National Spokesperson for Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Clubs, and moderator for our national teleconferences, Esmeralda Santiago is also the best selling author of three memoirs:
When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover, and of
the novel América's Dream. Her film adaptation of her memoir for
Almost a Woman for PBS Masterpiece Theatre was awarded a Peabody
Award. See more about Comadre Esmeralda in History below.

Our Next Teleconference will be held:
Monday, January 26, 2009
8:00pm Eastern and Puerto Rico, 7:00pm Central, 6:00pm Mountain, 5:00pm Pacific
(click here for more details)

Borders Book Club Locations

ARIZONA
7135 E. Camelback Rd.., Scottsdale, AZ 85251 -3rd Monday, 6:00 PM NEW LOCATION
5870 E. Broadway, #448, Tucson, 85711 - 1st Wednesday, 6:30 PM

CALIFORNIA
2245 South Shore Center, Alameda/Oakland, CA 94501, 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM
3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa/OC, 92626 - 3rd Wednesday., 6:30 PM
475 South Lake Ave., Pasadena, 90001 - 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM
12370 South Main St., Rancho Cucamonga, 91739, 3rd Friday, 6:30 PM
11160 Rancho Carmel Dr., San Diego, 92128 - 3rd Thursday., 6:30 PM

CONNECTICUT: Westfield Mall, 1201 Boston Post Rd., Milford, 06460, 3rd Thursday, 6:30 PM

DC: 1801 K Street NW, DC 20006 (at L Street), 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 PM

FLORIDA: January 2009 - Coral Gables, Miami

MASSACHUSETTS: 511 Boylston St., Boston 02116 - 3rd Thursday, 7PM

NEW MEXICO: 2240 Q. St., NE., Ste. 10K, Albuquerque, 87110, 4th Tuesday, 6:30PM

NEW YORK: 10 Columbus Circle, NYC 10019 - 3rd Thursday, 6:30 PM

TEXAS
North Austin: 3309 Esperanza Crossing, 78758 - 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM
South Austin: 4477 S. Lamar, 78745, 3rd Thursday, 7:00PM DATE CHANGE: JAN. 22
South Austin: 9500 S. IH35 Service Rd., 78745, 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 PM TIME CHANGE
Dallas: 5500 Greenville Ave./Lover's Lane, Dallas 75206 - 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 PM
Houston: 3025 Kirby Lane, Houston, 77098 - 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 PM
San Antonio: 255 E. Basse Rd., San Antonio, 78209 - 3rd Thursday, 7:00 PM

2010 Reading List Submissions

We have selected book titles through 2009 and are seeking submissions from publishers for 2010 or later.

Submission Guidelines: Publishers may submit a maximum of two (2) titles per imprint, not to exceed five (5) titles per publishing house. One of the submitted titles may be a children's book. Books must be scheduled for publication in 2010 or later.

The authors should be Latina/o and the titles should be available in the English language. Availability in the Spanish language is a great advantage. Authors whose titles are selected also must be available
for interviews at the monthly teleconference-Las Comadres will work with publishers and authors to find the best date and month in which to feature respective selections. For the teleconference we will need from each publisher 60 books to be given as gifts to the first people who sign up for the call and to discussion leaders at the book club gatherings.

Please email the following submission information to tjordan@publishers.org and mail a copy via post, with galleys if available or sample chapter and a synopsis, to

Tina Jordan
American Association of Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003 by December 1st, 2009

Title:
Author:
Publication date:
Format:
Retail Price:
Summary (50 words or less):
Please indicate if publisher will release book club discussion question guide (online/included in book):

History
Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Borders have joined us in a partnership to promote reading of Latino authors by creating the first national level book club: Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club. Initially select Borders stores in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Texas and Utah will host the new book clubs. Membership is open to anyone. Most of the books also are available in Spanish. The initial launch of the Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is expected to include 15 cities, but future plans call for expanding the book club to all network cities where Las Comadres members are located. If interested in starting a Las Comadres Network in your city, please fill out subscription form and indicate your interest.

The national book club has grown out of a series of highly successful monthly teleconferences which we host, with each teleconference featuring one book club-selected author. The first gathering of our New York comadres for book club was on July 21, 2004 at the apartment of comadre Maria Ferrer. When Maria's schedule became too demanding, book club was put on hiatus and was re-started in March 2007 at the Borders Columbus Circle location in New York.

Comadre Johanna Castillo, national organizer of the book club and a Comadres board member says, "We are launching the book club to promote the work of Latino authors to every book lover, to bring our community to bookstores, and to support our writers."

Esmeralda Santiago is the National Spokesperson for Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Clubs, she also is the best selling author of three memoirs: When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover, and of the novel América's Dream. Her film adaptation of her memoir for Almost a Woman for PBS Masterpiece Theatre was awarded a Peabody Award. Esmeralda is also an essayist, anthologist, children's book author, and a guest commentator on NPR. She is a'92 alumna of the National Hispana Leadership Institute. Esmeralda lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband of 30 years, filmmaker Frank Cantor.