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.
Well, here we are once again. One of the biggest and best literary events of the year is upon us…and Misty and I are both excited! As she mentioned in her post, we’ll be there with our t-shirts and fliers, visiting as many booths and tents as possible!
Lots of great publishers and organizations will be present, there’ll be too many to visit! Just a brief list (but FAR from complete) of some places at the Festival we’re definitely going to check out: Revolution Books and Native Books will both have booths and be selling their books (look for great deals!), the ever popular Barnes & Noble tent is sure to have a wide selection of books and a great guest list of author signings, Read To Me International will be selling new and gently used books for no more than $3, University of Hawai’i Press with David Heenan and Bamboo Ridge Press will be among the many local publishers present, Watermark Publishing is offering a $5 off coupon for a minimum $15 purchase in addition to already discounted books and Beach House Publishing is even offering a free rubber duck if you are “in the know!” (PS: Join Twitter!)
The HBMF people are also offering you the opportunity to join BAMO—the Book and Music ‘Ohana. You can get lots of great deals at the Festival if you join, check out this link for more details.
There will be countless numbers of authors present at various booths and tents, in addition to what’s scheduled on the official 2010 Events Schedule Grid. For my usual list below I’ve only included authors who have specific slots blocked off at the Authors Pavillion, but check out the grid and check out the festival because there will be much more to feast your eyes, ears, and taste buds on!
Now on to the events!
Friday, May 14
- 02:00pm – Author event at Borders in Waikele. Dan Kois, author of the IZ book Facing Future, will have a reading and signing of his book. More
Saturday, May 15
- 10:00am – Keiki storytime at Barnes & Noble Lahaina (Maui). Peter Rabbit (costume character) will be visiting! More info
- 10:00am – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Jocelyn Fujii, author of Stories of Aloha, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 11:00am – Children’s Story Time at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana! They’ll be reading Biscuit Goes To School (An I Can Read Book). More info
- 11:00am – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Kaui Hart Hemmings, author of The Descendants, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 12:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
01:00pm – Author Signing at Costco Iwilei. Susan Yuen, the author of Hawaii’s Bento Box Cookbook, 2nd Course will be on hand to sign copies of her latest book. More- 01:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Duane “Dog” Chapman, author of Where Mercy is Shown, Mercy is Given, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 02:00pm – Author Signing at Borders Kaneohe! Tricia Allen, author of The Polynesian Tattoo Today will be on hand to sign copies of her book! More
- 02:00pm – Clear Engelbert author of Feng Shui for Hawaii will be at Furnitureland Hilo (Big Island) for a furniture walkthrough, talking feng shui concepts. More info
- 02:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Dan Kois, author of Facing Future, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 03:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Clark Little, photographer of The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 03:45pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Lisa Linn Kanae, author of Sista Tongue and Islands Linked By Ocean will receive the Cades Award for Literature at the Mission Memorial Auditorium. More info
- 04:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Kathleen Norris, author of Acedia and Amazing Grace, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 06:00pm – Author event at Barnes & Noble in Ala Moana Center. Dan Kois, author of the IZ book Facing Future, will be signing copies of his new book. More
Sunday, May 16
- 10:00am – Wally “Famous” Amos is the guest speaker at Unity Church of Kona-Kohala. His new book – Watermelon Credo – and his chocolate chip cookies will be available for sale. More info
- 10:00am – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Bob Hogue, author of Sands of Lanikai, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 11:00am – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Derek Bickerton, author of Adam’s Tongue & Bastard Tongue, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 12:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Uzma Aslam Khan author of The Geometry of God, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 01:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: David Heenan, author of Bright Triumphs from Dark Hours, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
01:00pm – Author Signing at Costco Iwilei! Tricia Allen, author of The Polynesian Tattoo Today will be on hand to sign copies of her book! More- 02:00pm – Author Signing at Borders Ward Centre. Douglas Corleone, author of One Man’s Paradise will sign copies of his debut novel from 2-3pm. Call 591-8995 for more information.
- 02:00pm – Clear Engelbert author of Feng Shui for Hawaii will be at Furnitureland Kailua-Kona (Big Island) for a furniture walkthrough, talking feng shui concepts. More info
- 02:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Ann Shea Bayer, author of Going Against the Grain, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 02:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: David Heenan, author of Bright Triumphs from Dark Hours, will be at the UH Press Booth from 2 – 2:30pm. Source
- 03:00pm – Double Author Event at Borders in Ward Centre. Dan Kois, author of IZ book Facing Future and Stuart Coleman, the author of Fierce Heart will be on hand to read and sign copies of their books. More
- 03:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Todd Shimoda, author of Oh!: A Mystery of ‘Mono no Aware’, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. More info
- 04:00pm – Hawaii Book & Music Festival: Douglas Corleone, author of One Man’s Paradise, will be the featured author at the Festival’s Author Pavillion. 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!
