It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Lots of great events this weekend, plus it’s Lei Day, so everyone will have their pick of great events statewide to choose from. Hopefully, some of you choose to help support our literary […]
The second helping of Hawai‘i’s Bento Box Cookbook is here! Local chef Susan Yuen, who authored the first book in 2008, presents the second course of her appetizing and visually stimulating cookbook. As the bento box continues its popularity with all ages in Hawai‘i, this unique cookbook is another great source for moms and dads […]
Crime fiction exploded in the late 19th and early 20thCentury branching into sub-genres like “psychological suspense” and “police procedural”. Dime novel and pulp magazine mysteries filled popular culture with noir detectives and sultry femme fatales. They were iconic ingredients in crime fiction recipes of the period. One aspect of the mystery/crime fiction genre that continues […]
Thank you to Brande for passing this award to us! Brande is the author of the very cool book blog known as Book Junkie Now as per the instructions on her blog, we will pass this onto 15 other bloggers. If they want to participate then they do the same and share 7 things about themselves. […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Not as much to say this week…so I will let the events do the talking. I recommend checking out the Aina Haina Public Library book sale going on Friday and Saturday, as well […]
While he was attending UH Manoa’s Hawaiian Studies program, my younger brother spent a semester abroad in Tahiti. We were all very excited for him, me especially, and were eager to hear about his experiences and adventures across the Pacific. We expected the usual post-cards and trinkets upon his return, but when he stepped out of the airport […]
A couple weeks ago I was able to attend the National League of American Pen Women- Honolulu’s Biennial Writer’s Conference with keynote speaker and Master Workshop leader Lisa Yee. There was a great line-up of local authors scheduled to run different sessions throughout the day and believe me, it was difficult to decide which ones to go […]
One of the books recommended by Waikiki-Kapahulu librarian, Cheryl Robinson, was The Adventures of Gary and Harry: A Tale of Two Turtles written by Lisa Matsumoto with illustrations by Michael Furuya (see our post about Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library). This ended up being a very adorable, early reader book that would make a great story time […]
National Library Week is coming to a close and hopefully you’ve enjoyed our visits to Waikiki-Kapahulu, Pearl City, Hawaii Kai, Wahiawa and Kalihi-Palama as much as we have. If you missed them, go check them out! This is our last library write up for a little while (don’t worry we’ll continue our library tour in […]
I used to travel to Kalihi a lot as a kid. My mom’s best friend lived there, in a snug shared house where I had a bunch of calabash cousins to play with. So now, even though I’m usually driving through Kalihi instead of to it, I still have fond memories of the neighborhood and people. I […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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