Book Events
posted by A.Alba Another weekend is here! They can never come soon enough. Not much to talk about this week–we did visit two more libraries and are working on the write-ups for those and a couple more from the previous week. With library visits come library book recommendations, so we are continuing to read as […]
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 […]
Hawaii Book Blog has returned from their sojourn in Las Vegas, the 9th Hawaiian Island, refreshed and ready to get back into Hawaii books and events! The big news this week is that Hawaii is the winner of the First Book “What Book Got You Hooked?” campaign which will give 50,000 new books to underprivileged […]
As a part of our Hawaii Public Library Challenge Tour, we ask each librarian for one book recommendation for us to read and review. For Diane Masaki from Aiea Library, we talked about a number of books, but she told us her favorite book to read was The Musubi Man because she “can work the […]
The big news for Hawaii Book Blog is that we will be on vacation for the next week! We will be going to Las Vegas tonight for a much needed break from the daily grind. Two red eyes going and coming on Hawaiian Airlines will buffer an exciting trip where we’ll get to see the […]
“Are we there yet?”… “no”…”are we there now?”…”no”…”we’ve gotta be close!”…”nope”. That’s pretty much how the conversation went as we drove from town to Kahuku Public library last Tuesday night after work. Alex was driving per usual, and I was a bit anxious to get there because the library had a special guest, local author […]
Hopefully this week you’ve been visiting a bunch of new book blogs and maybe noticing some things about them you’d like to try yourself. Or maybe you’ve just had some ideas for improvements to your blog you’d like to put into place or new ideas for content. But there’s also probably something you really love […]
I thought it would be nice to highlight a different medium of literature here at Hawaii Book Blog. Comic books and graphic novels have slowly gained respect over the years in literary circles and mainstream media. The format has blossomed over the last few decades, engaging readers with creative and innovative storytelling techniques. Knowing that I enjoy a good […]
In her new book, Teen Wise, Celeste Gonsalves encourages parents to think about the world from the life experience point of view of their teenagers in order to help them improve communication and decision making skills. The social scenarios that she includes in the book are meant to be discussed between students, parents, educators and counselors […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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