This Week at Bookworks Features Megan McKenna with the Art of Listening, Women of the World Poetry Slam and More

Below are this week's events at Bookworks. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event.

Wednesday thru Saturday, March 18-21
Women of the World Poetry Slam in downtown Albuquerque
We are excited to welcome over 70 amazing poets to Albuquerque for the 8th annual Women of the World Poetry Slam!

Wednesday thru Sunday, March 18-22
Bookworks is the bookseller for the Sigma Tau DeltaInternational English Honor Society Convention at the Hyatt Regency downtown 330 Tijeras Ave NW. •

Thursday, March 19
7pm • Gary Dop, Micah Dean Hicks & Donna Decker read from their new works • Father, Child Water / Electricity & Other Dreams
Three writers visiting for the Sigma Tau Delta conference read at Bookworks.

Saturday, March 21
3pm • Stanley Crawford • The Canyon
Summers at the Rocky Mountain lodge in Colorado are idyllic for Scotty and his cousin Mickey. The grown-ups are dealing with the complications of business and adult dysfunction, but the boys are more interested in the complications of puberty, especially when Rosalind, the teenage daughter of family friends, is on hand.

Sunday, March 22
1pm • Carlos Blanton • George I. Sanchez: The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration
George I. Sanchez was a reformer, activist and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the Mexican American Generation (1930-1960). The author honours Sanchez's efforts, hitherto mostly unrecognized, in the struggle for equal opportunity, while not shying away from his subject's personal faults and foibles.

3pm • Olive Balla • An Arm and a Leg
Albuquerque divorcee Frankie O'Neil dreams of having a normal life. However, given her penchant for making the worst possible decisions about men and the fact she hoards food and hears the voices of dead relatives who hint at a dark family secret, her life is anything but normal. When her brother is shot minutes after leaving a package in her freezer, the police suspect her of murder and order her not to leave town.

Monday, March 23
7pm • Stephen Ausherman • Walking Albuquerque: 30 Tours of the Duke City's Historic Neighborhood, Ditch Trails, Urban Nature & Public Art
The art of walking has not met its demise here. A resurgence in plans and efforts to make Albuquerque walkable again indicates that the city is on the verge of a pedestrian renaissance. In the meantime Walking Albuquerque comes in handy with 30 routes covering the city.

Tuesday, March 24
7pm • Megan McKenna • Listen Here
"God is listening. What are we saying?" With these words Megan McKenna begins this inspiring, accessible, and practical guide to finding and building the spiritual connection that brings God's love into our life and our world.

Wednesday thru Friday, March 25-27
all day • Advocacy in Action Conference • at the Albuquerque Marriot Pyramid North
This conference is designed for professionals from all sectors of the criminal justice system, victim assistance, and mental health field who provide services to victims and families. The conference offers three days of skill enhancing information on national, state and tribal issues. In addition, this conference will increase awareness and strengthen capacity of attendees to effectively serve victims of crime.

7pm • Kirstin Valdez Quade • Night at the Fiestas
With intensity and emotional precision, Kirstin Valdez Quade's unforgettable stories plunge us into the fierce, troubled hearts of characters defined by the desire to escape the past or else to plumb its depths.

Thursday, March 26
7pm • Michael Finkelstein • Slow Medicine: Hope & Healing for Chronic Illness
In this warm, reassuring, enlightening book, Dr. Finkelstein takes you beyond conventional medicine to examine the intricate network of factors that lie behind many common illnesses--and empowers you to take your health back. It's time to walk down the Slow Medicine path, one where the answers are in the questions.

Saturday, March 28
3pm • Jason Carney • Starve the Vulture
A lyrical, mesmerizing debut from Jason Carney who overcomes his own racism, homophobia, drug addiction, and harrowing brushes with death to find redemption and unlikely fame on the national performance poetry circuit.

Sunday, March 29
3pm • Gina Marselle • A Fire of Prayer
Gina reads her poetry at local coffee shops, art galleries, and has been a featured poet at the Church of Beethoven (now known as Sunday Chatter). She has one chapbook (self published) titled 'Round Midnight (2012). Currently, she is honored to be part of the collective La Palabra: The Word is a Woman, which is a writer's collective founded by poet Jessica Helen Lopez.

Tuesday, March 31
7pm • JR Conway • Greyhound Therapy
Greyhound Therapy takes the reader on a fast paced journey of crime fighting, tragic life changing experiences and mysteries yet to be explained.

For Kids

Saturday, March 21
10:30am • Stories on Saturday--National Quilting Day
Today is National Quilting Day. We'll be making paper and fabric quilt squares and reading books about quilts.

Wednesday, March 25
4:30pm • Magic Treehouse Book Club • Leprechaun in Late Winter
Open to all Magic Treehouse fans. Today we'll be discussing Magic Treehouse Book #43, Leprechaun in Late Winter, and consturcting treehouse models from cardboard. New members are welcome.

Thursday, March 26
10:30am • Story Time • Birthday Time!
Today we'll be celebrating birthdays with stories, snacks, and crafts. Birthday cake and books--what a happy combination!

Saturday, March 28
10:30am • Rachel Brown • Postcard from Copenhagen • A Bilingual Tale for Kids
Santa Fe author Rachel Brown shares her new Spanish-English bilingual tale, A Postcard from Copenhagen, illustrated by Alejandra Bize.

Looking Ahead

Thursday, April 2
7pm • Jim Kristofic • The Hero Twins: A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers
The Hero Twins tells the story of two brothers born to Changing Woman and trained by the Holy People to save their people from the naayee', a race of monsters. But the naayee' can't be beaten alone. Family and friends and wise mentors must lead any warrior down the good path toward victory. Colorful illustrations show the action as the twins seek out their father to receive the weapons they need to face the greatest monster of them all: Ye'iitsoh. More »

Wednesday, April 15
7pm • Santiago Vaquera Vasquez • One Day I'll Tell You the Things I've Seen
The stories in Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez's intimate conversational narrative take readers around the world, from the orchards of California to the cornfields of Iowa, from the neighborhoods of Madrid and Mexico City to the Asian shore of Istanbul.

Thursday, April 16
7pm • Stuart Woods • Hot Pursuit: A New Stone Barrington Novel
It's not often that Stone Barrington finds a woman as accustomed to the jet-set lifestyle as he, so he's pleasantly surprised when he meets a gorgeous pilot who's soon moving to New York, and available for closer acquaintance. Their travels together lead them from Wichita to Europe, but trailing them is some unwanted baggage: his new lady love's unstable, criminal ex-boyfriend.

Friday, April 17
7pm • Alexander McCall Smith • Emma: A Modern Retelling
at the KiMo Theatre 423 Central NW
The bestselling and beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyseries now gives us his charming take on Jane Austen with this modern-day retelling of Emma at this FREE event presented in conjunction with ABC Library. There is no reservation process. It is first come first served seating.