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 21 – 28, 2012*
Self-Love
-To Do: Spellbinders Writer’s Conference & Convention. Act Now! It’s coming up this weekend. [HBB]
-We’re excited for the upcoming Distinctive Women In Hawaiian History Program coming September 15. Register now! [HBB]
-In case you missed it, we reviewed MauiTime editor Anthony Pignataro’s debut novel, Small Island. [HBB]
-So, we got an honorable mention in Honolulu Weekly’s Best of Honolulu under the article of Best Local Literary Blog. [Honolulu Weekly]
Hawaii Literary
-Don’t miss out on the Spellbinders Conference happening here in Hawaii. Lots of national authors, writers, publishers, agents, celebrity speakers and more are on the schedule. Full event listing here: [Spellbinders Conference]
-Watermark Publishing is celebrating Don Ho’s birthday with a special giveaway on his memoir, Don Ho: My Music, My Life via Goodreads. [Watermark Blog]
-Talking Story with Tom Coffman, author of I Respectfully Dissent, a biography of Hawaii Supreme Court justice Edward H. Nakamura. [maui time]
-Author Douglas Corleone guest blogs about ending a series. His new book Last Lawyer Standing is the final in the Hawaii-set Kevin Corvelli legal thriller series. [Thoughts in Progress]
-Mystery writer sees magic in Hawaii: A look at Dee DeTarsio’s new book Haole Wood. [Examiner]
-Listen (and watch) local author Wayne Moniz read from Beyond the Reef at the Bay Area Aloha Festival 2012. [YouTube]
-Once again…if you haven’t checked out the Sisters in Crime Hawaii Chapter’s new website, definitely go. [Sisters in Crime Hawaii]
-Virginia Beach Public Library recommends Julia Flynn Siler’s Lost Kingdom. [VBPL Recommends]
-Maui Author Publishes Transexuality Memoir. [Maui NOW]
-Book Review: Ukulele Heroes by Ian Whitcomb. [Blogcritics]
General Literary
-Always awesome: The 2012 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. [Bulwer-Lytton]
-The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy. BTW, HBB is 100% legit! 🙂 [New York Times]
-Time to vote for… The Best Novel of All Time. [HuffPost Books]
-One Simple and Incredibly Painful Way to Fix Your Novel Draft. [io9]
-How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read. [mental_floss]
-Scent of a kitten: the 20 irrefutable theories of book cover design. [the guardian]
-Alternative authors’ versions of Lord of the Rings. [Changing the Times]
-Why the Nook is failing: one chart, four reasons. [Paid Content]
-A Beginner’s Guide to Bizarro Fiction. [Flavorwire]
-Otto Penzler’s Book Bag: 5 Underrated Crime Writers. [The Daily Beast]
-Generation Read: Millennials Buy More Books Than Everybody Else. [GOOD]
-Check out this Google Doc: YA Novels by State. It’s completely editable…somebody add some Hawaii YA to the list! [Google Docs]
Non-Literary Links
-Here’s Everywhere You Should Enable Two-Factor Authentication Right Now. [Lifehacker]
-Are you ready for some football? USC-centric blog breaks down Hawaii’s offense. [Reign of Troy]
-Apple’s (evil?) Patent Win Could Alter Landscape of Smartphone Industry. [NPR]
-The Case of the Stolen Blanks: The real story behind the cheating scandal at the National Scrabble Championship. [Slate]
Bonus Video
Probably the best Bryan Adams cover ever:
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
