Rio Rancho Book Fair, Rio Rancho, NM

The largest book event of the year is this coming weekend at the Rio Rancho Book Fair
You are invited to join over 100 local authors and publishers at the Rio Rancho Book Fair on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 10am to 4pm. The event will be at the Inn at Rio Rancho.
The Rio Rancho Observer says it is the "Biggest Book event in New Mexico this Year!" The Sunday Albuquerque Journal has a nice write-up as well. You don't want to miss this one!
The event is at the Inn at Rio Rancho, which is located at 1465 Rio Rancho Dr (just north of Sarah Road and just north of the Intel plant). A map is available HERE.
You can download a copy of the participating authors and publishers HERE
There will be books and crafts of all types. This is a great place to start your holiday buying season.
The book fair is being organized by the New Mexico Book Co-op and is held as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for ReadWest, which is the premier literacy program in the Albuquerque metro area.
The books and crafts will appeal to both children and adults. Over 100 New Mexico authors & artists will participate in the event beginning at 10 AM with a story time for children conducted by New Mexico children’s book authors. At 12 noon Don Bullis, author of New Mexico & Politicians of the Past, will be speaking and signing his books. At 2 PM Michael McGarrity, author of The Kevin Kerney Mysteries Series, will address the gathering and sign copies of his books. There will also be a silent auction through-out the day to benefit ReadWest. The book and crafts fair is free and open to the public, but a $2.00 donation at the door is encouraged.
ReadWest’s 20th Anniversary Celebration will continue into the evening at a banquet spotlighting two authors: Marten Griego and his book, Leaving the House of Tears, and Anne Hillerman and her new book, Tony Hillerman’s Landscape. There will also be music by The Taylors, appetizers, cake, and a live auction which will feature an autographed copy of The Audacity of Hope by President Barack
Obama. Tickets are $35 per person. All proceeds will benefit the ReadWest Adult Literacy Program.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.readwest.org,
We look forward to seeing you there.
Happy holidays!
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!

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.

New Mexico Book Association News

,Book News & Events for November 2009!
First, the News...
>> Southwest Book Design Awards Early Bird Deadline has been extend to November 15! Get your entries in by that date and your cost is only $25 for the first category entered ($15 for additional categories)! Find the Entry Form and detailed brochure at www.nmbook.org
>> NMBA Networking Luncheon Is November 13 at the Book Forum on the main floor of our fine office at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, Friday, 11:30 pm. We have a new neighbor: New Mexico’s Own, serving far-flung businesses in the state. Come, share, learn, laugh, it’s free! NMBA’s Board meeting follows at 1:30pm.
>> "Pressing Forward" November 12-14: PubWest’s National Publishing Conference is set for Tucson, Arizona (see Calendar below). NMBA urges all our members who have not been to this important conference to make plans to go. You’ll enjoy the warmer weather and connect with publishers throughout the West. Details at: www.pubwest.org/conference
>> Holiday Fiesta Set Thursday, December 10! The annual gathering of New Mexico’s literary and book people is a social affair you won’t want to miss! Mark your calendar now. Our venue will be El Museo Cultural (most likely) in the Santa Fe Railyards. More details in the final Libro newsletter of the year, coming to you in mid-November.
>> Clean Sweep: Your Book Association needs a vacuum cleaner, to keep our new Book Forum space nice and tidy. If there’s one in the closet you haven’t used for awhile, get in touch with Paula Lozar, (505) 473-3479.

+ NOVEMBER Book Events:
Nov. 1: Day of the Dead Writing and Publishing Workshop, Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, 1-4pm. (505) 474-6309, www.booksbayou.biz
Nov. 6, 7, 8: "A Light in my Soul" (Una Luz en mi Alma), Working Classroom Ensemble Company, Jewish Arts and Culture Group and Tesuque Assistance Trust, $20 adults, $15 students and seniors, James A. Little Theatre, 7pm Friday and Saturday; 2pm Sunday, (505) 242-9267, www.workingclassroom.org Tickets at www.ticketssantafe.com
Nov. 7: Rio Rancho Book Fair. info@nmsantos.com, www.nmbookcoop.com
Nov. 12-14: PubWest National Publishing Conference and Trade Show, Doubletree Hotel Reid Park, Tucson, AZ. All details at: www.pubwest.org/conference.
Nov. 13: NMBA Networking Luncheon, Book Forum, downstairs at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, free. Bring friends and your bag lunch; free but contributions to the cookie fund welcome 1 11:30am to 1:15pm.
Nov. 13: NMBA Board Meeting, Book Forum, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
Nov. 14: EARLY BIRD DEADLINE! Annual IPPY Awards. Independent publishers may enter 67 categories in 20 regions! Enter now and save $5. Jim Barnes. Visit www.independentpublisher.com
Nov. 15: EARLY BIRD DEADLINE! Southwest Book Design & Production Awards. $25 first category entered, $15 each extra category (NMBA members). See the brochure at www.nmbook.org or contact Jim Mafchir, (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net
Nov. 20: New Mexico Book Awards Banquet, MCM Elegante Hotel, Albuquerque, 6:30pm. Honoring Joe Sando Michael McGarrity, Howard Bryan, Joe Westbrook. Tickets $48. Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382, www.nmbookcoop.com
Nov. 21: "The Art of the Personal Essay," Page Lambert, Connecting People with Nature and Writers with Words, $85 early registration, $95 after Nov. 1. Mt. Vernon Country Club, Golden, CO, 8:30am-4pm, (303) 842-7360, page@pagelambert.com, www.pagelambert.com
Nov. 21: Clear Light Gallery Book Market, Santa Fe, 10am-3pm. Harmon Houghton (505) 989-9590.
Nov. 25: DEADLINE: 2009 DIY Book Festival entries. Fees: $10 to $50. JM Northern Media (323) 665-8080.
+ November Signings & Readings:
Nov. 6: Jimmy Santiago Baca, A Glass of Water, booksigning and reading at Collected Works, Galisteo and Water streets, Santa Fe, 6pm. Mary Wolf, (505) 988-4226.
Nov. 11: Sally Denton, The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas, La Fonda Hotel, 100 E San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, 5-6pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com
Nov. 14: Jeff Haas, The Assassination of Fred Hampton, Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 5-6pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com

Nov. 14: K. J. Fraser, A Journey, A Reckoning, and a Miracle, Borders, 3513 Zafarano Dr., Santa Fe, 2-4pm, (505) 474-9450, mweddle@bodersstores.com, www.jrmstory.com

Nov. 17: Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, The Year of the Flood and The Bedside Book of Beasts, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 225 San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, 7pm.
(505) 988-1234, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.ticketssantafe.org

Nov. 21: Christopher Valen, The Black Minute, Hastings, 800 Juan Tabo, Albuquerque, 5 - 9pm, (505) 296-6107, book@hst9630.hastings.com, www.christophervalen.com

Nov. 21: K. J. Fraser, A Journey, A Reckoning, and A Miracle, Hastings, 800 Juan Tabo NE, Albuquerque, 3-5pm, (505) 296-6107, book@hst9630.hastings.com, www.jrmstory.com

Nov. 21: Christopher Valen, The Black Minute, Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, Albuquerque, 11:30am-2pm, (505) 883-8200, www.christophervalen.com

+ On the Horizon
Dec. 6: Teri Thompson Randall, Tender Harvest (photography), Land Conservation Headquarters, Richards Ave, Santa Fe, 2pm. whittwil@dishmail.net
Dec. 9: Greg Mortenson, Stones into Schools, Saint Francis Auditorium, 7:00pm, (505) 988-1234, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.ticketssantafe.org
Dec. 10: NMBA Holiday Fiesta Party. The 2009 gathering for all New Mexico literary people and book organizations, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe Railyards (tentative), 5:30 to 7:30pm. Details: Jim (505) 988-7214.
April 7-10, 2010: New Mexico Library Association Conference, Ruidoso, NM. Your NMBA will be there to represent New Mexico authors and publishers!

Visit www.nmbook.org for continuing news and events!

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!

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.

New Mexico Book CoOp News

September 18 - Coop lunch
September 24-26 - Mountains and Plains Booksellers meeting
September 26 -- Women Authors Fair at Museum Hill, Santa Fe
October 23 - Coop lunch
October 24 -- Book Market at Clear Light in Santa Fe
November 7 -- Rio Rancho Book Fair
November 20 - NM Book Awards banquet
November 21 -- Book Market at Clear Light in Santa Fe
December 11 - Coop Holiday Party
December 12 -- Book Market at Clear Light in Santa Fe
December 31 - Voices Anthology deadline

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!

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.

New Mexico Book CoOp News

September 4, 2009
September Lunch Meeting
The next lunch meeting of the NM Book Coop will be on Friday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. at Golden Corral Buffet, 3401 NW Hwy 528 (just west of the intersection of Coors and Alameda) Cost is $7.49 plus tax and tip. Call 505/344-9382 or email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat.
To help support the Title I Program at St. John's Cathedral we are asking that everyone please bring a box of individually wrapped snack bars to the meeting as a donation.


People's Choice Award
The New Mexico Book Awards are getting ready to announce the Finalists in all the categories and now we have to find out one more award. In the past it was called the People’s Choice Award but we are trying something different this year. Every member of the NM Book Co-op will have a chance to vote.
The guidelines are simple:
1. The book must be a New Mexican author or,
2. The book must be published by a New Mexican publisher or,
3. The majority of the book must take place in New Mexico and,
4. The book can be written and published at any time.
5. AND your vote has to be sent by email to info@nmbookcoop.com by September 15, 2009.
Past winners of the People’s Choice Award were Bless Me Ultima & Milagro Beanfield War and are not eligible.
Thanks for your help and stay tuned for the 2009 New Mexico Book Awards Winners.


Friends of New Mexico Books Award Recipients Announced
The New Mexico Book Co-op has announced its honorary awards to be given at the 3rd Annual New Mexico Book Awards Banquet November 20, 2009, at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque. The Friends of New Mexico Books are: Michael McGarrity, Joe Sando, and Howard Bryan. The Friend of New Mexico Authors Award goes to Joe Wesbrook.
Michael McGarrity lives in Santa Fe and is most know for his novel Tularosa. He has since written many books and has won the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. He often lectures at the Hillerman Conference.
Joe Sando lives in Albuquerque but is also very attached to the Jemez Pueblo and the Sun Clan. He has be instrumental in encouraging Native American writers and it speaking on Native American history. He wrote Popé among many other books.
Howard Bryan lives in Albuquerque. He has written Albuquerque Remembered and received Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1994. He also won the Spur Award from Western Writers of America for Incredible Elfego Baca. He was a journalist for 42 years.
Joe Wesbrook was the Marketing Manager at the University of New Mexico Press and now works part time at Bookworks in Albuquerque. He first love is New Mexico books and bees. He has spoken at the New Mexico Book Co-op.
Come to the banquet to honor these great authors and supporters of New Mexico books and watch the winners in all 35 categories be announced.


Tickets for the New Mexico Book Awards Banquet
It may sound like we are rushing it, but the banquet for the 2009 NM Book Awards is set for Friday, November 20 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque. Once again we expect that all the tickets for this gala event will sell out pretty quickly. So if you want to help honor this year's winners as well as be present when the winners are announced make a reservation today.
The price is $38.00 per person if you sign up by September 20. After that date it goes up to $48.00 per person. (As we have to guarantee the count at the event, there will be no refunds.)
Sign Up Now Before It Is All Sold Out! Click HERE!
The finalists for the 2009 awards program will be announced later this month.




Rio Rancho Book Fair SOLD OUT!
The Holiday Fair at the Rio Rancho Inn on Saturday, November 7, 10am to 4pm in the Ballroom, is sold out!!!
This will definitely be the largest book selling event of the year!
To get more information onthe Book Fair, CLICK HERE!



Celebrate Reading NM's Anniversary
Please join ReadingNewMexico.com and the Taylor Ranch Branch of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Public Library System for a reception honoring more than160 books written by New Mexico authors. The books have been reviewed by ReadingNewMexico.com, the only website that reviews only New Mexico books (by author or subject). The organization is celebrating its first year in operation. The reception will be held at the Taylor Ranch Library, 5700 Bogart NW (Unser and Montano), on Saturday, September 12, 2009 from 10:30 AM to 12 PM.
Refreshments will be served. For additional information, please contact Sabra Brown Steinsiek at (505) 260-1837.


Rio Rancho Historical Society Launched
The Rio Rancho Public Library and the Local History Collection are proud to present Don Bullis discussing Rio Rancho: Its Place in New Mexico on Saturday, September 19, at the Loma Colorado Main Library, 755 Loma Colorado Drive NE. The event will start with a presentation by author Don Bullis at 10:30am in the Library Auditorium. There is no charge to attend.
For more information about the program or the Rio Rancho Historical Society, please contact the Local History Librarian, Dawn Hite, at 891-5013, Ext. 3041, or email dhite@ci.rio-rancho.nm.us.



Enter Your Material for New Book Project
Voices of New Mexico -- An Anthology for the Centennial Celebration of New Mexico
Entry deadline for inclusion in this new book is December 31. Theme is "Voices of New Mexico."
Essay submissions have to have some aspect of New Mexico, funny, history, biography, life in New Mexico, fiction, nonfiction. Suggestions: What was it like growing up in New Mexico? Why are New Mexicans/Santa Feans/Albuquerqueans different? Why are aliens so Roswell? A New Mexico character in New Mexico history. Why do we like green/red chile? Why were the Native Americans and Hispanics so important to New Mexico? Do you have a favorite family cuento? Do you have to get up early to enjoy the Balloon Fiesta, Indian or Spanish Markets? What part of living in New Mexico hasn’t been done to death? Entry Information ($10 fee per entry) is available HERE!



Upcoming Calendar
September 18 - Coop lunch
September 24-26 - Mountains & Plains Booksellers meeting
September 26 -- Women Authors Fair at Museum Hill, Santa Fe
October 23 - Coop lunch
November 7 -- Rio Rancho Book Fair
November 20 - NM Book Awards banquet
December 11 - Coop Holiday Party
December 31 - Voices Anthology deadline


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!

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.

New mexico Book CoOp news

August 27, 2009
As all of you know we have been taking some time off in July and August but we are now gearing up for the fall.
September Lunch Meeting
The next lunch meeting of the NM Book Coop will be on Friday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. at Golden Corral Buffet, 3401 NW Hwy 528 (just west of the intersection of Coors and Alameda) Cost is $7.49 plus tax and tip. Call 505/344-9382 or email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat.



Finalists to be Announced for New Mexico Book Awards
In just a few weeks the finalists in for the 2009 awards program will be announced. We expect to make these announcements by mid to late-September.
It may sound like we are rushing it, but the banquet for the 2009 NM Book Awards is set for Friday, November 20 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque. Once again we expect that all the tickets for this gala event will sell out pretty quickly. So if you want to help honor this year's winners as well as be present when the winners are announced make a reservation today.
The price is $38.00 per person if you sign up by September 20. After that date it goes up to $48.00 per person. (As we have to guarantee the count at the event, there will be no refunds.)
Sign Up Now Before It Is All Sold Out! Click HERE!





1 Table Left for Rio Rancho Book Fair, Nov. 7
The Holiday Fair at the Rio Rancho Inn on Saturday, November 7, 10am to 4pm in the Ballroom, is almost sold out!!! Just 2 half tables or 1 whole table left.
With an emphasis on New Mexico authors and crafts this fair will stand out as a home grown way to buy locally made and written presents.
This will definitely be the largest book selling event of the year!
To sign up for the Book Fair, forms are available online. The cost is $45 a table or $25 for half a table HERE!

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!

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.

The Rio Rancho Book Fair

The Biggest Book Event in New Mexico This Year!
You can still sign up to participate in the biggest book event of the year.
The Rio Rancho Book Fair will be on November 7, 2009 and if you have not already signed up you better get in gear!
The event will be from 10am to 4pm at the Rio Rancho Inn, across from Intel.
It costs just $30 for a whole table ($15 for a half of a table) if you sign up before July 15. After that date it goes up to $35 for a whole table. This is a special price just for authors -- crafts people are also invited to participate but the price for them is $35 for a whole table (no half tables are available for craft people)!

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