It’s that time of the year again! Awards season is here and you’re invited to join the Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association for a special reception and awards presentation featuring the nominees and winners of the 2012 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Awards. The event takes place on Friday, May 11, 2012. The awards presentation will take place at the Bishop Museum’s […]
This weekend, April 28 and 29, local author Toby Neal’s debut novel Blood Orchids will be free to purchase for Kindle users. Here’s part of the Amazon description for the book: [gn_quote]Hawaii is palm trees, black sand and blue water—but for policewoman Lei Texeira, there’s a dark side to paradise. Lei has overcome a scarred past […]
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. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events. Hope everyone has a great weekend! [gn_divider] Friday, April 27 Children’s Literature Hawaii book sale – Children Literature Hawaii (CLH) is hosting a children’s […]
Children Literature Hawaii (CLH) is hosting a children’s book sale to help raise funds for the June 2012 Biennial Conference. There will be good deals on previously-owned children and young adult titles and we encourage people of all ages to drop by and take a look. This sale isn’t just for parents! CLH hopes people […]
This past week, UH Press announced that it had a big surprise for readers coming. I briefly pondered as to what it might be, but quickly placed it on the back burner as Misty and I have been extremely busy preparing for the upcoming Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival and Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards. When […]
Happy “Poem In Your Pocket Day!” (April 26th) As part of National Poetry Month pocket poems have been a fun way to celebrate, learn and share the power of poetry. We decided to do “Poem In Your Pocket Day” Hawaiʻi Style with an interactive Aloha Shirt Edition featuring poems by local authors and readers of HBB! […]
This Saturday, April 28th, is the 10th Annual Waikiki Spam Jam! From 4pm to 10pm part of Kalakaua Avenue will be blocked off to accommodate the festivities. Live music, SPAM logo goods, local vendors plus unique SPAM recipes and concoctions from some of Hawai‘i’s top restaurants. Most of the SPAM related books that come out of Hawai‘i are […]
We want to congratulate the following individuals for being the two randomly chosen winners of our The Descendants DVD & Book Prize Giveaway. Nancy James of Florida Fernando Pizarro of Hawaiʻi Thank you to everyone who participated, we appreciated your comments. We look forward to providing our readers with more fun giveaways in the future!
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. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events. Hope everyone has a great weekend! [gn_divider] Saturday, April 21 Friends of Waialua Library Book Sale – Friends of the Waialua Public Library […]
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 […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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