Albuquerque author RJ Mirabal to talk about fantasy book ‘Dragon Train’ at Books on the Bosque

AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

Albuquerque author RJ Mirabal will chat about his book “Dragon Train” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Albuquerque bookstore.

“Dragon Train” is the first volume in a trilogy. On Facebook, Mirabal notes that he writes mostly in the genre of “Southwest contemporary fantasy, children’s and young teens.”

The third volume, “Dragon Train War,” won a New Mexico Book Award for Fantasy Novel.

Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.

IN TAOS

SOMOS Salon will host an afternoon of readings by four Taos area authors who won or were finalists in the 2025 New Mexico Book Awards.

The event, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, will feature winner Bree Rosenblum’s book “And: The Tiny Word That Can Transform Your Life” (nonfiction-general); finalist J. Hoolihan Clayton for “Discretion is Valor: A Novel of Factual and Grievous History Pertaining to the Chíhenne and Mescalero Apache”; finalist Lise Goett for her poetry collection “The Radiant”; and finalist Jeffrey M. Hills for his memoir “My Brooklyn Bridge.”

The SOMOS Salon is located at 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.

ALBUQUERQUE AUTHOR

Glenn Aparicio Parry’s new book, “Original Love: The Timeless Source of Wholeness,” will be released Friday, Feb. 13. Parry will discuss the book at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Soma Coffee House, 221 New Mexico Highway 165 in Placitas, and 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Universale Church, 3701 Carlisle Blvd. NE; and 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Books on the Bosque, 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.

LAS CRUCES AUTHOR

Charmayne Samuelson’s book “Mata Ortiz Poetry of the Clay (Poesía del Barro)” is the winner of a 2025 Southwest Book Award given by the Border Regional Library Association for scholarship in Southwest culture.

It is a book of photography and poetry in English and Spanish.

Samuelson is a Las Cruces resident.

CHANGE OF DATES

Author Sherri Burr will discuss and sign copies of “Living with Nephew” at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the National Council of Negro Women meeting, Grant Chapel AME Church Fellowship Hall, 7920 Claremont Ave. NE; and 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo. Different information appeared in the Feb. 1 edition of The Sunday Journal.