This past Saturday, October 29 was the world premiere book launch for Matson the Mouse at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikīkī. If you didn’t come, (and I know you didn’t!), then you missed out on a spectacular free event. The ballroom was decadent, the entertainment amazing, and the presentation was both fun and informative. The celebration […]
October was our vacation month, as we have been quick to mention in multiple posts the past few weeks. But November is something very different. November is special. November is going to be our Book Review Bonanza. We’ve received a lot of books over the past few months and we fully admit we haven’t had […]
Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post. The best part of the “huki” is that we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Return of the Blog We’re back! After a two week layoff, Book End is back to bring you the book-related events you crave! We had a terrific time on our vacation to Scotland/Northern England and […]
It will be Christmas in October at the Annual Friends of the Aina Haina Public Library book sale. This year the two-day sale will be held on October 28 and 29 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Aina Haina Public Library located at 5246 Kalanianaole Hwy in the Aina Haina Shopping Center. The front […]
We first saw Janine Oshiro reading her poetry at an M.I.A. Art & Literary Series event. Misty and I both enjoyed the way she skillfully wielded words into poetic imagery. Now, here’s another chance to listen to Janine read and celebrate the release of her first book of poetry. This Thursday, October 27, 2011 at […]
When award winning author of The White Ships, Duncan O’Brien, contacted us about a new book he had coming out featuring the S.S. Lurline, I was immediately curious. After all, Alex isn’t the only one at HBB who loves history. But then he mentioned that it was an illustrated keiki book titled Matson the Mouse (Pier […]
Here’s a Halloween treat for our HBB readers, a truly chilling tale that any book collector can relate to, “The Boy Who Loved to Read”. Books are powerful and mysterious, and sometimes what you find behind their covers and hidden deep within their pages isn’t what you expected. We trust and treasure books as tools of learning and entertainment. And yet, you […]
Punahou School. You mention those words and you get very mixed reactions from different segments of the population. To the people outside of Hawaiʻi, Punahou School is widely known as the alma mater of Barack Obama. To many of them, it’s representative of the multicultural upbringing and philosophy we associate with President Obama. In Hawaiʻi, […]
We’ve attended a lot of book events. And when we attend these events, a lot of the time we try to take as many photographs as possible, even though we’re rough amateurs. Through the past year, I’ve taken pictures from book events that I never had the time to display. So, while we’re away, I […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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