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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.

October 10th marks the 20th Anniversary of Native Books Hawaii!  EVERYTHING will be 20% off in the store for twenty hours!  Sale starts at midnight on October 10 and continues until 8pm that day.  You can find more information on their website at nativebookshawaii.com.

Saturday, October 9

• 09:00am – It’s a Keiki O Ka ‘Aina and the Lokahi Giving Project Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana!  Come join the fun!  Contact the store for details on their schedule.   More info
• 10:00am – Enjoy Children’s Story Time at Barnes & Noble Lahaina (Maui).  More info
• 10:30am – A special Edward Gorey Children’s Story Time reading and craft activity presented by UH Art Gallery staff and friends will be held at Kapolei Public Library.  Suitable for pre-school to 7 years old.  Call 693-7050 for more info.  Source
• 11:00am – It’s Children’s Storytime at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana and they’ll be reading The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark by Deborah Diesen.  More info
• 11:00am – Hawaii Kai Public Library presents “Researching Your Family History.”  Fran McFarland will demonstrate how to use Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest, two genealogy databases offered by HSPLS, as well as other online research tools. She has assisted many people in researching their roots to find missing branches of their family tree or to establish blood quantum for Hawaiian entitlement programs.  For more information, call 397-5833.  Source
• 11:30am – Create Your Own Simple Book workshop at Kapolei Public Library.  Shannon Leitch, Curatorial Graduate Assistant, University of Hawaii Art Gallery will conduct a bookmaking demonstration suitable for ages 10 and older.  Call 693-7050 for more info.  Source
• 12:00pm – Book Signing event featuring author and Feng Shui master Clear Engelbert at Dragon Gate Bookstore, Chinese Cultural Plaza, 100 N. Beretania St.  He’ll be signing copies of ‘Feng Shui for Hawaii’ and ‘Feng Shui Demystified’.  Call 533-7147 for more info.
• 01:00pm – In celebration of Filipino-American History Month the Hawaii State Library presents “Kula-San Maui’s Healing Place” in the First Floor Reading Room.  The author, Dr. Patricia Brown, will discuss and share information about the book.  Call 586-3499 for more info.  Source

Sunday, October 10

• 09:00am – It’s a Keiki O Ka ‘Aina and the Lokahi Giving Project Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana!  Come join the fun!  Contact the store for details on their schedule.   More info

Remember, all events listed above may be subject to change.  Please contact the venue beforehand if you plan on attending.  We encourage you to click on the links that are included with the events in the timeline above.  More events can be found on our Hawaii Book Blog Events 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!