KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with author Anne Hillerman, who is continuing a series of novels based on characters and situations featured by her father, Tony Hillerman, in his mysteries, with Navajo officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn being among those fictional characters.
Ms. Hillerman will be in Gallup, New Mexico on Saturday, July 7, 2018, for events including the film, "A Thief of Time", based on her father's novel, and a talk and panel at the Octavia Fellin Public Library in Gallup.
Here is a rundown of Gallup’s Big Library Read presents Hillerman, on Saturday July 7th, beginning at 2:00 p.m.:
● The Children’s Branch at 2:00 p.m. welcomes award winning author Ross Van Dusen as part of Gallup’s Big Read celebration. Join Ross on a coloring adventure and experience story making with a master. Voted one of New Mexico’s “Top Ten” favorite New Mexico books of 2017 by the Albuquerque Journal, What Makes Lightning?, awaits your creative exploration.
● El Morro Theatre at 2:30 p.m. special screening of Monster Slayer followed by a Q&A with Nicole Garcia from the Gallup Film Foundation. Monster Slayer is a contemporary retelling of the story of the Hero Twins. Diné teens Shondiin and Nathan Yazzie battle monsters summoned by the mysterious Coyote with the help of their medicine man grandpa and metalhead uncle. http://www.monsterslayerproject.com/
● El Morro Theatre at 3:15 p.m. special screening of A Thief of Time based on the Tony Hillerman novel of the same name. Navajo tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are back! Leaphorn and Chee are entangled in the mystery of an archaeologist turned pottery poacher who thinks she has cracked the secret of the vanished Anasazi culture, when she herself vanishes. Produced by Robert Redford and Directed by Chris Eyre. Running time: 94 min.
● Authors’ Reception at the Main Library Branch, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Please join us for an OFPL Afterhours event “In Conversation” with local authors.
● Plenary speaker begins at 6:30 p.m. - Anne Hillerman, author of the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Series, followed by a book signing. For more about Anne Hillerman please visit her official website annehillerman.com/
● Author’s Panel begins at 6:45 p.m. Panelist discuss topics related to their inspiration, creative process, methodologies, and projects on the horizon.
● Rani Divine – Science Fiction and Fantasy
● Ross Van Dusen – Children’s Literature and Illustration
● Max Early – Poetry
● Anne Hillerman – Fiction and Non-Fiction
● Martin Link – Non-Fiction and Children’s Literature
● John Lewis Taylor – Biography and Non-Fiction
● Essie Yazzie – Children’s and Young Adult Literature
7:30 – 8:00 p.m. Mix-and-mingle / Book signing
Contact the library at (505) 863-1291 or libsuper@gallupnm.us for more information.
** Gallup’s Big Library Read Events are FREE to the public
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