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]Links covering the week of August 7 – August 13, 2012*
Self-Promotion:
-Going back to school? Here’s a fun syllabus of Hawaiian literature from UH Manoa. [HBB]
-Feeling the Olympic withdrawls? Reminisce with the Hawaiian words for various Olympic sports only on ʻŌlelo of the Day. [Facebook]
Hawaii Literary
-How awesome is this? Victoria Kneubuhl and her Hawaii mystery Murder Casts a Shadow was recently featured on Crime In The City. [NPR]
-Spotlight on Kiana Davenport and her new book Opium Dreams, Pacific Stories Volume III. [Indie Spotlight]
-The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species. [USA TODAY]
-Hope you checked out the first issue of online literary journal.. [Paradise Review]
-Bogus. Lahaina Public Library to close for eight weeks. [Lahaina News]
-Aloha Writers Conference on Maui Will Feature Best-Selling Authors and Keynote Speakers. [Red Orbit]
-In the SinC/Hawaii Spotlight: Lori Tian Sailiata. [Gail M Baugniet]
-Staffing shortage at Pahala library slashes schedule. One day! [KHON2]
-Local sci-fi author Linda Nagata is featured in the August issue of [Light Speed Magazine]
-It’s the State Librarian’s Report for the Hawaii State Public Library System (8/7/12). [Google Docs]
-West Hawaii librarian receives community education award. [UH News]
-How an 1863 petition from Ni’ihau re-surfaced in San Francisco from Lost Kingdom author.. [Julia Flynn Siler]
General Literary
-Your Favorites: 100 Best Young Adult Novels. [NPR]
-The Best Books Of The Year (So Far), According To Amazon. [Business Insider]
-Children’s book illustrator Jane Dyer is victim of bizarre attack. [LA Times]
-Watch the Only Footage of Mark Twain in Existence. [Flavorwire]
-Pretty Soon, You Might Not Even Be Able to Judge a Book by Its Cover. [Jezebel]
-Author! Author! (As Writer and Character). [HuffPost Books]
-10 Movies You Didn’t Realize Were Based on Books. [Flavorwire]
-Everything Peter Jackson added to The Hobbit, with proof! [io9]
-Aww yeah, New York Knicks. Knicks captain Stoudemire encourages young people to pick up books. [West Hawaii Today]
-“Weekly Reader” Shuts Down. [Midlife Crisis Hawaii]
Non-Literary Links
-Olympic results: Results for Hawaii athletes. [Star-Advertiser]
-Olympic photographers explain the stories behind their favorite London 2012 photos. [National Post]
-Olympians complain of gender discrimination. [Star-Advertiser]
-Meet Boo, ‘The World’s Cutest Dog’—And The Secret Facebook Employee Behind Him. [SF Gate]
-Sustaining Hawaii’s seafood. [SF Gate]
-Could it be? The two best TV shows cancelled too early are getting movies? First Arrested Development, and now this. [UPROXX]
-5 Geniuses Who Renounced Their Work. [mental_floss]
-New Clothing Line Promotes Aloha or VH07V. [Midweek]
-Cool behind the scenes set photos from The Goonies. [Caught On Set]
-Fast Food Marketing Gimmicks. [Yahoo!] [gn_divider]
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
