Well, another long work week is finally finished! TGIF, right? This week we introduced our latest contributor to Hawaii Book Blog, Dawn Sueoka. She comes to us with a strong background in Library Science, creative writing, poetry and film. Her inaugural post reviewed the poetry of Wayne Kaumualii Westlake. Make sure you check it out and welcome her to HBB! We look forward to her brilliant insight on many future posts. Recently we took her with us on our latest Library Tour and she will be doing the write-up for that sometime in the near future.
It’s a big week for Hawaii as Father Damien, the beloved priest from Kalaupapa, will be canonized as a Saint this Sunday. We’ll be looking at this event and how Damien’s life and work have been translated into literature.
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It’s always great to congregate with people who share similar literary interests. If you are a big fan of Twilight there is a local group of fans who run the web page, 808Twilighters.com, which keep fans up to date on all the related happenings, as well as promoting events in which they not only discuss Twilight but also accept donations to help Hawaii Literacy, Friends of the Library of Hawaii, Hawaii Food Bank and the Hawaii State Public Libraries.
There’s lots to do this weekend! I recommend you check out the Talk Story Festival if you have never done so. It’s at Ala Moana Beach Park and it’s free, so no excuses. In addition to that, the storytellers will also be making individual appearances at various libraries this weekend. Check out this link for more information.
Friday 10/9:
- 06:00pm – 21st Annual Talk Story Festival, from 6-9PM at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park. The theme for Friday is SpOoOooky Stories. Details
Saturday 10/10:
- 12:01am – It’s Watermark Publishing’s 10th Anniversary! You can purchase select titles at 10 for $10! What a deal! Also going on until 10/31 are 10 new books for only $10 each. You can’t beat these prices from a great publisher. Details
- 09:00am – Teacher Appreciation Sale at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai’i from 9am-9pm. 25% off all books in-stock for educators only! Details here
- 10:00am – It’s Keiki Storytime at Borders Pearlridge! Source
- 10:00am – Book Sale at the Hawaii Kai Public Library from 10am-3pm. Details
- 11:00am – Take your kids to Barnes & Noble Kahala for storytime because they’ll get to meet Winnie the Pooh, live in person! Details
- 11:00am – Author signing at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana. Sandi Takayama will present her books, The Musubi Man and The Musubi Man’s New Friend. Details
- 01:00pm – Author signing at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana. Hideaki Miyoshi will be signing copies of his new book, Izakaya Hawai’i: Tokkuri Tei Cooking. Details
- 01:30pm – Former Governor Ben Cayetano reads from his memoir, Governor Ben Cayetano: A Memoir from Street Kid to Governor in celebration of Filipino-American Heritage Month at the Hawaii State Public Library. Source
- 06:00pm – 21st Annual Talk Story Festival, from 6-9PM at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park. The theme for Saturday is Real Life Stories. Details
Sunday 10/11:
- 10:00am – Book Sale at the Hawaii Kai Public Library from 10am-3pm. Details
- 10:00am – Teacher Appreciation Sale at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai’i from 10am-6pm. 25% off all books in-stock for educators only! Details here
- 01:00pm – Free Storytelling Workshop at McCoy Pavilion Auditorium in Ala Moana Park. From 1-4PM. Details
- 06:00pm – 21st Annual Talk Story Festival, from 6 – 8:30PM at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park. The theme for Sunday is Revelation Tales! Details
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!
