This January at Bookworks Includes a News Year's Day Sale, Adam James Jones, Zach Kluckman and More

This January at Bookworks includes a News Year's Day Sale, Adam James Jones, Zach Kluckman and more. For more information, please visit bkwrks.com/event.

This Thursday, January 1 all day
NEW YEAR'S DAY SALE
25% off everything
(excluding event books & tickets, gift cards, newspapers & greeting cards) More»

Saturday, January 3
3pm • William White • The Apparition and Other Stories
For those who love ghost stories this book contains an excellent account of a newly deceased young man and his desperate attempts to communicate with his family members. It happened less than two years before the publication of this book. It is truly an amazing story and one that will give you an insight into the other side. More»

Sunday, January 4
3pm • Adam James Jones • The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa
The year was 1863. As the Civil War raged and goldfields beckoned, a gunman stalked the territories on a mission to kill American settlers. He would elude governors and armies, bounty hunters and posses, until his demise at the climax of a fierce high-country manhunt. By then, Felipe Espinosa had claimed more than thirty lives to quietly become one of the nation's first serial killers and foreign terrorists. More»

Tuesday, January 6
7pm • Paul Grabhorn • Seeking Light
A profoundly moving collection of unforgettable photographs from conflict zones around the world. Grabhorn's stunning four-color photographs tell an amazing, essential story--one of hope in the face of violence and deplorable conditions, of dignity in the midst of degradation, of light in the darkness of war and suffering. More »

Wednesday, January 7
7pm • Paula Amar Schwartz • Unfolding Universe
Unfolding Universe is a celebration of life unfolding into time and space. There are landscapes of the mind, alongside snapshots of intimate everyday dimensions: mountain vistas, seascapes, local and exotic scenes, and meditations. More »

Thursday & Friday, January 8 & 9
all day • NM Children's Law Institute •
The Children's Law Institute (CLI) is a statewide, multi-disciplinary conference addressing issues of importance in child welfare and juvenile justice. More »

Thursday, January 8
7pm • Book Talk Sponsored by Kadampa Mediation Center •
Free book talk discussing Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's How to Understand the Mind which offers deep insight into our mind, & shows how an understanding of its nature & functions can be used practically in everyday experience to improve our lives. More »

Saturday, January 10
3pm • John Kremer • Book Publicity 101
John Kremer talks about the best ways to market and publicize your book. Free and open to all writers and interested book people. John's event will be workshop-style gathering and discussion. Please RSVP toevents@bkwrks.com. More »

Sunday, January 11
3pm • Lynne Hinton •Private Eye
Sister Eve knows God moves in mysterious ways. And Eve adores a good mystery. Especially a murder. Two decades into her calling at a NM monastery, Sister Evangeline Divine breaks her daily routine when a police officer appears, carrying a message from her father. Sister Eve is no stranger to the law, having grown up with a police captain turned private detective. She's seen her fair share of crime--and knows a thing or two about solving mysteries. More »

Tuesday, January 13
7pm • Juvenile Justice Panel •
Panel discussing misconceptions and successes of the juvenile justice system. Participants include Judge John J. Romero, Chelly Weiss from YDDC, Lenore BaeliWang from CYFD, Gerri Bachicha and Shira Greenberg of Keshet. Event is free and open to all interested parties. Books on juvenile justice will be available. More »

Thursday, January 15
7pm • Maggie Hall • The Conspiracy of Us
A fast-paced international escapade, laced with adrenaline, glamour, and romance--perfect for fans of Ally Carter.Avery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead. More »

Friday, January 16
7pm • W.C. Bauers • Unbreakable
The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration--until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending interstellar war. More »

Saturday, January 17
3pm • Susan Nunn • Song of the Earth
Place is as elusive as the dawn. It doesn't have an edge, but lifts gradually and infuses us with light. We can see a town or a landscape, but until we open ourselves to its light--letting its rays seep down into our consciousness--we don't really see it, nor do we know it. More »

Sunday, January 18
3pm • Laura Sanchez • Killer Miracle
Miraculous images begin appearing in the tiny town of La Cuenta, NM, convincing many devout villagers that they are marks of God's favor. Albuquerque architect Gwen Callendar thinks the images are a cynical scam. All of them are wrong. More »

Tuesday, January 20
7pm • Linda Tigges • Spanish Colonial Lives
On their return to NM from El Paso after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, the New Mexican settlers were confronted with continuous raids by hostile Indians tribes, disease and an inhospitable landscape. In spite of this, in the early and mid-eighteenth century, the New Mexicans went about their daily lives as best they could, as shown in original documents from the time. More »

Wednesday, January 21
7pm • Dee McCaffrey • The Science of Skinny Cookbook: 175 Health Recipes to Help you Stop Dieting
In The Science of Skinny, organic chemist and nutritionist Dee McCaffrey shared the revolutionary eating plan she developed by applying what she'd learned in the lab to what she put on her plate. In the process, she lost more than 100 pounds--and has kept them off for twenty years. What was her secret? Now The Science of Skinny Cookbook offers the answers plus 100 family-friendly recipes for a delicious, realistic way of eating--not dieting--for life. More »

Thursday, January 22
7pm • Janice Convery • Dogs in the Sun: A Tropical Odyssey
Dogs In The Sun is a tropical odyssey about a boat, a baby and a body that propels a diverse cast of characters to the shores of their new selves. The novel explores what it means to be accepting of doing the thing you think you cannot, but know you must. More »

Friday, January 23
7pm • Folk Revival Project with Justin Thompson & Friends
The Folk Revival Project Mission Statement is to educate and build community through generating and reinforcing an interest in Americana and Folk music and American and Folk music history, and to preserve and pass on those musical and cultural traditions through lectures, concerts, workshops and other productions. This lecture will be presented by Justin Thompson and will cover and wide variety of folk music history topics, from Women's history in music to the tradition of union and labor songs, songs on equality and injustice, etc. More »

Saturday, January 24
3pm • Zachary Kluckman • Trigger Warning: Poetry Saved My Life
For decades, the coffee houses, darkly shadowed bar stools, inner city apartments, and subway stations have sounded the echo of this phrase - poetry saved my life. Poets worldwide have uttered these words to one another like a scared truth, a shared secret. Not all of them certainly, but enough. More »

Sunday, January 25
1pm • Jennifer Jacobson • Readings from Tarot Soul Cards
Jennifer reads soul cards in 10-15 minutes session for $10 a reading. More »

Sunday, January 25
3pm • Dennis Herrick • A Brother's Cold Case
When the murder of Andy Cornell's brother is still unsolved after two and a half years, Andy enters the hidden worlds of cartel violence, street people, and Pueblo secrets to find justice. He and Rick were inseparable as boys. So Andy is determined as a newspaper's police reporter to help the cold-case unit find a breakthrough on the murder of his detective brother.
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Tuesday, January 27
7pm • Susan Washburn • My Horse, My Self
My Horse, My Self: Life Lessons from Taos Horsewomen is a collection of intimate interviews with eighteen passionate and self-reliant horsewomen living in Northern New Mexico. Speaking from the heart, they describe the ways their horses have sustained them through trauma, forced them to discover strengths---and weaknesses---they didn't know they had, and helped them develop the confidence to become more truly themselves. More »

Wednesday, January 28
7pm • Jann Arrington-Wolcott • Brujo
Sexual obsession turns to terror as Lee struggles to save her family and her soul. Her only hope lies in the power within herself . . . because the brujo, who claims to have loved her and lost her centuries ago, has found Lee again. This time, he intends to keep her. More »

Thursday, January 29
7pm • Sylvia Wilkinson • Big Cactus
Sixteen-year-old Benny Foushee, deemed by his father as going-nowhere-fast, embarks on a trip from North Carolina across the United States with his 84 year old Aunt Lucy, his dog Polar and his 1965 GMC pickup. Benny's quest, a challenge both overwhelming but irresistible, is to deliver Aunt Lucy to the big cactus, the giant saguaro in Arizona that she had dreamed of seeing since her own daddy put images of the American West into her teenage brain. More »

Friday, January 30
7pm • Rebecca Scherm • Unbecoming
A major new debut thriller about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl's mesmerizing transformation. More »

Saturday, January 31
3pm • Paul Secord • Pecos
There is no greater range of history in NM than that found within 15 miles surrounding the village of Pecos. This book explores the last 1,000 years of that history, which includes many cultures and events, such as Native Americans, Spanish explorers, a Civil War battle, the Santa Fe Trail, railroads, and Route 66, as well as miners, saloon keepers, archaeologists, tourists, important architects, and even Hollywood stars. More »

Thursday, January 1
10:30am • Story Time for the New Year!
Ring in the New Year with a special story time with Contessa Connie. More »

Thursday, January 8
10:30am • Story Time
Bundle up and sing a song. We'll be featuring stories about keeping warm and being cheery. More »

Friday, January 9
1pm • Our World Home School Book Club
We are changing the format slightly. Each family will be reading a book of their choice at home and then we all will share an activity from our books. More »

Saturday, January 10
10:30am • Stories on Saturday for children!
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Thursday, January 15
10:30am • STORY TIME!
Stories about dragons. More »

Saturday, January 17
4pm • Teen Book Club
We will be discussing 21 Proms to set the stage for our Book Prom In February. Suggested ages 14 to 17. More»

Wednesday, January 21
4:30pm • American Girl Book Club
We're starting the new year with a fresh look at Classic American Girl stories. We will be talking about Read All About It a Beforever Kit Classic. More »

Thursday, January 22
10:30am • STORY TIME!
Story time featuring stories about squirrels. Join us for books, crafts and snack. More »

Saturday, January 24
10:30am • Stories on Saturday for children!
Free and open to all teens. More »

Monday, January 26
6:30pm • Young Writers' Showcase
Young Writers are celebrated at Bookworks. The works of writers between the ages of 4 and 18 will be featured. Teachers and parents are encouraged to contact Children's Book Specialist Connie Griffin kids@bkwrks.com for more information. We will have a Sign up sheet at the event for writers to save his or her space on the program. Fiction, non fiction, prose and poetry are all welcome. More »

Wednesday, January 28
4:30pm • Magic Treehouse Book Club!
We will be talking about book #40 Eve of the Emperor Penguin. It Is also National Kazoo Day! so we will be humming merrily along. More »

Thursday, January 29
10:30am • STORY TIME!
We feature artful stories and crafts in recognition of Inspire your heart with art day! More »

Monday, January 12
5pm • Vamos a Leer Book Club • Caminar
by Skila Brown ages 10 & up
Every month, educators, teachers, librarians, and community members from all over Albuquerque come together. Drop in for any of our meetings! No need to have read the entire book or even a chapter...we welcome conversation, your classroom endeavors, and whatever other related musings you care to share. Set in 1981 Guatemala, a lyrical debut novel tells the powerful tale of a boy who must decide what it means to be a man during a time of war. More»

Wednesday, January 14
7pm • Bookworks Book Club •The Hangman's Daughter
by Oliver Potzsch, Lee Chadeayne
Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of Bavarian hangman Jakob Kuisl, lives with her father outside the village walls and is destined to be married off to another hangman's son-except that the town physician's son is hopelessly in love with her. And her father's wisdom and empathy are as unusual as his despised profession. It is 1659, the Thirty Years' War has finally ended, and there hasn't been a witchcraft mania in decades. More »

Monday, January 19
7pm • Reading Purls Knitting & Book Club • Sweater Quest My Year of Knitting Dangerously by Adrienne Martini
Bookworks has relaunched its monthly knitting reading group. Please join us and bring your latest project! For Adrienne Martini, and countless others, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini wanted a challenge that would make her feel in charge. So she decided to make the Holy Grail of sweaters-her own Mary Tudor, whose mind-numbingly gorgeous pattern is so complicated to knit that its mere mention can hush a roomful of experienced knitters.
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Sunday, February 15
3pm • James Penner • Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years
The first collection of Leary's writings devoted entirely to the research phase of his career, 1960 to 1965. James Penner, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. A graduate of Brown University and the University of Southern California, he is the author of "Pinks, Pansies, and Punks: The Rhetoric of Masculinity in American Literary Culture". He lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. More »

Thursday, February 19
7pm • Philip Connors • All the Wrong Places
In his debut Fire Season, Philip Connors recounted with lyricism, wisdom, and grace his decade as a fire lookout high above remote New Mexico. Now he tells the story of what made solitude on the mountain so attractive: the years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy. More»

Wednesday, February 25
7pm • Gabrielle Zevin • The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
In the spirit of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Gabrielle Zevin's enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books--and booksellers--that changes our lives by giving us the stories that open our hearts and enlighten our minds. More »

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