As we say goodbye to 2007 and welcome 2008, we at Bookworks are gearing up for another great year! We hope you'll join us at some of our events, and we're thankful for the opportunity to be your favorite independent bookstore for another year.
See you at Bookworks!
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
(505) 344-8139
www.bkwrks.com
3 pm Sunday, Jan 13
Margaret Randall, Stones Witness (U of Arizona, $25.00)
Susan Sherman, America's Child: A Woman's Journey Through the Radical Sixties (Curbstone, $15.00)
A Conversation with Two Woman Activists
Widely known as an author, activist, oral historian, photographer, translator, and teacher, Margaret Randall has dedicated her efforts globally to achieving social and environmental change. A fluid and provocative collection of poetry, prose, and photographs, Stones Witness is in part an account of this extraordinary woman's radically committed and inventive life.
In her book, poet and playwright Susan Sherman revisits her 20s in Berkeley and New York City when she emerged as a lesbian, antiwar activist and artist in her own right. America's Child is the story of her journey as a child of first-generation immigrant parents from a working-class neighborhood through her life, including the turbulence of the sixties.
These two fascinating women will discuss their books and their lives of activism.
pm Thursday, Jan 17
Andres Resendez
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century (Basic Books, $26.95)
In 1528, 300 Spanish conquistadores embarked on the ambitious mission of colonizing Florida, but were believed to have all disappeared. Four of them survived, however, including the famous Cabeza de Vaca. Their march across Florida, their voyage on spindly rafts across the Gulf of Mexico, their captivity in Texas and their trek across the southwest (including exploration of New Mexico!) to the Pacific coast form the backbone of Reséndez's riveting account of the epic journey. The author, a history professor at the University of California-Davis, tells the tale from the Spanish, African and Indian points of view.
2-4 pm Sunday, Jan 20
Local Author Fair
Join us as we celebrate some of our favorite local authors! The authors so far include:
Mary Carroll Nelson, Crop Circles: An Art of Our Time
Michelle Linn-Gust, Ginger's Gift
Please check our website and watch for another email with a full list of authors!
7 pm Tuesday, Jan 22
Michael McGarrity
Death Song (Penguin, $24.95)
His newest New Mexico Thriller!
Michael McGarrity's eleventh novel in the acclaimed Kevin Kerney series demonstrates McGarrity's rich, personal knowledge of police work on every page, and his stunning visual sense of place in the vast New Mexico landscape. The plot follows the killing of a deputy sheriff in Lincoln County and the brutal murder of the deputy's wife in Santa Fe which bring Police Chief Kevin Kerney and his Mescalero Apache son, Sergeant Clayton Istee, back together in a double homicide investigation-an investigation that is soon linked to a major drug trafficking scheme and the cold-blooded slaughter of two women in Albuquerque. With few clues, no known motives, and no suspects, the investigation turns into a search for the son of the slain officer, eighteen-year-old Brian Riley, who left Santa Fe under suspicious circumstances before his father's death. Fast paced and thrilling as readers have come to expect from McGarrity!
7 pm Wednesday, Jan 30
Michael Carroll
The Mindful Leader: Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others (Shambala, $23.95)
Workshop on Mindfulness in the New Year
While most business books focus on how readers can do more, better and faster, this welcome addition is about taking a moment to pause and reflect. Carroll, the author of Awake at Work and a Buddhist-trained HR executive with many years of experience in both the corporate and Zen worlds, emphasizes the renewal and perspective that can result from taking time out. He addresses issues like developing openness and breaking out of routine, and a series of short descriptions of The Ten Talents of a Mindful Leader includes poise, courage, enthusiasm and awareness. After suggesting some practical ways to test these leadership skills, he reviews the basics of meditation, and will give a short presentation on how everyone, from housewife to executive, can apply these mindfulness skills to their own lives.
7 pm Thursday, Jan 31
Pari Noskin Taichert
The Socorro Blast(UNM Press, $24.95)
The new Sasha Solomon Mystery!
Victim or perpetrator? That's what New Mexico's favorite public relations maven, Sasha Solomon, can't figure out about her favorite niece. Gabi lands in the hospital after someone rigs her mailbox with a nasty surprise, and, Jewish with an Iranian surname, Gabi could be the victim of a hate crime. But as details emerge about her work and personal relationships, she begins to appear less as a victim than as a threat. At once a whodunit and a realistic portrayal of the way families join together--or don't--in a crisis, The Socorro Blast is a blend of mystery and domestic drama, with the flawed but always engaging Sasha Solomon on center stage.Join Albuquerque native Pari Noskin Taichert, who has been nominated twice for the coveted Agatha Award for
The Clovis Incident and The Belen Hitch!
More Upcoming Events
in 2008
Please note that these events are subject to change! Please check back closer to the time of the event for details.
-7 pm Tues, Feb 5 Sherri Silverman, Vastu
-7 pm Tuesday, Feb 12 NM MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PLANETARIUM Anna Sofaer Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology
-7 pm Tuesday, Feb 19 Sandi Ault, Wild Inferno
-7 pm Wed, Feb 20 Benjamin Alire Saenz, Names on a Map
-7 pm Wed, Feb 27 Dagoberto Gilb, The Flowers
-7 pm Thurs, March 6 Natalie Goldberg, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
-March 8 and 9 World Wellness Conference featuring Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson and more
-7 pm Tues, March 18 Susan Vreeland, Luncheon of the Boating Party
-7 pm Thurs, March 20 Ron Chapman, Seeing True
-7 pm Tues, March 25 V.B. Price and Jennifer Bartlett Poetry readings
-7 pm Thurs, March 27 Bill and Cheryl Jamison, Around the World in 80 Dinners
-7 pm Mon, April 14 Wendy Johnson, Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
-7 pm Tues, April 15 Fred Harris, Does People Do It? A Memoir
-7 pm Monday, April 28 Alexander McCall Smith, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
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