New Mexico Women Author’s Book Festival

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops presents the first

Saturday, September 27, 2008 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.
at Milner Plaza on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM.

This book festival features 75 New Mexican Women Authors in Fiction, Poetry, History, Art, Biography, Children’s Books and more. Festival admission is free, and also includes free admission to the Museum of International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

Novelist Ana Castillo, Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martinez, former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, cookbook guru Deborah Madison, and 71 other notable women authors will celebrate the joy of reading and the creative power of New Mexico’s women writers at the first New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival on Saturday, September 27th.

The festival is modeled after the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival, held every September on the mall in Washington, D.C. This unique festival format allows visitors to hear authors in a variety of genres read and discuss their craft in 30-minute intervals in a casual, interactive environment.

Authors will be showcased at the festival in seven open-air pavilions: “Fiction,” “Poetry,” “Mysteries and Fantasy,” “History and Biography,” “Art,” “Home and Family,” and “Children.” Additionally, a special pavilion will highlight information about the New Mexico History Museum, scheduled to open in 2009, and educate visitors about the history of book-making and printing in New Mexico.

Book signings and sales will also take place on Milner Plaza. New Mexico teachers will be invited to a special event to learn about the depth of women writers in the state and how their books can contribute to school curricula.

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