: Dan Poynter "Guerilla Marketing for Small Presses and Self Published Authors", An NMBA & SWW professional workshop from 7 - 9pm held at the New Life Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque. Members of SWW or NMBA $25, non-members $35. Reserve now: Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque: (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net

> September 28: "Writing from the Creative Heart" workshop with Denise Chavez, Cultural Center de Mesilla, Mesilla, NM, $100. www.borderbookfestival.org.

> October 3-4: Santa Fe Antiquarian Book Show, Museo Cultural, Santa Fe. www.santafebookshow.com, (505) 983-0088.

> October 18: Penny Sansevieri Workshop: "Red Hot Internet Marketing for Authors & Publishers," sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque. 9am - 4:30pm, includes lunch and book. NMBA and SWW members $79, $99 non-members. Reserve now: Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque: (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net