Three author events planned at Bookworks

AT BOOKWORKS: Ross Hassig will discuss “Polygamy & the Rise and Demise of the Aztec Empire” at 3 today.

Margaret Randall will sign and discuss “Talking Stick” with Barrett Price and Lauren Camp at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.

Randall is a prolific author and social activist. “Talking Stick” is a collection of interviews others have done with her over a 30-year period. Some of the interviewers live in New Mexico, including Price and Camp, who will be in conversation with Randall for this event.

Francis Healey

will discuss “Eat to Beat Alzheimers” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.

The book offers a practical guide and an empowering tool to bring nourishing, healthful and delicious food into the lives of people concerned about Alzheimer’s and other cognitive problems. Almost 9 million people in the U.S. suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and the toll is rapidly increasing.

Bookworks is at 4022 Rio Grande NW. Call 344-8139.

AT COLLECTED WORKS: Mark Beauregard

will sign “The Whale: A Love Story” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24.

In the summer of 1850, Herman Melville finds himself hounded by creditors and afraid his writing career might be coming to an end — following early literary acclaim, his last three novels have been commercial failures and the critics have turned against him. In despair, Melville takes his family for a vacation to his cousin’s farm in the Berkshires, where he meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic — and his life turns upside down.

Collected Works is at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe. Call 505-988-4226.