Author to discuss traditional Jewish delicacies

AT BOOKWORKS: Amy

Kritzer will discuss and sign “Sweet Noshings: New Twists on Traditional

Jewish Desserts” at 2 p.m. today.

This event includes admission to the ABQ NoshFest.

Amy will present her cookbook, answer questions and sign books. To purchase books in advance, visit the JCC of Greater Albuquerque at 505-348-4518 or holdmyticket.com.

Kiersten White will read from “Slayer,” her young adult fantasy novel, at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.

Nina and her twin sister, Artemis, are far from normal. It’s hard to be when you grow up at the Watchers Academy, which is a bit different from your average boarding school. Here teens are trained as guides for Slayers –– girls gifted with supernatural strength to fight the forces of darkness.

Marsha Johansen will talk about and sign “Around the Edges” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19.

In this raw collection of words and imagery, a journey of survival through poetry, Johansen writes of abuse, suicide, rebellion and mystical fantasies.

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

AT ORGANIC BOOKS: Historian Don Bullis will sign “New Mexico Historical Chronology” from 3 to 5 p.m. today.

Poets John Macker of Santa Fe and Beatlick Pamela Adams Hirst of Oaxaca, Mexico, will read from their work at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19. Organic Books is at 111 Carlisle SE. Call 553-3823.

AT COLLECTED WORKS: As part of today’s 9:30 a.m. Opera Breakfast Series, lecturer Robert Glick will discuss Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” scheduled for broadcast at the Lensic Performing Arts Center at 11 a.m. today. Lecture cost is $5.

The Opera Book Club will read “Hard Bargain” by David Tucker, a memoir about a son’s struggle against the looming power of a magnetic father, at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.

Collected Works is at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe. Call

505-988-4226.