September at Bookworks Features YA Fantasy with Sarah J. Maas, New Poetry from Tony Hoagland, JA Jance Debuting a New Mystery and More

September's events at Bookworks are below. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event.

Tuesday, Sept 1
7pm • Adrienne Celt • The Daughters
Lulu can't sing. Since the traumatic birth of her daughter, the internationally renowned soprano hasn't dared utter a note.

Wednesday, Sept 2
7pm • Elianne Hudson • Art & Science
Born in 1918 into a family of Oregon pioneers, merchants, and businessmen, skinny and shy Craig Hudson always felt he was destined for other things. But life has a way of sending us down unexpected paths

Thursday, Sept 3
7pm • Tony Hoagland • Application for Release from the Dream: Poems
Are we corrupt or innocent, fragmented or whole? Are responsibility and freedom irreconcilable? Do we value memory or succumb to our forgetfulness?

Saturday, Sept 5
3pm • Margaret Randall • Haydee Santamaria, Cuban Revolutionary: She Led by Transgression
Taking part in the Cuban Revolution's first armed action in 1953, enduring the torture and killings of her brother and fiance, assuming a leadership role in the underground movement, and smuggling weapons into Cuba, Haydee Santamaria was the only woman to participate in every phase of the Revolution.

5pm • Sarah J. Maas • Queen of Shadows
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire-for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past.

Tuesday, Sept 8
7pm • Christina Squire • Murder at the Observatory
Caroline Steele is a hag without a future, tired of her housewife routine, bored with marriage, beaten down by teaching, and confused by her growing sons. But when she becomes a prime suspect in the murder of her arch nemesis, she is shocked out of her mind-numbing routine.

Thursday, Sept 10
7pm • Dos Gatos Press Wingbeats Poetry Workshop with Nickole Brown
Free workshop. Nickole Brown is the author of two poetry collections and teaches at Murray State University.

Saturday, Sept 12
3pm • Nicole White • Upgradeology: Upgrade Your Food, Upgrade Your Life
What if you could STOP looking for the next diet and begin to honor and understand your foodie habits and cravings, by simply upgrading the foods you love?

9-5pm • SouthWest Memoir Conference at the New Life Presbyterian Church 5540 Eubank NE •
ONE-DAY MEMOIR CONFERENCE. Tell Your Story as Only You Can.

4-8pm • 516 Arts: Habitat: Exploring Climate Change Through the Arts Down Town Block Party
at 516 Central SW•
Bookworks sells books at a pop-up climate change book shop at 516 Arts.

Sunday, Sept 13
3pm • Katha Pollitt • Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a woman's reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In clear, concise arguments, Pollitt takes on the personhood argument, reaffirming the priority of a woman's life and health,

Monday, Sept 14
6pm • Connor White, Illustrator at the Albuquerque Academy 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE • Shivers! The Pirate Who's Afraid of Everything
Meet Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate to ever sail the Seven Seas. Along with his best friend, Margo, and his loyal fishmate (yes, you read that correctly), Albee, Shivers battles a giant squid, discovers hidden treasures, and gets pooped on by a pigeon to save his parents from the clutches of evil. (Yep, that's right: evil!)

Tuesday, Sept 15
7pm • Kelly Urig • New Mexico Chiles: History, Legend & Lore
To some, chile might be considered a condiment, but in New Mexico it takes center stage. Going back four centuries, native tribes, Spanish missionaries, conquistadors and Anglos alike craved capsicum, and chile became infused in the state's cuisine, culture and heritage.

Wednesday, Sept 16
7pm • Sharman Apt Russell • Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles & Other New Ways of Engaging the World and Teresa of the New World
In the exploding world of citizen science, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are monitoring climate change, tracking bird migration, and following their bliss counting stardust for NASA or excavating mastodons.

Thursday, Sept 17
7pm • Chris Duvall • Cannabis
Despite all the hoopla surrounding cannabis, however, we actually understand relatively little about it in the human and ecological past. InCannabis, Chris Duvall explores the botanical and cultural history of one of our most widely distributed crops, presenting an even-handed look at this heady little plant.

Saturday, Sept 19
3pm • Kathryn Ferguson • The Haunting of the Mexican Border
The Haunting of the Mexican Border is a woman's view of the violence and generosity of the border. As the author traveled south, she encountered people who were traveling north, and she learned that the border at which they converged was deadly.

5pm • Wayne Lee • Googling a Present Participle: Poems, Prose Poems, Bogus Monologues & Fraudulent Artifacts
"Wayne Lee is the tenderest, most irreverent, funniest poet I've ever read or heard read. Imagine Rabelais on steroids let loose in the techno age. Go buy this book and read it out loud to someone you adore . . .."
--Gary Worth Moody

Sunday, Sept 20
3pm • Susan Topp Weber • Nativities of the Southwest
Susan Topp Weber has owned and operated Susan's Christmas Shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for more than thirty years. She has a prized collection of nativities herself, which began with a gift in 1965, and has sold nativities at her shop since 1978.

Tuesday, Sept 22
7pm • Richard Boyle • Realizing Awakened Consciousness: Interviews with Buddhist Teachers & a New Perspective on the Mind
If, as Buddhism claims, the potential for awakening exists in all human beings, we should be able to map the phenomenon with the same science we apply to other forms of consciousness. Richard P. Boyle brings his sophisticated perspective to bear on the development of a theoretical model for both ordinary and awakened consciousness.

Wednesday, Sept 23
7pm • Peter Nabokov • How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family
A compelling portrait of cultural transition and assimilation via the saga of one Acoma Pueblo Indian family.

Thursday, Sept 24
7pm • Lisa Bertsch • Grace Leads, I Follow: Poems of Trauma & Transformation
Trauma is known to shatter aspects of the self and one's experience, shaking the very core of reality at a cellular level.

Saturday, Sept 26
3pm • Minisa Crumbo • Spirit Talk
Never forget, we are sacred beings. We all seek power. We all want happiness. There is no shame or blame in serving our own highest good first and in recognizing that the highest good functions best when it is in healthy and balanced relationship with the Creator.

5pm • Goodie Goodloe • King Maker
King Maker is the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to advance the cause of justice, equality, and fairness for all while working alongside athletes and entertainers.

Sunday, Sept 27
1pm • Jennifer Jacobson • Reads Soul Tarot Cards
Jennifer Jacobson reads tarot Soul Cards. $10 for a 10-15 minute session

3pm • Max J. Dax • Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West
Environmentalists and the timber industry do not often collaborate, but in the years immediately following gray wolf reintroduction in the interior American West, a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho and Montana brought these odd bedfellows together

Monday, Sept 28
7pm • JA Jance at the Central & Unser Library
8081 Central NW • Dance of the Bones
Years ago, Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now, the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would release him from prison with time served.

Tuesday, Sept 29
7pm • Tanaya Winder • Words Like Love
Tanaya Winder is a poet, writer, artist, and educator from the Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Nations. A winner of the 2010 A Room Of Her Own Foundation's Orlando prize in poetry, her work has appeared in numerous publications.

Wednesday, Sept 30
7pm • S.T. Sonntag • Aetheling
In Anglo-Saxon England in the year AD 616, the king of the Engla must decide his loyalties and combat the rise of a dangerous new faith from the East, while protecting his family and his people from the threat of a rising power in the North.

For Kids

Thursday, Sept 3
10:30am • Story Time - Reach! Reach! Reach!
We are reading books about skyscrapers. Join us for stories, songs, and snacks.

Saturday, Sept 5
5pm • Author Sarah Maas at Bookworks!
Her latest is Queen of Shadows. It is book four in the Throne of Glassseries. Join us for fabulous opportunity to meet an outstanding author. A space in the signing line is reserved with purchase of the book.

Thursday, Sept 10
10:30am • Story Time about farm animals!
With a nod to the state fair, we are reading books about farm animals. Stories, songs and snacks!

Monday, Sept 14
6pm • Connor White, illustrator at the Albuquerque Academy 6400 Wyoming NE • Shivers! The Priate Who's Afraid of Everthing
Meet Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate to ever sail the Seven Seas. Along with his best friend, Margo, and his loyal fishmate (yes, you read that correctly), Albee, Shivers battles a giant squid, discovers hidden treasures, and gets pooped on by a pigeon to save his parents from the clutches of evil.

Wednesday, Sept 16
4:30pm • American Girl Book Club! Saige Paints the Sky
We are staying close to home to discuss one of the books about Albuquerque's Saige: Saige Paints the Sky. New members always welcome. We will discuss the books, have a craft activity and snack.

Thursday, Sept 17
10:30am • Story Time • Leaves!
Yellow, red, brown - catch the colors of falling leaves. Join us for stories, songs, and snack.

Saturday, Sept 19
10:30am • Stories on Saturday with NM author/illustrator Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw • Luna & Me
Her new book, entitled, Luna & Me is about the power of a magnificent tree to call for help and a young girl's insistence on saving a forest.

4:30pm • Teen Book Club • Prada & Prejudice
From a shoe store in Paris to Regency England we follow the main character as she stumbles back in time. She must get her balance and land on her feet before it's too late in both time periods. Join us for our teen book club as we discuss Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard.

Wednesday, Sept 23
4:30pm • Magic Treehouse Book Club!
Our book will be Stallion at Starlight. We will talk about the book do a craft activity and have snack.

Thursday, Sept 24
10:30am • Story Time celebrating the picture books of Stephen Savage • Where's Walrus?
We will celebrate the delightful picture books of Stephen Savage including,Where's Walrus, which is a Contessa Connie favorite.

Clubs

Wednesday, Sept 9
7pm • Bookworks Book Club • The Songs of Willow Frost
by Jamie Ford
From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls-a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past-both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.

Monday, Sept 14
7pm • Coloring Coffee Klatch •
Bring your coloring book (or buy one here) and a cup of coffee or tea and relax with a few fellow colorists.

Monday, Sept 21
7pm • Reading Purls Knitting Group • Canterbury Sisters
by Kim Wright
Bring your knitting or crocheting or other portable fiber arts projects and enjoy a bit of conversation and tips and woes sharing. You are welcome to bring a cup of coffee or tea.

Monday, Sept 28
7pm • Austen Project Book Club • Emma
by Alexander McCall-Smith
Our book club recognizing Jane Austen's six novels being recast in a modern voice continues. Whether you are new to reading Jane Austen books or if she your "go to" author please join us. This month we will be discussing the contemporary Emma by Alexander McCall Smith.

Looking Ahead

Thursday, Nov 19
7pm • Isabel Allende at the KiMo Theatre •
421 Central NW The Japanese Lover
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener.

$35, includes signed hardcover and a $5 donation to the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation.

Thursday, Oct 8
7pm • TJ English • Where the Bodies Were Buried
For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger was often romanticized as a Robin Hood-like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a Top Echelon informant for the FBI.

Thursday, Oct 15
6pm • Lincoln Peirce • Big Nate: Welcome to My World
Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is eleven years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth-grade Renaissance Man who lives with his dad and older sister and enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.

Saturday, Oct 31
3pm • Craig Johnson at the ABC Main Library
505 Copper NW • Wait for Signs
Wait for Signs gives Longmire fans a chance to own beloved stories in a single volume. Wait for Signs is a necessary addition to any Longmire fan's shelf and a wonderful way to introduce new readers to the fictional world of Absaroka County, Wyoming.