This is exciting! Check out LCW’s Eva Nevarez-St. John showcased at the July Virtual Book Club of the National Association of Memoir Writers. If you are not familiar with her work, Eva recalls an odyssey of personal loss and recovery following her friend’s murder. You can learn more at Eva’s website, here.…
Category: Storytelling
2026 Southern New Mexico Book Festival
March Meeting Madness!

Where
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.
When
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday March 14th, 2026
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Welcome New Members
- Membership and Financials
- Member Accomplishments
- Rosemary poem and questions
- Genre discussion
- Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
- Writing prompt (something outside your genre)
- Time & Date of next meeting reminders
- Adjournment
Amp Up for the Southern New Mexico Book Festival with the Las Cruces Bulletin!

Check out new articles in the Las Cruces Bulletin that cover our two rock-star writers and event organizers, Eva Nevarez-St. John and Charmayne Samuelson. First the two discuss the event, its origins and even a little about literacy in the 21st century. The second article covers Charmayne’s amazing run of awards and success with her Mata Ortiz pottery collaborations and, drum roll please… five new awards from the New Mexico Book Awards, announced Oct. 1st.
For more information on the book festival, check out our events page.
…Southern New Mexico Book Festival
Eva Nevarez St. John on Friendship, Healing, and Murder Most Foul at Branigan!

Continuing Las Cruces Writers’ seemingly endless successes (can we call it “the Summer of LCW?”), catch Eva Nevarez St. John talking about her book, When Tough Cookies Crumble: A True Story of Friendship, Murder, and Healing at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library on July 16th.…
Listen To Your Mother! (and Lisa Lucca)
If you are in The Big Apple on April 1st, check out Las Cruces Writers’ own Lisa Lucca at Theatre 71 for the Listen To Your Mother grassroots storytelling trip! Here’s the info:





