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!
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-April is National Poetry Month! Here are seven ways you can celebrate National Poetry Month here in Hawaiʻi. [Hawaiʻi Book Blog]
-Aloha Airlines shut its doors four years ago on March 31. In honor of that, here’s a review of Jocelyn Fujii’s Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawaiʻi. [HBB]
Hawaii Literary
-Check out this video: The Evolution of Freediving and History of Spearfishing in Hawaiʻi by Sonny Tanabe. [YouTube]
-Help raise money for local author Everett Peacock’s next novel…and maybe get written into it! [Kickstarter]
General Literary
-Getting Published Is Easy: Have Your Parents Do It For You. [io9]
-C.S. Lewis on Writing. [Letters of Note]
-The Literary Canon Is Still One Big Sausage Fest. [Jezebel]
-Sunday Diversion: Writer Habits. [BookRiot]
-Check Out a Series of Hunger Games PSAs. [College Humor]
-Michael Crummey’s top 10 literary feuds. [the guardian]
-To #%&* or Not to #%&*: profanity in middle grade fiction. [From the Mixed Up Files…]
-The Dos and Don’ts of Novel Ending. [Writer’s Digest]
-World’s First ‘Edible’ Cookbook. [TAXI]
-Celebrate National Poetry Month with Jama’s 2012 Alphabet Soup Poetry Potluck Menu and Giveaway. [Jama’s Alphabet Soup]
-John Grisham’s Favorite Mistake: Giving Away First Editions. [Daily Beast]
-Do you need a Facebook page as an author? [The Other Side of the Story]
-From Dr. Seuss to Dostoevsky: A literary guide for the new parent. [PageViews]
Non-Literary Links
-Cool, but sad video: Aloha Airlines story. [Vimeo]
-Hey, it’s a pretty funny Twitter late night bit! #CONAN [UPROXX]
-Beatles 2.0? These 15 Fab YouTube Covers Could Have Them Beat. [Mashable]
-Stop Panicking About Bullies says Nick Gillespie. [Wall Street Journal]
-50 Graphical Breakdowns Of Our Favorite Rap Songs. [UPROXX] [gn_divider]
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