5 Things I Learned at the 2013 SCBWI Hawaii Conference The Hawaii regional chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has a lot going on throughout the year and even if you’re not published you can still join and attend these skill building events. Joining SCBWI Hawaii is a tremendous opportunity […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! [gn_divider /] Saturday, February 23 Mililani Library Used Book Sale – The Friends of Mililani Public Library will […]
During last year’s Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival (HBAMF), I had the pleasure to attend a number of events at the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities’ tent, whose theme for the two-day affair was “The Aural History of Hawaiʻi.” At the beginning of both days were panels relating to the Council’s new book We Go […]
This Thursday, February 21, the Windward Community College’s excellent Out Loud in the Library series dives deep into Hawaiʻi’s musical roots as they help celebrate the release of We Go Jam: Celebrating Our Music, Our Soundscape, Our Hawaiʻi. The book, published by the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, compiles a number of contributions reflecting the […]
The latest anthology from TinFish Press is a collection of poems and stories from local “Euro-Americans” (being the term to encompass the “different categories of whiteness in Hawaiʻi”) and their experience as a marginalized voice within the island literary community. With work from well known local poets Susan Schultz and Eric Paul Shaffer, plus several […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! President’s Day Observance In observance of Presidents Day 2013, all Hawaii public libraries will be closed from […]
Welcome to Huki Links – a biweekly post highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more 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 them […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! Volunteers Needed The Friends of Kaneohe Library are looking to recruit volunteers willing to work at least […]
Kauaʻi-raised author Toby Neal has been extremely busy over the past fifteen months. In that time span, she brought the psychologically complex world of Lei Teixeira into our lives with the Hilo-based novel Blood Orchids—our introduction to the Lei Crime Series. Since then, Lei has logged some bonus airline miles as she’s bounced around from […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! [gn_divider /] Saturday, February 2 Empowered By the Pen with Tom Peek – Join Tom and get […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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