Authors Month - February 2006

Come meet the authors at a library branch near you.

Albuquerque is privileged to be the home of renowned authors. Many of these authors will be appearing at a library near you to share their rich and varied contributions to American Literature.

Browse Author Events by: Date | Author | Library | Workshops

Events by Author

Albuquerque Science Fiction Authors Panel:
John Miller, Jane Lindskold, Victor Milan, P G Nagle, Fred Saberhagen, and Walter Jon Williams
Saturday, Feb 11, 2 PM  @ Erna Fergusson Library

Paula Gunn Allen, author of "Pochantas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat
Platicas @ South Broadway Cultural Center .
Thursday, Feb 9, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Rudolfo Anaya. Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Sunday, February 26 @ The Bernalillo Wine Festival.
Mr. Anaya will be awarding the first scholarship in his name at this event. $10 Admission.

Ana Baca, author of " Chilies for Benito"
Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of "Black Mesa Poems"
Platicas @ South Broadway Cultural Center .
Thursday, Feb 9, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Deborah Blanche, Chautauqua performer as "Erna Fergusson, New Mexico's First Lady of Letters"
Tuesday, Feb 7, 10 AM @ South Broadway Library

Howard Bryan, author of "Robbers, rogues, and ruffians: true tales of the Wild West in New Mexico"
Saturday, Feb 25, 2 PM @ Wyoming Library

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Denise Chavez, author of "Loving Pedro Infante: a novel"
Platicas @ South Broadway Cultural Center .
Thursday, Feb 9, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Cumulonimbus, Native American style music and storytelling
Thursday, Feb 9, 10 AM @ South Broadway Library

Stephen R Donaldson, author of "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" series
Sunday, Feb 5, 2 PM @ Cherry Hills Library

Max Evans, author of "Hi Lo to Hollywood" and "The Rounders"
Madam Millie and Other New Mexico Adventures
Saturday, Feb18, 10:30 AM @ Special Collections Library in Botts Hall

Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Joe Hayes, storyteller and translator of bilingual tales, "The Day it Snowed Tortillas"
Saturday, Feb 11, 2 PM @ Main Library

Steve Hazelett, author of "City Different" and "Nina's Time"
Wednesday, Feb 8, 6:30 PM @ Lomas Tramway

Tony Hillerman, author of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries
Sunday, Feb 12, 2 PM  @ South Broadway Library

Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Mystery writing workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

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Mari Luci Jaramillo, author of "Madame Ambassador: The Shoemaker's Daughter"
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Memoir Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

Bob Julyan, author of  "Best Hikes with Children in New Mexico" and "Place Names of New Mexico"
Saturday, Feb 25, 1 PM @ East Mountain Library

Romero, Levi, creative writing instructor
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Writing Bilingual Poetry Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Evelina Zuni Lucero, author of "Night Sky, Morning Star"
Platicas @ South Broadway Cultural Center .
Thursday, Feb 9, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

E A Mares, author of "With the Eyes of a Raptor: Selected Poems"
Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Julie Mars, author of "A Month of Sundays"
Saturday, Feb18, 3 PM  @ South Valley Library

Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Memoir Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

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Chuy Martinez, City of Albuquerque Associate Curator
Rowena Rivera, UNM Professor Emeritus
Music and storytelling
Friday, Feb 3, 3:30 PM @ Alamosa Library

Carolyn Meyer, author of "Rio Grande Stories"
Tuesday, Feb 14, 6:30 PM @ Wyoming Library

Leigh Michaels (aka Ashleigh McLean), author of "The Last Amazon"
Wednesday, Feb 21, 6:30 PM @ Lomas Tramway

N Scott Momaday, author of "In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991"
Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Daniel Mueller, author of "How Animals Mate: Stories",
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Novel and Short Story Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Carolyn Myer, author of Rio Grande Stories
Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Young Adult Fiction Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

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P G Nagle, author of "Red River"
Wednesday, Feb 15, 6 PM @ San Pedro Library

Obert Skye, author of children's books "Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo" and "Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret "
Tuesday, Feb 7, 5:30 PM @ Taylor Ranch Library

Sharon Niederman, author of "Return to Abo"
Thursday, Feb 9, 2 PM @ Erna Fergusson Library

Richard E. Peck, author of "Dead Pawn," "Something for Joey" and "The New Mexico Experience"
Saturday, Feb 4, 11 AM @ Taylor Ranch Library

Loida Perez. Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, author of "Don't Forget Winona"
Thursday, Feb 2, 10:30 AM @ Juan Tabo Library

V B Price, well-known poet and novelist
Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Writing Nonfiction Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

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Rowena Rivera, UNM Professor Emeritus
Chuy Martinez, City of Albuquerque Associate Curator
Music and storytelling
Friday, Feb 3, 3:30 PM @ Alamosa Library

Sherry Robinson,long -time New Mexico jourrnalist and author of "El Malpais, Mt. Taylor and the Zuni Mountains"
Wednesday, Feb 1, 3:30 PM @ Los Griegos Library
" Albuquerque's Fiery Past"-a talk about Albuquerque"s volcanic activity

Pat Smith, Professor Emeritus at UNM
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Poetry Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Patricia Clark Smith, author of "Weetamoo, Heart of Pocassets"
Saturday, Feb 11, 10 AM  @ North Valley Library

Pari Noskin Taichert, author of "The Clovis Incident"
Tuesday, Feb 21, 6:30 PM @ Wyoming Library

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Edith Tarbescu, author of "Annushka's Voyage"
Saturday, Feb 25, 1 PM @ Taylor Ranch Library

Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
A Children's Book Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

Karen Taschek, author of "Horse of Seven Moons"
Wednesday, Feb 1, 6:30 PM @ Lomas Tramway

University of NM Press Publishing Panel:
Clark Whitehorn, Acquisitions Editor
Glenda Madden, Marketing Manager
Maya Allen-Gallegos, Managing Editor
Amanda Sutton, Publicity Manager
Saturday, Feb 4, 2 PM  @ Cherry Hills Library

Judith Van Gieson, author of the Claire Reynier mystery novels
Saturday, Feb 4, 2 PM  @ Special Collections Library

Thursday, Feb 9, 7 - 9 PM
Platicas @ South Broadway Cultural Center . Author will be available to sign books.

Sharon Oard Warner, author of "Deep in the Heart"
Platicas @ The Kimo Theater
Thursday, Feb 23, 7 - 9 PM. Author will be available to sign books.

Walter Jon Williams, internationally known Fantasy/Sci Fi writer.
Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Fantasy/Science Fiction Writing Workshop. Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

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Events by Library

Alamos Library [location]
Friday, Feb 3 @ 3:30 PM
Music and Storytelling: Rowena Rivera, UNM Professor Emeritus and Chuy Martinez, City of Albuquerque Associate Curator

Cherry Hills Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 4 @ 2 PM
University of NM Press Publishing Panel:
Clark Whitehorn, Acquisitions Editor
Glenda Madden, Marketing Manager
Maya Allen-Gallegos, Managing Editor
Amanda Sutton, Publicity Manager

Sunday, Feb 5 @ 2 PM
Stephen R Donaldson, author of "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" series

East Mountain Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 25 @ 1 PM
Bob Julyan, author of  "Best Hikes with Children in New Mexico" and "Place Names of New Mexico"

Erna Fergusson Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 11 @ 2 PM
Albuquerque Science Fiction Authors Panel: John Miller, Jane Lindskold, Victor Milan, P G Nagle, Fred Saberhagen, and Walter Jon Williams

Juan Tabo Library [location]
Thursday, Feb 2 @ 10:30 AM
Jean Whitehorse Peterson, author of "Don't Forget Winona"

Lomas Tramway [location]
Wednesday, Feb 1 @ 6:30 PM
Karen Taschek, author of "Horse of Seven Moons"

Wednesday, Feb 8 @ 6:30 PM
Steve Hazelett,author of "City Different" and "Nina's Time"

Wednesday, Feb 21 @ 6:30 PM
Leigh Michaels (aka Ashleigh McLean), author of "The Last Amazon"

Los Griegos Library [location]
Wednesday, Feb 1 @ 3:30 PM
Sherry Robinson, author of "El Malpais, Mt. Taylor and the Zuni Mountains

Main Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 11 @ 2 PM
Joe Hayes, storyteller and translator of bilingual tales, "The Day it Snowed Tortillas"

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North Valley Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 11 @ 10 AM
Patricia Clark Smith, author of "Weetamoo, Heart of Pocassets"

San Pedro Library [location]
Wednesday, Feb 15 @ 6 PM
P G Nagle, author of "Red River"

South Broadway Library [location]
Thursday, Feb 9 @ 10 AM
Deborah Blanche, Chautauqua performer as "Erna Fergusson, New Mexico's First Lady of Letters"

Sunday, Feb 12 @ 2 PM  
Tony Hillerman, author of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries

South Valley Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 18 @ 3 PM  
Julie Mars, author of "A Month of Sundays"

Special Collections Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 4 @ 2 PM  
Judith Van Gieson, author of the Claire Reynier mystery novels

Saturday, February 18 @ 10:30 AM
Max Evans, author of "Hi Lo to Hollywood" and "The Rounders"

Taylor Ranch Library [location]
Saturday, Feb 4 @ 11 AM
Richard E. Peck, author of "Dead Pawn," "Something for Joey" and "The New Mexico Experience"

Tuesday, Feb 7 @ 5:30 PM
Obert Skye, author of children's books "Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo" and "Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret "

Saturday, Feb 25 @ 1 PM
Edith Tarbescu, author of "Annushka's Voyage"

Wyoming Library [location]
Tuesday, Feb 14 @ 6:30 PM
Carolyn Meyer, author of "Rio Grande Stories"

Tuesday, Feb 21@ 6:30 PM
Pari Noskin Taichert, author of "The Clovis Incident"

Saturday, Feb 25 @ 2 PM
Howard Bryan, author of "Robbers, rogues, and ruffians: true tales of the Wild West in New Mexico"

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Writing Workshops

A Children's Book Writing Workshop with Edith Tarbescu
Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

Fantasy/Science Fiction Writing Workshop with Walter Jon Williams
Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information.

Memoir Writing Workshop with Julie Mars
Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee.. Call 768-3557 for more information.

Memoir Writing Workshop with Mari Luci Jaramillo
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee.. Call 768-3557 for more information

Mystery Writing Workshop with Tony Hillerman.
Saturday, Feb 18, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Novel and Short Story Writing Workshop with Daniel Mueller
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Poetry Writing Workshop with Pat Smith
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Writing Bilingual Poetry Workshop with Romero, Levi .
Saturday, Feb 25 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Bear Canyon Senior Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Writing Nonfiction Workshop with V B Price
Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

Young Adult Fiction Workshop with Carolyn Myer
Saturday, Feb 11, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ South Broadway Cultural Center
Limited to 20 students.  $35 Registration fee. Call 768-3557 for more information

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