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Deborah Madison, the author of many cookbooks including “Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison,” will give a reading and book signing for her new book “Vegetable Literacy” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe. Special guest James McGrath Morris will introduce and conduct a short interview with Madison before she reads from her book.
Also at Collected Works, Margaret Moore Booker will present artist demonstrations, a reading and book signing for her new book, “Southwest Art Defined: An Illustrated Guide” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21.
Collected Works is at 202 Galisteo St. The events are free.
PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE: The store will celebrate its 32nd anniversary Saturday, March 23. Hot dogs, cake and other refreshments will be served, local bands will perform live and there will be other surprises and specials during the day.
The schedule will include children’s programming. Performers will include a high school chorus, the John Ferguson Bluegrass Jam and Albuquerque Celtic Jammers. Page One is at 11018 Montgomery NE.
WILDFLOWER BOOK: Larry Littlefield and Pearl M. Burns discuss and sign their book “Wildflowers of the Sandia Mountains of Central New Mexico” from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at Treasure House Books & Gifts, 2012 South Plaza NW in Old Town. The book was the winner of the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Best Nature/Environment Book.
AT BOOKWORKS: Twenty-five years after Taos author Natalie Goldberg’s classic best-seller “Writing Down the Bones,” she has authored her first book on a revolutionary new method, “The True Secret of Writing.” She will present the new book at an author event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 at Bookworks.
Also at Bookworks, Rilla Askew reads from her new novel, “Kind of Kin,” a fiction exploring anti-immigrant sentiment in Oklahoma, at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23.
At 3 p.m. Monday, March 18 Emily Rapp will discuss “Still Point of the Turning World,” a memoir of her son who recently succumbed to Tay Sachs.
GARCIA STREET BOOKS: Author Helen Marie Clarke wil read from and discuss her new book “Over P.J. Clarke’s Bar: Tales from New York City’s Famous Saloon,” at 2 p.m. today at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe.
The book looks at how the bar became a watering hole for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rocky Marciano, Buddy Holly and other celebrities.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Alamosa Books, on the northwest corner of Ventura and Paseo del Norte NE, will host author and illustrator Jill McElmurry for two of her books, “Mario Makes a Move” and “Little Blue Truck,” from noon-2 p.m. Saturday, March 23.
“Little Blue Truck” was written by Alice Schertle and illustrated by McElmurry.
ANOTHER AWARD: The award-winning documentary novel “No Crystal Stair” by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, has received the American Library Association Coretta Scott King Honor Award. It is given annually to an African American author and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contribution. The book is the story of the life and work of Harlen bookseller Lewis Michaux.
Nelson is a youth services librarian at the Rio Rancho Public Library.
