This Week at Bookworks Includes Eleni Bastea, Sarah Bird, and More

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

Friday, Sept 12
7pm • Steven Gould • Exo
Blending the drama of high school with world shattering consequences.

Saturday, Sept 13
3pm • Eleni Bastea • Venice Without Gondolas
Eleni Bastéa was born and raised in Greece. She studied art history at Bryn Mawr College and architecture and architectural history at the University of California at Berkeley. She teaches at the University of New Mexico.

Sunday, Sept 14
3pm • Seth Hoffman • Hoffman performs with Kimo & Felix of Felix Y Los Gatos.

Monday, Sept 15
7pm • Sarah Bird • Above the East China Sea
Teenagers, one an American and the other Okinawan, find their lives connected across seventy years by the shared experience of profound loss, the enduring strength of an ancient culture, and the redeeming power of family love.

Tuesday, Sept 16
7pm • Mark Tatulli • Desmond Pucket & the Mountain Full of Monsters
Desmond Pucket is back in this follow-up to Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic. It's the sixth-grade field trip to Crab Shell Pier, home to the world's most awesome ride. Desmond hopes to convince Tina Schimsky to ride it with him, but once in the park he finds that executing his master plan will be no simple feat.

Wednesday, Sept 17
7pm • Pamela Windo • Him Through Me
In the fall of 1969, two months after the Woodstock festival, a young man leaves America and returns home to England. He knocks at the door of a girl he'd known in school.

Thursday, Sept 18
7pm • Ira Jaffe • Slow Movies
Slow Movies investigates movies by acclaimed international directors who in the past three decades have challenged mainstream cinema's reliance on motion and action.

Friday, Sept 19
7pm • Nick DePascal • Before You Become Improbable
Before You Become Improbable (2014), won the inaugural West End Press Poetry Prize. Born in Tucson, he received a BA in creative writing from the University of Arizona and an MFA in creative writing from the University of NM.

Saturday, Sept 20
3pm • David Wagner • Death in the Dolomites
Rick Montoya is looking forward to a break from his translation business in Rome a week of skiing in the Italian Alps with old college buddy Flavio. But Rick's success helping the Italian police with a murder in Tuscany sends the Campiglio cops his way.

For Kids

Friday, Sept 12
1pm • Our World Home School Book Co-op Meets

Saturday, Sept 13
10:30am • Caryl McHarney talks about cranes!
Poet and artist Caryl McHarney joins us to talk about cranes.

Tuesday, Sept 16
7pm • Mark Tatulli, Desmond Pucket & the Mountain Full of Monsters!
Desmond Pucket is back in this follow-up to Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic. It's the sixth-grade field trip to Crab Shell Pier, home to the world's most awesome ride. Desmond hopes to convince Tina Schimsky to ride it with him, but once in the park he finds that executing his master plan will be no simple feat.

Wednesday, Sept 17
4:30pm • American Girl Book Club
Our monthly meeting of the American Girl Book Club. All American Girl fans are invited to attend for stories, snacks, and crafts.

Thursday, Sept 18
10:30am • Story Time with Hats!
What kind of hat do you prefer? Story Time with Contessa Connie featuring stories, crafts, and snacks.

Saturday, Sept 20
4pm • Teen Book Club

Looking Ahead

Saturday, Oct 4
3pm • Judy Chicago • Institutional Time & The Dinner Party
A revered teacher and the most influential feminist artist of our time, Judy Chicago provides an autobiographical look at higher education in art in Institutional Time. This is a must-read for aspiring artists and educators in studio art programs. The Dinner Party was an immediate sensation when it debuted in 1979, and today it is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement.

Saturday, Oct 18
3pm • Rudolfo Anaya, Nicholas Otero & Nasario Garcia •How Chili Came to New Mexico
This is the exciting tale of how New Mexico's premier crop came to the Land of Enchantment. The story shows the importance of Native Americans who helped bring chile to New Mexico through a long journey with many dangers. Intertwined in the book is love and romance and the story of the influence of many cultures in New Mexico's history.

Thursday, Oct 23
7pm • Katie Lane • Ring in the Holidays
Psychologist Ellie Simpson is about to get a healthy dose of sex therapy. Leaving her cheating boyfriend behind, she has everything she needs for a quick rebound: Vegas, plenty of champagne, and a proposition from the sexiest man she's ever seen.

Monday, Oct 27
7pm • Chuck Pahalniuk • Beautiful You
From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. Venue at UNM's Student Union Ballrooms B & C.