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New Mexico author T. Kingfisher to talk about 'Hemlock & Silver' at Bookworks
AT BOOKWORKS
New Mexico author T. Kingfisher will talk about her novel “Hemlock & Silver” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Bookworks.
In this fantasy story, healer Anja regularly drinks poison — not to die, but to save. She seeks cures for those who everyone else has given up on. A summons from the King interrupts her quiet life. His daughter Snow is dying and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox healing methods can save her. Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, Nora Wendl will be in conversation with Maggie Grimason about Wendl’s new book “Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth.”
This book of creative nonfiction explodes the sex-and-real-estate myth surrounding the Edith Farnsworth House and its two central figures — architect Mies van der Rohe and Farnsworth, an eminent physician and a woman of letters.
She commissioned van der Rohe to design and construct a one-room weekend retreat in Plano, Illinois, about 60 miles from downtown Chicago. The house was designed and built between 1946 and 1951.
Wendl’s book argues that the house’s history falsely portrays Farnsworth as the architect’s angry ex-lover. The book restores Farnsworth’s place in architectural history and the masterpiece that bears her name.
The house is a site on the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.
AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE
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Ranita Ray will be in conversation with Daisy Atterbury at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, regarding Ray’s book “Slow Violence: Confronting Dark Truths in the American Classroom.”
Ray’s previous book is the prize-winning “The Making of a Teenage Service Class.”
Ray is an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico, where she holds an endowed chair.
Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.
AT PAGE ONE BOOKS
H.M. Colugo of Albuquerque will sign copies of her book “Beneath the Bloody Moon” from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, at Page One Books.
In the story, Candice, a recent college grad, struggles to put her life back together when an old flame returns. Then Candice finds herself the victim of a vicious animal attack. Though she survives, she’s not the woman she once was. Her life is about to get more dangerous.
Page One Books is located at 5850 Eubank Blvd. NE in the Mountain Run Shopping Center.
AT COLLECTED WORKS
Sandy Seth and Valerie Graves will discuss their book of poems and illustrations “Golden Aspens Silver Wings: Our Shared Fragile Earth” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26.
Seth and Graves wrote the book in hopes of increasing compassion and respect for those with whom we share the world.
Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe.
AT BEASTLY BOOKS
Join author Shawn Patrick Boyd for tips and tricks on writing for graphic novels at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Beastly Books, 418 Montezuma Ave., Santa Fe. The event is part of the bookstore’s Writers Den Workshop series.
AT SOMOS SALON
Buddhist monk Khentral Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche will give a talk on his book “The Power of Mind” at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, at SOMOS Salon.
The book is a modern guide to ancient Buddhist mind-training techniques to transform pain, anxiety and everyday stress into clarity, compassion and well-being.
SOMOS Salon is located at 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.
