January at Bookworks Includes Maggie Hall, Paul Grabhorn, and More

January events at Bookworks run the gamut from books that will help along your New Year's resolutions and the usual mix of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for kids and adults.

To start the month, on January 1, Bookworks hosts its annual New Year's Day Sale. All books are 25% off from9am to 9pm. Holiday cards and books will also be discounted.

Local authors featured this month include William White on January 3, reading from Apparition and Other Short Stories (ABQ Press); Paula Amar Schwartz on January 7 reading poetry from The Unfolding Universe,and Lynne Hinton on January 11 with a new mystery, Sister Eye, Private Eye.

Other mystery writers featured this month include Laura Sanchez, author of Killer Miracle, on January 18, and Dennis Herrick January 25, with his second book, A Brother's Cold Case.

Debut novelists grace our store January 15, when Maggie Hall, an Albuquerque Academy alumna, launches her young adult novel here, The Conspiracy of Us, a tale full of romance and glamour. Rebecca Scherm presentsUnbecoming the evening of January 30. The Unbecoming is a major debut novel of psychological suspense about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl's mesmerizing transformation

Workshops and panels are also a part of the January lineup. On January 10, John Kremer presents on book publicity. January 13, Bookworks hosts a juvenile justice panel with Judge John J. Romero, Chelly Weiss from YDDC, Lenore BaeliWang from CYFD, Gerri Bachicha and Shira Greenberg of Keshet.

Book clubs are frequent in January. Kadampa Meditation Center hosts a book club on January 8 to talk about the new book, How to Understand the Mind, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. On January 14th, the long running Bookworks Book Club meets to talk about The Hangman's Daughter, and the Reading Purls knitting book club meets January 19. For kids, Bookworks hosts the American Girl Book Club January 21 and the Magic Treehouse Book Club January 28. Our Teen Book Club meets January 24 at 4pm. All book clubs are free and open to the public.

On the evening of January 6, photographer Paul Grabhorn talks about his book, Seeking Light, which chronicles photography of war torn areas and conflict areas, including Somalia and Chechnya.

Justin Thompson and other local musicians present the Folk Revival Project on Friday, January 23. Thompson will give some folk history, and the ensemble will play folk selections. $12 donation suggested.

Local history features this month include Linda Tigges, author of Spanish Colonial Lives, on January 20, and Paul Secord, author of Pecos, on January 31.

Photo Courtesy of Bookworks' website

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