Book Events
A partnership between local news website The Hawaii Independent and coworking space The Box Jelly brings us Quotes, an evening of smart conversation and great company. For the first iteration (of hopefully more to come): We’re exploring the modern Korean and Korean-American experience. Novelist Gary Pak will read from his new novel “Brothers Under A Same Sky,” […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! Garden Landscape Display (only until July 31) Manoa Public Library (2716 Woodlawn Dr.) is currently featuring a display […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! [gn_divider /] Award-winning Students’ Artwork Display Award-winning artwork by Leilehua High School students is currently on display […]
It’s summer time and that means one of our favorite book events of the year! The Friends of the Library of Hawaii Annual Book sale is one of the oldest and largest used book sales in the United States and a dream come true for literary lovers and collectors. With nine straight days of books […]
This Saturday, June 22, there will be an historical presentation, The History of the Waialua Sugar Company, presented by local historian Boyd Ready at the Historic Haleʻiwa Gym from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The University of Hawaiʻi Center for Oral History (authors of Talking Hawaiʻi’s Story) will also be on hand to perform dramatizations of stories from […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! [gn_divider /] Friday, June 7 It’s Book Time with Ronald McDonald! – Free. Ronald McDonald will offer a […]
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. Have a great weekend, everyone! Summer Reading Program The Hawaii State Public Library System’s Summer Reading Program will begin with a big […]
There really are a million things you can do at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Misty and I often fret over, discuss, and plan out which speaking engagements each of us are going to attend. Unfortunately, even with two of us, there are so many fascinating things going on that it’s hard to make […]
New to the Hawaii Book & Music Festival this year and a very welcome addition is the Keiki Read Aloud Pavilion. The Pavilion will be located at the end of the new Hawaii Publishers Village on the King Street side. Wally Amos is the emcee and will read a lot of the books, too, as will an assortment […]
Riding on the technology wave, the Hawaii Book & Music Festival recently announced the release of official an HBMF smartphone app. The app is free and is available on both the Apple Store and Google Play. Ideally, this means that you will no longer need to lug around a hard copy of the program or […]
HBMF Note: Four SinC/Hawaii (Sisters In Crime- Hawaii) members, Laurie Hanan, Gene Parola, Ray Pace, and Gail Baugniet will give a panel discussion on Saturday entitled “Why Men Join Sisters in Crime” in the Author Pavilion Mauka at 1pm. They will also have a SinC/Hawaii booth where books will be sold and signed. [gn_divider /] […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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