Book End: Weekend of December 10, 2010

by Alex on December 10, 2010
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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. Check out these awesome events! Friday, December 10 04:00pm – Petroglyphs From Hawaii Journal Author and Illustrator Lynn Cook will sign books and offer free bookmark stamping for every guest at Outrigger Waikiki on […]

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Book Review – Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawaii’s Republican Reformer

by Alex on December 9, 2010
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Being retired from politics for some time now, Fred Rohlfing isn’t afraid to say “I told you so” on a number of political matters—in fact, he literally does so when it comes to the topic of mass transit.  Early in the book he mentions how he lobbied for surveys into mass transit and rail as […]

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HBB 2010 Holiday Giveaway!

by Misty on December 8, 2010
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Happy Holidays from Hawaii Book Blog! To thank you all for supporting us and visiting our site we decided to do a bunch of book give-aways! I wanted to announce it sooner but got caught up in everything that is the season. So over the next two weeks we’ll try to post as much as […]

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Anime & Manga Art Contest!

by Alex on December 4, 2010
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For all of you anime & manga fans out there, I recommend you check out this flyer from Liliha Public Library. For more information about Liliha Public Library check out http://www.lilihateens.blogspot.com/

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Cookbook Countdown Week 4

by Misty on December 3, 2010
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Yay for week 4! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, I know I did. I had too much fun relaxing it was difficult to get motivated and as a result am a day late with this post. Now the real partying begins. Between Christmas get togethers and New Year’s  there’s a lot of reasons […]

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Book End: Weekend of December 3, 2010

by Alex on December 3, 2010
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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. This Friday, Watermark Publishing will be hosting a Holiday Book Fair from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Cades Schutte Building Lanai on 1000 Bishop Street.  A lot of Watermark Publishing’s books will […]

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Keiki Book Review– Lio the Carousel Horse

by Misty on December 1, 2010
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Don’t forget to stop by the bookstore during your holiday shopping. You’d be surprised at the gift opportunities you might find. I’m always amazed at the different books and related products that come out at the end of the year. One of the new books released by Beach House Publishing would make an enchanting gift this season for […]

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Book Review – Stories of Rell Sunn: Queen of Mākaha

by Alex on November 26, 2010
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[gn_quote]”She’s one of the most extraordinary people to come out of Hawaiʻi.  She was one of the first female professional surfers and the first female lifeguard in Hawaiʻi, a real trailblazer and just an extraordinary human being like Eddie Aikau.  I think kids today need to learn more about their own culture and local heroes.” […]

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Book End: Weekend of November 26, 2010

by Alex on November 26, 2010
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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. I’m sure there are many of you who are tired from the craziness of Black Friday!  I was following it on Twitter under the hashtag #BFHI and hearing all kinds of wild stories about […]

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Cookbook Countdown: Week 3

by Misty on November 24, 2010
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Welcome to week 3 of the HBB Cookbook Countdown to New Year’s. This installment is a bit early but I figured everyone would be too busy cooking, eating and parade watching tomorrow. I’ll keep this post a short one since there’s so much to do before turkey time. This week I decided to pull a […]

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Stories of Aloha comes to Hilo

by Alex on November 23, 2010
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News Release via Hula Moon Press: Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawai’i Comes to Hilo           Island author Jocelyn Fujii will sign copies of her 2009 bestselling book, Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawai‘i, at Book Gallery in Hilo, 259 Keawe St., at noon November 26. In this updated compilation of articles written […]

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