News from Rio Nuevo Publishers

Watch the trailer for the new Rio Chico book, The Great Canyon Time Train!

How to participate:

1. Read a Rio Chico book: A Cowgirl and Her Horse, The Great Grand Canyon Time Train, Desert Night Desert Day, or Southwest Colors.

2. Draw a picture, write a poem, or just tell us what you like about the book you read using the First Annual Rio Chico Bookmark Contest.

3. Fill out your contact information and send your entry by January 31, 2012, to:

Rio Nuevo Publishers
P.O. Box 5250
Tucson, Arizona 85703

4. Wait! One Grand Prize and 3 runner-up winners in two categories — Grades K-2 and 3- 6! Grand Prize winners will receive a set of all Rio Chico books published through the end of 2012, and another set will be given to the library at the winners’ schools. All winning artwork will be featured in our 2012 Rio Chico bookmark series and launched at the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books!

Questions? Contact us at (800) 969-9558.

Friday, November 18, 2011
7­–9pm
Antigone Books, 411 N. 4^th Avenue, Tucson, AZ

Two Rio Nuevo authors, Carolyn Niethammer and Marilyn Noble, will be at Antigone Books on November 18, for a tasting and discussion moderated by Linda McKittrick. Please come out for a special evening of good food and an enlightening discussion on what it means to eat locally, seasonally, and sustainably in the Southwest.

Carolyn Niethammer is the author of several books, including her latest, Cooking the Wild Southwest: Delicious Recipes for Desert Plants.

Marilyn Noble is a freelance writer and cook. Her most recent release is Southwest Comfort Food: Slow and Savory.

Linda McKittrick is an artist, urban farmer, and rancher.

Big Jim Griffith has turned his popular PBS series, “Southern Arizona Traditions,” into an engaging book. Come along with Jim on a journey through the folklore and traditional cultures of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Jim was recently named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts.