Bill Fernandez, former Superior Court Judge in Santa Clara County and Kamehameha Schools grad (’49) will talk story about his hometown of Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi. Recollections of the town along with his parents’ and grandparents’ stories can be found in his 2009 book Rainbows Over Kapaʻa which will be available for purchase at the discussion. You […]
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. Free Books Redux… There are quite a few awesome ways to win books from local publishers and/or local authors that you should enter before it’s too late: Ending on January 31st: Win a free […]
Big Island author, Darien Gee (aka Mia King) has a new book coming out this Spring from national publisher Ballantine Books. Friendship Bread is her fourth novel and will be in stores April 19th! How can a loaf of Amish friendship bread and a recipe heal broken hearts and unite an entire community? No doubt this new story […]
On this day, 122 years ago, January 24, 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous author of such novels as Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, arrived in Hawaii with his family aboard his yacht the Casco. Prior to landing in Hawaii, the Casco cruised around the Pacific including the Marquesas, […]
This review is about a year overdue. You know how it is when you really like something and it’s hard to write about it because you want it to be just right? That’s how I feel about this next book, and since it won an Award of Excellence at the Ka Palapala Po’okela Awards last […]
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. Bento Contest! Mutual Publishing is hosting a fun contest the next few weeks! They want you to show off your very own Bento Box creations. Design and create your own unique bento box, take […]
Press Release from Addison & Highsmith Publishers: S.P. Grogan, author of Captain Cooked, will be signing his mystery on the Big Island and Oahu, Feb. 19 – March 1st. One reviewer says, “Captain Cooked reads like Janet Evanovich morphing into Rachael Ray while filming a remake of the Perils of Pauline.” The book’s subtitle speaks […]
Press Release from Watermark Publishing: Best-selling author Clear Englebert (Feng Shui for Hawai’i, Feng Shui Demystified) will present free feng shui lectures at five public libraries during the last week of January. In addition, Englebert will offer a unique feng shui walking tour of downtown Honolulu and a three-hour class on Feng Shui for Interiors. […]
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. If you’ve visited our page before, and have had the courage to explore our limited fare, you may have come across our primitive book list, which was just a simple listing of all the […]
[gn_frame align=”left”] [/gn_frame] Alex and I are catching up on our keiki reviews and should have some novel reviews for you all coming up soon. I also have a bunch of ebooks to read and tell you all about as well. Since the weather has been a bit gloomy lately, I decided to send out a keiki […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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