This year’s New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival benefiting the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will be held September 30 through October 3, 2010 at the New Mexico History Museum. The festival celebrates the joy of reading and the creative power of New Mexico’s women writers. The program expands this year with best-selling author Anne Lamott kicking off the festival with a ticketed event Tuesday evening at the historic Lensic Theatre in Downtown Santa Fe.

Friday, October 1st will be an educational day for authors with seminars throughout the day on a variety of subjects. These events will be programmed and supported by the NMWABF Author’s Committee. The author committee will help develop and coordinate the presentations that day.

On Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd and 3rd authors, who have been juried into the festival, will present in six different venues throughout the NMHM campus in 30 minute segments. We will present 100 authors over the two days in the different venues. Authors will be grouped by Fiction, History/Biography, Poetry, Food/Cooking, Creative Arts, Spirit/Health, Children and special topics. They will be presented in three tents in the Palace Courtyard, the auditorium, the Meem Community Room and the Learning Center. Book sales and author’s book signing will take place in the lobby of NMHM on both days. Additionally, music, food, and special presentations from the Palace Print Shop, Santa Fe’s Book Arts Group and the Fray Angelico Library will create a fun and educational event which expect to draw over 3,000 people the two days. For more information contact John Stafford, Director of Retail Operations, Museum of New Mexico Foundation at 505-982-3016 or john@museumfoundation.org.

SID HAUSMAN