Gail Tsukiyama is the bestselling and award winning author of six novels including Women of the Silk, The Samurai’s Garden, The Language of Threads and her most recent The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. Born to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii her novels are a reflection of […]
Here is yet another fantastic way to celebrate National Poetry Month here in Hawaiʻi! The Hawaii Center for the Book will present “Na Haku Mele o Hawaii Nei: Poets of Contemporary Hawaii,” a free program featuring poet and novelist Eric Paul Shaffer, at the Hawaii State Library on Saturday, April 21 at 2 p.m. in the First Floor […]
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 13 See “Blue,” New HTY Play – The Honolulu Theatre for Youth will present […]
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 […]
International best-selling author Haruki Murakami will be conducting a reading and talk at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom, today on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. via [University of Hawaiʻi | Mānoa]
August 26th is National “Poem In Your Pocket Day”! Hawaii Book Blog is going to celebrate by collecting local poems and putting them into a virtual aloha shirt pocket. When you click it a poem is chosen at random for you to enjoy! Originally we were just going to include some poems from W.S. Merwin, […]
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. This weekend isn’t very busy, most likely due to Easter festivities. Be sure to continue to check with us for the latest literary events during the regular week and to come. Mahalo. Holiday Library Hours […]
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 […]
April is National Poetry Month! Find out all about this national celebration via the Poets.org website. The Hawaiʻi section features W.S. Merwin and Garrett Hongo as well as some short write-ups on our local literary presses and a selected “Poem about Hawaiʻi,” Juliet Kono’s Silverswords. Here are some fun and easy suggestions that we came up with […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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