CLEAR LIGHT BOOK GALLERY and NEW MEXICO BOOK CO-OP  
NEW YEAR BOOK FAIR
Over 20 authors & publishers of New Mexico
Saturday, January 31, 10 am to 4 pm
Featuring the
Finalists and Winners of the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards
Best in 34 categories from 67 judges statewide
Refreshments will be served.

Clear Light Book Gallery and the New Mexico Book Co-Operative are holding a New Year Book Fair on Saturday, January 31, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Clear Light Book Gallery Annex, 851 San Mateo Road (the space formerly occupied by Open Hands). Speaking and signing books will be finalists and winners in various categories of the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards. Cookbook authors will provide samples from their books and cookies and punch will be served as well. 

Ample parking is available for this free event.

The following authors and books are scheduled to participate:

 Kathy Barco – READiscover New Mexico
Don Bullis – New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary
Charles Carrillo – Saints of the Pueblos
Clyde Casey – Red or Green: NM Cuisine
Marie Romero Cash – Tortilla Chronicles
Jane Collins – New Landscapes of Inequality
Denys Cope – Dying: A Natural Passage
Jerry Davis – Leafing Through My Family Tree
David Dewitt – Avenging Victorio and Cuisines of the Southwest
Mark David Gerson – The MoonQuest
Marcy Heller – Loco Dog and The Dust Devil in the Railyard
Linda Jacobs – The Senator’s Daughter
Jill Lane – New Mexico A to Z
Nancy Owen Lewis and Kay Leigh Hagan -- A Peculiar Alchemy
Marit Munson -- Kenneth Chapman’s Santa Fe
Sheila Ortego – The Road from La Cueva
Lexi Petronis – Our Favorite Recipes
Natalie Reid – The Spiritual Alchemist
Hal Simmons - Magic Lance
Sabra Steinsiek – Anne’s Song
Stephen Trimble -- Talking with Clay
Ruth Van Dyke -- The Chaco Experience
Donna Lee Wheeler – The Chimes of Resdorn

 For the full list of 40 Winners and 118 Finalists in the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards go to www.nmbookcoop.com.
The following publishers will be represented: 
AZRO Press, Clear Light Publishing, Enchantment Publications, Golden West Publishers, Light Lines Media, LPD Press, Medallion Press, Montañas Press, Petals & Pages Press, Rio Grande Books, River Daughter Press, SAR Press, Sunstone Press, UNM Press and Whiskey Creek Press.

Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe This is the first of a series of monthly events to promote local authors, publishers and literacy programs. Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe will be at the event with information for those who would like to tutor basic reading or English as a Second Language students. LVSF promotes reading as the key to personal development, stimulating critical and creative thinking as well as social understanding and economic improvement.

For additional information please contact:
Paul Rhetts, NM Book Coop 505.344-9382 info@nmsantos.com
Jane Price, Clear Light Book Gallery 505-424-9090 jane@clearlightbooks.com

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