{"id":1740,"date":"2025-10-10T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:50:25","slug":"amp-up-for-the-southern-new-mexico-book-festival-with-the-las-cruces-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/amp-up-for-the-southern-new-mexico-book-festival-with-the-las-cruces-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"Amp Up for the Southern New Mexico Book Festival with the Las Cruces Bulletin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled.jpg?resize=640%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled.jpg?resize=300%2C97&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lascrucesbulletin.com\/stories\/inaugural-book-festival-coming-to-las-cruces,137081\">two discuss the event, its origins and even a little about literacy in the 21st century<\/a>. The second article covers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lascrucesbulletin.com\/stories\/local-author-recognized-at-new-mexico-book-awards,138079\">Charmayne\u2019s amazing run of awards and success with her Mata Ortiz pottery collaborations and, drum roll please\u2026 five new awards from the New Mexico Book Awards, announced Oct. 1st<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the book festival, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/southern-new-mexico-book-festival\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1197\">events page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/southern-new-mexico-book-festival\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=640%2C829\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=300%2C388&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?resize=850%2C1100&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SNMBF.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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