Book Events
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 Hawaii. Here’s some interesting book news first: Digital Menehune I received word from J. Arthur Rath III that his latest book, Being Menehune, My Journal was recently released as an e-book (it’s coming out […]
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 Hawaii. Saturday, June 4 Aina Haina Library Summer Book Sale – The Friends of the Aina Haina Public Library will hold a 5-Hour Summer Book Sale! This year, the book sale will be held […]
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 Hawaii. As it’s Memorial Day weekend, there really aren’t a lot of events happening this weekend. In fact, there are practically none. All Hawaii State Public Libraries will be closed from Saturday through Monday, […]
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 Hawaii. Friday, May 20 HMC East Book and Gift Fair – To support the Aloha United Way (AUW), the Hawaii Medical Center is putting on its annual “Books are Fun” Book Fair. A portion […]
Last week, HBB was featured (sort of) on the local lifestyle website Lei Chic. They’d asked for our help in compiling a list of the top five current local books we’d recommend for summer reading. This was a tough question for us, we could have easily given them five picks each in fiction, non-fiction and keiki […]
The Hawaii Book and Music Festival is all pau! What a great event—the weather was beautiful, the authors were numerous and friendly and the books and music were extraordinaire! Here’s some photos we captured on the second and final day of the Festival. Pardon some of the facetious captions. All in good fun. 🙂 Hope […]
We will be blogging LIVE! For more information about the Hawaii Book & Music Festival, check out HBB’s official page for the HBMF: http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/hawaii-book-and-music-festival/ Most recent posts will float to the top… if you see the “Like” button and links pop up in between live blog posts, just wait a few seconds and they should […]
No doubt some of the biggest crowds and longest lines will be found waiting to see Rosanne Barr, Sarah Vowell and Maya Soetoro Ng, but that doesn’t mean you should overlook some of the excellent author discussions that will be happening all over the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Here are some of the authors […]
As overheard on Twitter (paraphrased): “Geek Alert: Sarah Vowell is coming to Hawaii!” Fans of NPR’s radio show “This American Life” know Sarah Vowell’s distinct voice and enlightening opinions. Kids might recognize her as being the voice of Violet in Disney/Pixar’s brilliant animated film, The Incredibles. Readers have followed her exploits around America through […]
Two new kids books have come out just in time for the Hawaii Book & Music Festival, so go visit the publisher’s tents and check them out! BeachHouse Publishing’s latest keiki board book is the best one EVER. I’m not exaggerating when I say this because it’s pretty hard to top the cuteness of Jon Murakami’s geckos. […]
Whether you’re just swinging by to check out some of the great deals on books, or you’re in for the long haul, HBB’s got the tips to help you survive the Hawaii Book & Music Festival (HBMF) happening this weekend May 14-15th on the Frank Fasi Civic Grounds of downtown Honolulu. We’ll be there, handing […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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