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Albuquerque Press Women and Friends will host University of New Mexico Lecturer Peter Kierst on Monday, February 10 at 11:30 a.m. at Mimi’s Restaurant (4316 The 25 Way) to discuss President Trump’s Impeachment Trial and the Constitution. We are living in a complex time when it is hard to unravel just how the three branches […]
Southwest Writers invites NMPW members to its Holiday Party on December 7 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The party is at the Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living, 2801 Louisiana Blvd NE (one block north of Menaul on the west side of Louisiana). Come and meet more Albuquerque writers of all genres. There will be a […]
Weekend event planned in historic Trinidad Colorado Press Women will host a weekend getaway Oct. 4-6 at the historical city of Trinidad in southern Colorado. Trinidad, 10 miles from the New Mexico border and on the Santa Fe Trail, was founded in 1862 soon after coal was discovered in the region. Currently, it’s undergoing redevelopment […]
Join New Mexico Press Women for a salute to legendary author Tony Hillerman on the 94th anniversary of his birth on Saturday May 25 at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW) at 3 p.m. Anne Hillerman, the New York Times bestselling author will be there to discuss her father Tony Hillerman and his work, as […]
Awards for finalists were presented to those who attended the annual conference banquet on April 27. Certificates and Sweepstakes awards will be mailed to those who did not attend the banquet. Click the link to download the list of awards. Congratulations to all the finalists! The Sweepstakes winners (entrants with the highest total number of […]
Mare Pearl and Sue Boggio have won the 2019 Zia Book Award for their book Long Night Moon. The book is the third in a trilogy that explores the lives of two extended northern New Mexico families in a fictional town. The other books in this series Sun and Shadow and a Growing Season are […]
Judith Van Gieson, author of 13 mystery novels set in New Mexico will be the featured speaker at the 2019 New Mexico Press Women Annual Conference. Van Gieson’s first eight books featured Albuquerque lawyer Neil Hamel and were published by HarperCollins. Her next five books featured UNM librarian Clair Reynier and were published in paperback […]
The 2019 NMPW Conference registration DEADLINE is midnight, Monday, April 22. See conference details on our Conference page. The banquet speaker will be the award-winning novelist Judith Van Gieson. Three of her thirteen mystery novels have been optioned for movies. She will discuss her experiences with the film industry. Join us to celebrate New Mexico […]
Four outstanding New Mexico women writers will be honored for their work in fiction on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 12:15-1:35 p.m. at the Canyon Club at Four Hills, in Albuquerque. The 2019 Zia Book Award finalists are (in alphabetical order): Cave of Bones, by Anne Hillerman; Long Night Moon, by Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl; […]
If you are planning on attending the New Mexico Press Women State Conference, you may walk on the underside of this year’s conference theme, “A Salute to the New Mexico Films and Media Industries” with a special Breaking Bad tour of landmarks around Albuquerque used as background during the series. You can see Walter White’s […]
