THREE TTUP BOOKS WIN SOUTHWEST BOOK AWARDS

Cacti of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas by A. Michael Powell and James F. Weedin, Child of Many Rivers: Journeys to and from the Rio Grande by Lucy Fischer-West, and Old Las Vegas: Hispanic Memories from the New Mexico Meadowlands by Nasario Garcia have all received Southwest Book Awards from the Border Regional Library Association. The Southwest Book Awards honor books that reflect and interpret the Southwest.

The Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) is an organization founded in 1966 for the promotion of library service and librarianship in the El Paso/Las Cruces/Juárez metroplex. Current membership includes over 100 librarians, paraprofessionals, media specialists and library friends and trustees from all types of libraries in the tri-state area of Trans-Pecos Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Chihuahua.