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Are you a middle school student (grades 6-8) or have a child in middle school that enjoys writing?  Then check out the Hawaii Conservation Alliance for the annual My Hawai’i Story Project 2010.  For the past three years the “My Hawai‘i” Story Project, a middle school (6th-8th grade) environmental writing contest, has touched the lives of nearly 2,000 students throughout the state. The 25 poems, essays, and stories published in each year’s anthology engage the reader with inspiring, thoughtful, and diverse narratives.  Deadline for entries is March 11 at 5pm HST with winners to be announced on May 3rd.

Aspiring and current writers:  Submissions for BAMBOO RIDGE Issue #98 will be accepted through February 28, 2010.  More Information.

Friday, February 12

• 10:00am – A showing of Keiko & Louie: Best Best Friends (Mostly) will be showing at Bond Memorial Public Library on the Big Island.  Source
• 04:00pm – Read To Me International will be hosting a gently used book fair and read aloud area at the Great Aloha Run Expo, Feb. 12-14.  The book fair will be open throughout the event (4pm – 9pm) where you can pick up gently used picture and chapter books for as little as 50 cents throughout the day.  Read alouds will take place every half-hour from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday.  More info
• 05:15pm – I Kareran I Palabran Mami: Poetry Reading.  Chamoru poets Kicho`cho` and Cruz will be reading pieces they have collaborated on as well as their own individual poetry.  More info
• 06:00pm – Join James & Molly Jacobson at Barnes & Noble Lahaina for their first Maui book event with their latest book Maui Restaurants 2010.  Source

Saturday, February 13

• 10:00am – Read To Me International will be hosting a gently used book fair and read aloud area at the Great Aloha Run Expo, Feb. 12-14.  The book fair will be open throughout the event (10am – 8pm) where you can pick up gently used picture and chapter books for as little as 50 cents throughout the day.  Read alouds will take place every half-hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.  More info
• 10:00am – Valentine’s Storytime will be at Barnes & Noble Lahaina reading The Legend of Lyla the Lovesick Ladybug by Joe Troiano.  More info
• 10:30am – It’s Children’s Storytime at Kaimuki Public Library for half an hour.  Info
• 10:30am – The Friends of the Ewa Beach Library will conduct its annual Booksale on Saturday, February 13 at Ewa Beach Public & School Library.  A variety of books, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, and vinyl records will be sold at bargain prices. Come early for the best selection. All proceeds from the booksale will benefit the library.  More info
• 11:00am – At the Great Aloha Run Expo in the Family Fun Zone, families can stop by to listen to local children’s author Lance Wheeler read aloud his book “Kula and the Old Ukulele.”
• 11:00am – Peter Rabbit (Costume Character) will visit Storytime! at Barnes & Noble Kahala.  They’ll be reading Peter Rabbit A Lucky Escape. More info
• 11:00am – Guess How Much I Love You?  Children’s storytime at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana!  More info
• 01:00pm – At the Great Aloha Run Expo in the Family Fun Zone, READ therapy dogs will be at the Read Aloud Area at Saturday at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for an hour, when keiki can come and spend ten minutes reading to an attentive pup.
• 01:00pm – Book Signing with Duke Boyd at Barnes & Noble Kahala.  He will be signing copies of his book Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater.  More info
• 01:00pm – Ho`ala School will sponsor the first annual LITERACY FAIR & OPEN HOUSE.  The purpose of the LITERACY FAIR is to celebrate the wonderful gift of reading.  At the Ho`ala School Campus in Wahiawa.  More info
• 04:00pm – At the Great Aloha Run Expo in the Family Fun Zone, READ therapy dogs will be at the Read Aloud Area at Saturday at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for an hour, when keiki can come and spend ten minutes reading to an attentive pup.
• 04:00pm – Author Event at Barnes &  Noble Kahala.  Leslie Landis will be on hand with her book, The Art of Overeating: A Bellyful of Laughs About our Food-phobic Culture. More info
• 09:00pm – Author Event with Ann Wright at the 21st Annual Symposium on Maritime Archaeology and History of Hawaii and the Pacific NOAA Hawaii Kai offices.  Ann Wright is the author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience.  Source

Sunday, February 14

• 10:00am – Read To Me International will be hosting a gently used book fair and read aloud area at the Great Aloha Run Expo, Feb. 12-14.  The book fair will be open throughout the event (10am – 5pm) where you can pick up gently used picture and chapter books for as little as 50 cents throughout the day.  Read alouds will take place every half-hour from11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.  More info
• 01:00pm – Special Event, Storytime at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana.  Wally Amos will read stories in celebration of Valentine’s Day and of Martin Luther King Jr. under the Winnie the Pooh Tree.  More info
• 02:00pm – Wally Amos will share his thoughts on positive thinking at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana.  He will also be signing copies of his new book Positive Thinking which will be available for purchase.  More info

Remember, all events listed above may be subject to change.  Please contact the venue beforehand if you plan on attending.  More events can be found on our Hawaii Book Blog Calendar.

If you have an event you would like us to help promote, please leave us a comment here or e-mail me at aalba@hawaiibookblog[dot]com.  Replace the [dot] with a ‘.’ when you compose the message.  Mahalo and have a great weekend!

Photo credit: Hawaii Conservation Alliance