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IN SANTA FE AND IN ALBUQUERQUE

Peter Stark, a historian and an adventurer, will discuss his new book, “The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado’s Quest, The Unconquered West and the Birth of American Indian Resistance,” at two events in New Mexico.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, Stark will be at Collected Works, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, and at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16, he will be at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

Stark’s narrative is about conquistador Francisco Coronado’s 1540 expedition across 2,500 miles of the uncharted American interior.

That journey spans present-day California, through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and finally Kansas, where the Coronado-led expedition was turned back by Indigenous people and he retreated, bedraggled, to Mexico City two years later.

AT BOOKWORKS

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, the sa���ʴ�ý������ҳ��� bookstore hosts Beth Roy, who will be in conversation with Roberto Chené about Roy’s book “Reclaiming Humanity: Revolutionary Pathways to Beloved Community.”

The book draws on Roy’s long experience as a mediator and counselor to examine ways in which members of society are dehumanized by institutional repression. Roy lives in sa���ʴ�ý������ҳ���.

Booksworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, Betsy Rubiner will talk about her book “Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World” at the sa���ʴ�ý������ҳ��� bookstore, 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.

AT PAGE 1 BOOKS

New Mexico author June Bliss will sign copies of “Starfish Street” at Page 1 Books at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18. “Starfish Street” is the story of “a cynical art school graduate who is spiritually inspired while staying in a small beach town on the coast of Oregon.” 

Page 1 Books is located at 5850 Eubank Blvd. NE, Suite B-41.

AT COLLECTED WORKS

Julia Alvarez will read from and discuss “Visitations,” her first poetry collection in more than 20 years, at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Santa Fe bookstore.

The poems trace her life through memories of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, through the formative influence of her tías and sisters, her move to the United States and the challenges of learning English, the search for mental health and beauty as well as redemption and success.

Alvarez, who will be in conversation with Santa Fe writer Carmella Padilla, is known for her novels “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” and “In the Time of the Butterflies.”

Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., in Santa Fe.

AT GERONIMO’S BOOKS

A Mist of Friends — Santa Fe poets Ronna Simpson, Nicky Schott, Lucas Restivo and Scott Snyder — will read from their work at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

Geronimo’s Books is located at 3018 Cielo Court, Suite D, in Santa Fe. The event is in celebration of National Poetry Month.

IN TAOS

SOMOS Salon will host two events this week.

Art Goodtimes, a Colorado poet, farmer and retired elected politician, will read from his work at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15.

At 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, Diné poet Boderra Joe and Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier will read from their work. Both are Master of Fine Arts graduates in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.

SOMOS Salon is located at 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.

BOOK CONTEST

The 2026 New Mexico Book Awards is accepting entries. The contest is open to authors, designers, publishers and publicists anywhere.

Submitted books must have a direct creative connection to New Mexico or the greater Navajo Nation in terms of the author, publisher, subject or cover design.

Books with a publication date or copyright date between Jan. 1, 2024, and Dec. 31, 2025, are eligible. Print books written in English or Spanish are accepted.

Submission of one book to multiple categories is accepted, and multiple books by a single author are accepted.

Winning books of a previous New Mexico Book Award are not eligible for resubmission.

Books created by using generative AI and similar technology are not accepted.

For more information on submission fees and instructions, visit . Click on NM Book Awards in the menu bar at the top.

All entries must be postmarked by Friday, May 8.