Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post.
The best part of the “huki” is that we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share them via comments or contact us!
[gn_divider]Self Love
–Celebrate Reading begins on Thursday with Gail Tsukiyama at UH Manoa and continues on the Big Island and Maui. Details on our exclusive Celebrate Reading page. [Hawaii Book Blog]
-Check out our author interview with Gail Tsukiyama. If you could be any fictional character, who would it be? Find out Gail’s answer here. [HBB]
-The Hawaii Book & Music Festival is fast approaching in the first weekend of May. We’re slowly updating our very own HBMF page. We’ve got the schedule of events and event map already uploaded! [HBB]
-Celebrate Reading with Gail Tsukiyama. Check out this great collection of quotes from Tsukiyama’s work. [HBB]
–Celebrate National Poetry Month on April 21st at the Hawaii State Library. [HBB]
Hawaii Literary
-Check out these readers guides to Frances H. Kakugawa’s “Wordsworth the Poet” books. Some of my favorite keiki books out there! [Frances Kakugawa Blog]
-‘This Hawaii is not for tourists.’ Great 1999 article about local scribe Lois-Ann Yamanaka. [The Atlantic]
-Public Libraries Offer Free Wi-Fi. News and advice from “The Click Chick” Alison Stewart. [Midweek]
-An Interview With Hawaii Mystery Author Laurie Hanan. [Kindle Writers]
-Hawai‘i Pacific University’s annual literary magazine. [HPU.edu]
-McKinney, Bell, and Issue No. 91, or Narrative form and Story. A blog post from local writer Donald Carreira Ching. [Bamboo Ridge Press]
-New blogpost from local writer Kiana Davenport: ‘Eating Her Afterbirth.’ [Davenport Dialogues]
-History of Poetry Scores for University of Hawaii-Hilo artist residency. [Poetry Scores]
-Fellowship for Graduate Study of Literatures of the Pacific. [Hawaiian & Pacific Collection News]
-You won the lottery? Stay anonymous. Advice from local writer Patricia Wood, author of the novel, “Lottery.” [CNN]
-Fairy Tales. Fables. Myth. with Darien Gee on May 16. [Kauai Backstory]
-Hawaii Book & Music Festival and KAPOHO at Kilauea. [Frances Kakugawa’s Blog]
-Review of a kids book called “Froggy Goes to Hawaii and Onomatopoeia.” [The Wise Owl Factory]
General Literary
-The 25 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the World. What’s your favorite? [Flavorwire]
-25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore. [Open Salon]
-10 (and a half) reasons why you’ll get a lot more than books if you buy from local stores. [Shelf Awareness]
-50 Ideas To Organize A Home Library In A Living Room. [shelterness]
-Hilo-born Dale Furutani’s Latest: The Curious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Japan. [Rafu Shimpo]
-US sues to lower prices of e-book best-sellers. [Hawaii Tribune Herald]
-A Word, Please: The things skilled writers know. [Glendale News-Press]
-Very cool “Plot Lines” infographic. [Delayed Gratification]
-Book Igloo. [Miler Lagos]
-William Boyd takes James Bond back to 1960s in new 007 novel. [BBC News]
Non-Literary Links
-New Hawaiian Food Revolution: A new generation of upstart chefs, artisans, farmers, and food lovers takes Hawaiian food back to its roots—and into a bold new future. [Travel + Leisure]
-Inspirational Quotes from the Dalai Lama’s Talks in Honolulu. [Honolulu Magazine]
-Hawaii: Celebrate a century since the birth of surf. [The Independent]
-The 2080 Census: The World As We (Don’t) Know It. [NPR]
-The Best Argument for Keeping Fringe on the Air. [io9]
-Who’s that at the door? The best of Secretariat. [YouTube]
-History of the Boeing 737 (Photo Slide Show). [USA Today]
-The entire periodic table, as narrated by a three-year-old. [io9] [gn_divider]
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