New Mexico Book Association Schedule

BookExpo,May Book Events
• May 1: Early Deadline for the 2010 New Mexico Book Awards. NMBA is again a proud sponsor of the New Mexico Book Awards. Entry information and guidelines are now available: www.nmbookcoop.com.
• May 1: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, 2010 Historical Society of New Mexico Annual Conference, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., Hobbs, NM, 10:30am, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.hsnm.org.
• May 1: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed; location to be determined, 11:30am, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
• May 15: Extended deadline for the Southwest Writers 28th Annual Writing Contest; you can still get your entry in (with a $5 late fee); rules and entry form: www.southwestwriters.org/contestAnnual.php.
• May 22: Tenth Anniversary for Eva and Edward Borins as owners of Garcia Street Books. Visit www.garciastreetbooks.com for celebration details.
• May 25: Deadline for the 2010 New York Book Festival, to be held June 10-12; entry fee $50; www.newyorkbookfestival.com.
• May 25-27: BookExpo America, Jacob Javits Center, NY, www.bookexpoamerica.com/, (800) 840-5614 or (203) 840-5614; or call Jim Mafchir (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
• May 29-June 4: Five-Day Wyoming Literature & Landscape of the Horse Retreat, Page Lambert and Sheri Griffith. Connecting People with Nature, and Writers with Words, $1450, Vee Bar Guest Ranch, Laramie, Wyoming, 5 days, (303) 842-7360, page@pagelambert.com, www.pagelambert.com.

Author Signings & Readings
• May 1: Michele Keith, Here and There: Inside the City and Country Homes of America's Top Designers, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 4pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 4: Jim Lehrer, Super, a novel. Lehrer is author of 20 novels, apart from his work as Anchor for PBS News Hour. Bookworks, 7pm, Contact: Laura (505) 344-8139.
• May 8: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Albuquerque Public Library, 501 Copper NW, 11am, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.cabq.gov/library.
• May 8: Jared Tinlin, New Mexico's youngest NMBA member, book launch. Eight-year-old Jared Tinlin will read from Hey...Hey...Think Out Loud, 11am, Page One Bookstore, Albuquerque, 11018 Montgomery. Andrea at Page One, (505) 294-2026, or go to: www.kidadventurepack.com, or email: authorcare@aol.com
• May 8: Stuart Woods, Lucid Intervals, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 2pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 8: George A. Cowan, Manhattan Project to Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 3pm, (505)986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 8: Debra Reble, PhD, Soul-Hearted Partnership: Creating the Ultimate Experience of Love, Passion, and Intimacy, The Ark, 133 Romero St., Santa Fe, 3pm-5pm, (505) 989-4561, Bharrelson@blessingway.com, www.soulheartedpartnership.com.
• May 11: Laura Bell and Mark Spragg, Claiming Ground and Bone Fire, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 5pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 12: Rae Marie Taylor and other authors in the anthology, The Return of the River, Community Gallery at Santa Fe Convention Center, 5pm-7pm, (505)670-2064, twoshores.rae@gmail.com.
• May 15: Linda Whittenberg, Tender Harvest and Dying Can Wait, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe, 2pm, (505) 471-2123, whittwil@dishmail.net, www.lindawhittenberg.com, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 15: Jared Tinlin, Hey...Hey...Think Out Loud, 8-yr.New Mexico author reads and signs books at and Signing 11:00a.m. Alamosa Books, 8810 Holly Ave NE Ste. D, Albuquerque (505) 797-7101, www.kidadventurepack.com, authorcare@aol.com.
• May 23: Marsha Scarbrough, Medicine Dance, Blue Eagle Book Shoppe, 2422 Juan Tabo NE, Albuquerque, 1pm-4 pm, (505) 298-3682, blueeaglenews@aol.com, www.medicinedancebook.com.
• May 24: Nathaniel Philbrick, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of The Little Bighorn, sponsored by Garcia Street Books, School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia Street, Board Room, 6pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 27: Hampton Sides, Hellhound On His Trail, The Stalking of MLK Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin, sponsored by Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe Prep, 1101 Camino Cruz Blanca, 7pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
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