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The Descendants — Ask Kaui Hart Hemmings! + Printable Discussion Guide

by Alex on March 10, 2012
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The Descendants rode a wave of success during film’s awards season, garnering a number of Best Picture and Best Actor awards for the movie and George Clooney respectively. This Tuesday, March 13 marks the release of the critically acclaimed film on Blu-Ray and DVD. In celebration of this event, and in honor of the woman […]

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Book End: Weekend of March 9, 2012

by Alex on March 9, 2012
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.  For this Book End, I’ve added the bonus day of Monday, since a lot of great events are happening that day, and most of the weekend isn’t as busy as previous weeks. Support our local […]

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PenWomen’s Writers’ Conference is March 31st, 2012

by Misty on March 6, 2012
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The National League of American Pen Women Honolulu is hosting its biennial writers’ conference on March 31st! Register before March 28th to attend the all day event with lunch or postmark your registration by March 9th for extra savings. Women and men of all skill levels are encouraged to attend! I went to the last one in […]

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Book End: Weekend of March 2, 2012

by Alex on March 2, 2012
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Hope everyone has a great weekend! Science Books Exhibit This is the final week to view the Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library exhibit […]

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Confessions of a Debut Novelist coming to UH Manoa

by Alex on February 28, 2012
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As part of the The Center for Biographical Research Biography Brown Bag Series, Hawaiʻi author Richard Tillotson will be giving a talk at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus on Thursday March 1, 2012.  The talk will be held at Henke Hall, Room 325 located at 1800 East-West Road and will be held from […]

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Book End: Weekend of February 24, 2012

by Alex on February 24, 2012
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Hope everyone has a great weekend! [gn_divider] Now on to the events… Friday, February 24 Book Reading of Don’t Know Much About […]

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Native American Author Visits Oahu

by Alex on February 23, 2012
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Exciting new Native-American author, Gyasi Ross, will be visiting Oʻahu and reading from his new book of short stories and poems about contemporary Native-Americans titled Don’t Know Much About Indians (but i wrote a book about us anyways).  Gyasi will be reading at the following events: Friday, February 24 at 5:30pm “two eyes” Gallery/Indigenous International […]

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Book End: Weekend of February 17, 2012

by Alex on February 17, 2012
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Hope everyone has a great President’s Day weekend! Holiday Library Hours In observance of the Presidents Day 2012 Holiday, all public libraries […]

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Book End: Weekend of February 10, 2012

by Alex on February 10, 2012
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events.  Hope everyone has a great weekend! [gn_divider] Friday, February 10 Friends of the Lihue Public Library Book Sale – Oodles of books, CDs, […]

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Book Blogger Holiday Swap 2011 gifts!

by Alex on February 9, 2012
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First and foremost, I want to apologize for the tardiness of this post.  The Book Blogger Holiday Swap happened in December, and it was two days before Christmas that I received my package.  I excitedly opened it and came out with one very impressive book and a DVD.  Prior to opening my gifts, which were very […]

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The Lost Art of Letter Writing: The Month of Letters Challenge

by Misty on February 3, 2012
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Novelist author Mary Robinette Kowal is bringing stationery back through a month long challenge to revive the art and practice of letter writing. February 1st marked the launch of “A Month of Letters Challenge.” Kowal hopes that writers and writers at heart will take on the challenge as a fun, creative exercise that could turn into a […]

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