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.
A Whale of an Event!
This Saturday, September 18, I recommend you bring your kids to the Waikiki Aquarium as the Friends of the Waikiki Aquarium present Fish Tales: Chronicles, Critters and Crafts for Ocean Literacy Day. From 10am – 1pm there will be all manner of food, events, crafts, and books! Some of the activities include:
- Hawaiian keiki arts and crafts, storytelling, and more!
- Celebrity storytellers reading books about the ocean and underwater creatures.
- Entertainment by Ronald McDonald, mystical mermaids, O’opu and Sharky on the lawn.
- Books from Bess Press, BeachHouse, Mutual Publishing, Watermark Publishing and Bishop Museum Press available to purchase at special prices.
- Food and Drink for sale.
- The Unveiling of Diamond Bakery mascots Kimo and Olina!
- Parents will also have the opportunity to win an Apple iPad from sponsor Diamond Bakery!
Watermark Publishing was kind enough to give us a heads up on this event, so we thought we’d share some of what they’ll be contributing on Saturday:
- Marion Lyman-Mersereau and the audio cast of Eddie Wen’ Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe will be performing a reading at 10:30am. Afterwards Marion will stick around to sign books.
- Kai: Ocean Wisdom from Hawaii, All Those Summers: Memories of Surfing’s Golden Age, The Little Lima Bean and Gecko & Mosquito will all be available for sale.
This is a great opportunity to have family fun, educate your children about our ocean environment and help promote literacy. I ask that you try your best to check out Ocean Literacy Day at the Waikiki Aquarium as enough support on Saturday will help encourage them to make this an annual event. I’m sure you’ll agree that any event that promotes literacy in such a fun way is something we want to keep around! HBB will be present covering this event and we hope to see you there!
For more information please see the event poster or visit waquarium.org
Now on to the events…
Friday, September 17
- 10:00am – Christmas in September Book Sale at Kailua Public Library from Sept. 17 – Oct. 2. On Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 10am – 12pm, adult and children’s Christmas books will be sold at 50% off. Call 392-1824 for more information.
- 05:00pm – Petroglyphs of Hawaii Journal Author and Illustrator Lynn Cook is conducting a free Print Making class with artist Patrick Ching from 5p-9p. Visit besspress.com for more info.
Saturday, September 18
09:00am – According to his Twitter account, Stuart H. Coleman will be on hand at the Hawaii Kai Farmers Market at Kaiser High School. He’ll be signing copies of Fierce Heart and Eddie Would Go from 9am – 12pm. Check it out!- 09:00am – Giant Used Book Sale at Revolution Books (2626 South King Street). Giant used book sale to renovate Revolution Books. The staff has exciting plans to visually transform the appearance of Revolution Books. Help now by contributing used books anytime before September 18. Call 808-944-3106 for more info or visit here.
- 10:00am – It’s Ocean Literacy Day at the Waikiki Aquarium! A great fun time will be had for kids and adults which will will include ocean related story telling, games, food, crafts, keiki games and more! Local children’s book publishers will also be on hand with books for sale and special events. 923-9741, waquarium.org
- 10:00am – Enjoy children’s storytime at Borders in Waikele! Kids of all ages are invited. Details here
- 10:00am – It’s keiki storytime at Barnes & Noble Lahaina (Maui). More info
- 10:00am – Christmas in September Book Sale at Kailua Public Library from Sept. 17 – Oct. 2. On Saturday from 10am – 2pm, adult and children’s Christmas books will be sold at 50% off. Call 392-1824 for more information.
- 10:15am – Learn “Vegetarian Cooking Made Easy” at Liliha Public Library. Alyssa Moreau, a culinary instructor for Kapiolani Community College’s Continuing Education program and contributing author to A Dash of Aloha, will conduct a free cooking demonstration program for adults in the Library’s Meeting Room. The Friends of Liliha Public Library is sponsoring this program which is limited to 20 participants. Registration is recommended; call the Library at 587-7577.
- 10:30am – Renshi Reading at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Bamboo Ridge Issue #96 is a special collection of 48 renshi (linked) poems by Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Ann Inoshita, and Christy Passion. Event is free and open to the public. $3 validated parking. For more information click here.
11:00am – Meet Author Joe Tsujimoto at Hawaii Kai Public Library. Joe Tsujimoto will read from his short story collection, “Morningside Heights: New York Stories.” The stories follow the journey of Japanese American Kenji, from being kicked out of school in 1960s New York to teaching in Hawaii. For more information, call 397-5833 or click here.- 11:00am – Some of the best storytimes involve Curious George books! At Barnes & Noble Ala Moana, Curious George will be the book of choice for keiki storytime. (Not a costume character event). More info
- 01:00pm – Poetry Slam and Peace Author Book Signing in Honoka’a (Big Island). Poetry Slam and free Workshop with Youth Speaks Hawaii from 1-3pm at NHERC. Later, take the mic at Feel My Bean for a Poetry Slam, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Plus, meet international author and peace advocate, Paul K. Chappell at booksigning. Contact: Catherine Tarleton, 883-0669, catherinetarleton@gmail.com, http://www.peacedayparade.org
- 03:00pm – There will be a very special storytime followed by a book signing at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall. Feng Feng Hutchins will be reading from her new children’s book Plenty Saimin. Come and listen to her story, buy a book and get it signed! 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 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!
