It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.
At the recent Hawaii Book & Music Festival we had the pleasure of meeting Evelyn who runs the blog Homespun Honolulu. One of the cool things she does is run a Blog Carnival for Hawaii known as the Carnival of Aloha where posts about Hawai’i are shared from various blogs across the world. We were recently included in Chapter 27 of the Carnival, featuring our recent review of Dan Kois’ book Facing Future. Mahalo Evelyn for including us in the recent Carnival and to Jill Corleone for introducing us. Check it out to find more great blog posts from across the internet about Hawaii.
Misty and I both signed up last week for the Hawaii State Library System’s Summer Reading Program. As an incentive (for adults), I received a copy of Hawai’i Warrior Football by J. David Miller. You can, too, if you sign up (while supplies last). Mahalo to Bess Press for being generous sponsors! Anyway, we’ll be putting an interesting twist on the reading program for our (and your) amusement so stay tuned!
Now on to the events:
Saturday, June 5
- 09:30am – Open call for Aloha Shorts readers. Aloha Shorts is looking for readers of all ages and ethnicities, pidgin and non-pidgin speakers for future live tapings. This first session is from 9:30a – 12pm. More info
- 10:00am – It’s that time of the month, again! Bill’s Bookmobile will be out from 10am to 2pm at 690 Pohukaina Street. The Pre-Summer Sale includes Hobbies, Cookbooks, Gardening, Health and Travel. Children’s books will be half price, paperback fiction $0.50 and $5 bags full of Romance novels. More info
- 10:00am – It’s Children’s Storytime at Barnes & Noble Lahaina (Maui). More info
- 11:00am – Traditional Balinese Music & Dance at Kapolei Public Library! Made Widana & Annie Reynolds will offer a performance of traditional Balinese dance and Gamelan music demonstrating how the traditional music and dance work together. More info
- 11:00am – Children’s Storytime at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana. They will be reading a Caldecott Honor Book, Frederick. More info
- 11:45am – Teen Slack Key Guitar Virtuoso at the Hawaii State Library. Danny Carvalho, a 19-year-old slack key guitar virtuoso and Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominee, will perform in the Lobby. Call 586-3535 for more information.
01:00pm – Author Signing at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall. Meet author Douglas Corleone as he signs copies of his legal thriller One Man’s Paradise at the store. Could be one of the last book signings in Hawaii for Doug so I recommend you give him a visit! More info- 01:00pm – Talk story and book signing at Kona Stories bookstore. Experience the shamanic method with Hank Wesselman who will also sign copies of his book Awakening the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path to Direct Revelation. More info
- 01:00pm – Open call for Aloha Shorts readers. Aloha Shorts is looking for readers of all ages and ethnicities, pidgin and non-pidgin speakers for future live tapings. This second session is from 1pm – 3pm. More info
- 03:00pm – Magazine Signing at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall. Join the creators and artists of the new local Manga magazine, Hachi Maru Hachi! They will be signing copies of their first issue. More info
Sunday, June 6
- 10:00am – Come and join the Twinklings Twighlight Book Club as they discuss Stephenie Meyer’s new Twilight novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. 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!
