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Message from Peggy Frank, the owner:
Book Mountain has proudly served the readers of Santa Fe in the same location for 39 years. Unfortunately, it has come to pass that we are forced to move. The owners of our little plaza have been great to us for almost four decades, but time and progress march on. The entire building is going to be remodeled, and sadly there will be no room for our used book emporium after the renovation. We love serving our wonderful customers and do not want to close our doors.
We are now reaching out to our loyal customers to ask if anyone knows of any place near our current location that would accommodate our store. If you can help us, please call at 505-471-2625 or stop by at 2101 Cerrillos Road.
Thank you very much,
Peggy Frank
Book Mountain has proudly served the readers of Santa Fe in the same location for 39 years. Unfortunately, it has come to pass that we are forced to move. The owners of our little plaza have been great to us for almost four decades, but time and progress march on. The entire building is going to be remodeled, and sadly there will be no room for our used book emporium after the renovation. We love serving our wonderful customers and do not want to close our doors.
We are now reaching out to our loyal customers to ask if anyone knows of any place near our current location that would accommodate our store. If you can help us, please call at 505-471-2625 or stop by at 2101 Cerrillos Road.
Thank you very much,
Peggy Frank
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The NMW annual grant program is intended to support New Mexico authors in a variety of literary endeavors. The program features a competition for funding new works or works in progress by writers from all populations and geographic areas of New Mexico, including lesser-served communities.
Grants are awarded at the NMW Annual Dinner, where grantees are honored as special guests. The 2020 dinner will be held on April 9, 2020, at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe.
Who Should Apply:
All New Mexico writers are invited to apply for funding to support projects in one of any of the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, playwriting, and screenwriting.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2020.
For more information, click here.
Grants are awarded at the NMW Annual Dinner, where grantees are honored as special guests. The 2020 dinner will be held on April 9, 2020, at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe.
Who Should Apply:
All New Mexico writers are invited to apply for funding to support projects in one of any of the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, playwriting, and screenwriting.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2020.
For more information, click here.
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Nautilus Book Awards is accepting entries until February 7, 2020. Submit your entry before October 31, 2019, and get the Early Bird Fee of $170. After October 31, entry fees will increase by $10. Grand prize of $2,500.
Eligibility requirements:
Visit http://nautilusbookawards.com/guidelinesforentering/ for entry instructions and a list of categories.
Eligibility requirements:
- Print book, in English, with ISBN number
- Publication date of either 2018 or 2019
- High-quality writing
- Published version, no Advance Reader Copy
- Articulate and excellent message for the category selected
- Expresses one or more of the four Nautilus values:
- conscious living and sustainability
- high-level health and wellness
- spiritual growth
- positive social change and social justice
Visit http://nautilusbookawards.com/guidelinesforentering/ for entry instructions and a list of categories.
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At our Friday, October 11, board meeting we learned that Janet Brennan had stepped down as our vice-president. Current board member Sandi Wright, who continues to help us all with her membership and renewal initiatives, agreed to step up into the vice-president post. She is well-known for her successful Adventures of Santa Fe Sam prairie dog tales book for children. Sandi’s new position was warmly approved by all NMBA Board members present. Janet Brennan remains on the board and will be fulfilling the role of “Publicity and Young Arts.”
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by Richard Polese
Library buyers across New Mexico welcomed our presence at a long string of NMLA Annual Conferences. Last year was our best ever at the New Mexico Library Association’s yearly gathering. Our NMBA Library Showcase Catalog was well-received by the librarians, and more of you came to introduce and sell your books than ever. However, NMBA was left out of the loop this October. Here’s why:
The NMLA was joined by the Mountains and Plains Library Association for a Joint Annual Conference at Old Town’s Hotel Albuquerque, opening the last day of this month. Last week we learned that no space was available for any nonprofit. We might have been able to purchase a standard vendor’s booth, but all of them were sold out weeks ago!
All of us were surprised and quite disappointed by this late news. Your NMBA Board apologizes to all NMBA members who were looking forward to what we came to understand was a welcome presence at NMLA. We will stay tuned to their program leadership throughout the year, planning for much better Library Conference news for 2020.
Library buyers across New Mexico welcomed our presence at a long string of NMLA Annual Conferences. Last year was our best ever at the New Mexico Library Association’s yearly gathering. Our NMBA Library Showcase Catalog was well-received by the librarians, and more of you came to introduce and sell your books than ever. However, NMBA was left out of the loop this October. Here’s why:
The NMLA was joined by the Mountains and Plains Library Association for a Joint Annual Conference at Old Town’s Hotel Albuquerque, opening the last day of this month. Last week we learned that no space was available for any nonprofit. We might have been able to purchase a standard vendor’s booth, but all of them were sold out weeks ago!
All of us were surprised and quite disappointed by this late news. Your NMBA Board apologizes to all NMBA members who were looking forward to what we came to understand was a welcome presence at NMLA. We will stay tuned to their program leadership throughout the year, planning for much better Library Conference news for 2020.
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Would you like to host a workshop that members could benefit from? Once a month, an NMBA member gets the opportunity to host a virtual workshop.
The workshops typically happen on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons anywhere from 1pm-3pm on Zoom. They tend to include a presentation of some kind and include an interactive element like a Q&A session, lasting anywhere from 1 hour to 1.5 hours. If you are scheduled to host a workshop, you can give a brief 20-minute presentation at that month’s luncheon to get members interested in attending your workshop.
Payment/Pricing: NMBA will give a 50/50 split, where the presenter will receive 50% of the revenue after expenses. We charge members $20 to attend a workshop, and non-members $25.
To submit your workshop for consideration, please email the following to libroentry@gmail.com:
The workshops typically happen on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons anywhere from 1pm-3pm on Zoom. They tend to include a presentation of some kind and include an interactive element like a Q&A session, lasting anywhere from 1 hour to 1.5 hours. If you are scheduled to host a workshop, you can give a brief 20-minute presentation at that month’s luncheon to get members interested in attending your workshop.
Payment/Pricing: NMBA will give a 50/50 split, where the presenter will receive 50% of the revenue after expenses. We charge members $20 to attend a workshop, and non-members $25.
To submit your workshop for consideration, please email the following to libroentry@gmail.com:
- Your short bio and a headshot
- The title and description of your workshop
- If the workshop is related to your book, an image of the cover
- The month you would like to host your workshop (please note no workshops are scheduled in December or January)
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Michael Sutin, a noted New Mexico lawyer, died Sept. 7 of natural causes related to his battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 84. Michael was born in 1935 in Terre Haute, Ind., and moved in 1946 with his family to Albuquerque, where he later graduated from Highland High School. Throughout his teen years, he played baseball — he pitched right-handed, despite being a natural lefty — participated in thespian clubs, wrote poetry and worked as a sports stringer for the Albuquerque Journal. For a few years, he attended a prelaw program at University of Arizona, where he met his wife, Esther Sacherson. He then moved back to New Mexico to attend the University of New Mexico. He graduated from its law school in 1959. In 1986, Sutin and his wife moved to Santa Fe, where he worked for his father’s firm at its office here. He left the business in 2006 to pursue other interests, but he joined the Sommer Udall Law Firm two years later. Though Sutin dreamed of working at a remote lookout station for the U.S. Forest Service, those who knew him said he made remarkable impacts as a lawyer. Michael published three books of poetry — Voices from the Corner/Voces del Rincon; Naked Ladies on the Road; and Graven Images: Poems — and contributed to various literary organizations, including the New Mexico Book Association and Poetry Center of New Mexico, now known as New Mexico Literary Arts.
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Sales at the Homegrown Authors’ table on Tuesdays at the Farmers Market have been very slow this summer. Most new authors from NMBA have not been able to cover the higher costs the Market charges us for a space. That discourages attendance, and we have had to rely on old timers, many of whom are also not meeting their costs. With several of them on vacation, the reduced attendance brought me to the decision to limit our space to only one table for the rest of the summer. Roberta Parry will join me at the table. This will allow us to keep our improved site alive until next year when, perhaps, the market will revive and we can expand again. I apologize to all the new authors who were looking forward to joining us and encourage them to watch for the reopening next spring.
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Former monk turned financial advisor, Doug Lynam, gave a fun presentation at September’s monthly luncheon. Doug introduced the topic of sustainable money management, where you can invest ethically to grow your wealth. Doug led the group through a PowerPoint presentation filled with illustrated cartoons that helped him tell his story, which involved his childhood in a rich family, the long-haired hippie days running away from materialism, time in the Marine Corps looking for selfless service, and his twenty years in the monastery under a vow of poverty where he began helping alleviate others’ financial burdens.
This all led to his current profession as a financial advisor. Doug’s book, From Monk to Money Manager, provides clear, step-by-step guidance on how to grow “a little bit wealthy.” His insights include how to vanquish debt, invest ethically to grow wealth, conquer your psychological money monsters, establish an emergency fund, create and stick to a good budget, start your own business, and share your wealth intelligently. You can contact Doug Lynam, Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist℠ and ESG Fiduciary™ at douglas@longviewasset.com or call 505-988-9555.
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Robert James Sheldon, who was a bookseller and worked for a range of publishers, distributors, and book organizations in the West, died July 25. He was 73 and had had a long struggle with serious health problems.
He began his book career as manager of a Westwood bookstore in Los Angeles, then opened and operated the Raven Bookstore in Boulder, Colorado. Later, he became marketing director for Capra Press and also worked at North Point Press, John Muir Publications, Clark City Press, Johnson Books, and Pruett Publishing. He also worked for distributors Bookpeople in Berkeley, and Consortium in Minneapolis. He held several positions in the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association (now PubWest) and was director of literature programs for the Western States Arts Federation.
He would want to be remembered as a lover of books and authors, opera, and the American West.
He began his book career as manager of a Westwood bookstore in Los Angeles, then opened and operated the Raven Bookstore in Boulder, Colorado. Later, he became marketing director for Capra Press and also worked at North Point Press, John Muir Publications, Clark City Press, Johnson Books, and Pruett Publishing. He also worked for distributors Bookpeople in Berkeley, and Consortium in Minneapolis. He held several positions in the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association (now PubWest) and was director of literature programs for the Western States Arts Federation.
He would want to be remembered as a lover of books and authors, opera, and the American West.