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 January 9 – January 16, 2012*
Self Love
-Misty talks about her experience at the SCBWI-Hawaii Fiction Workshop she attended and provides details on the SCBWI-HI Annual Conference happening in late February. [Hawaii Book Blog]
-Check out our review of a new cookbook: A Sweet Dash of Aloha by the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Dept. [HBB]
-Hawaiian word of the day is one (sand). Neʻe mai, neʻe aku ke one o Waikīkī. [ʻŌlelo of the Day]
Hawaiʻi Literary
-The winner of Honolulu Weekly’s fiction contest is James Cave. Read his entry, ‘Race Relations’ here: [Honolulu Weekly]
-Lee Tonouchi: Pidgin Poet. “Da Pidgin Guerrilla” talks about his new book Significant Moments in da Life of Oriental Faddah and Son. [HONOLULU Magazine]
-Local illustrator, Jon J. Murakami, is featured in an article in the latest Uncle Jam Quarterly which is available to read online. Includes an interview and comic work. [wingedtiger]
-A nice review from Wanda Adams of Sue Cowing’s children’s novel You Will Call Me Drog. [Star-Advertiser]
-Your chance to meet author R. Zamora Linmark (Rolling the R’s; Leche) at the Hawaii State Library this Thursday. [HawaiiNewsNow]
-Review of Julia Flynn Siler’s new book Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure. [CityPaper]
-Get to know a little more about Laurie Hanan, the author of new novel, Almost Paradise. [Savant Books]
General Literary
-Linda Ashman’s No Dogs Allowed!: A little chat and a special giveaway. [jama’s alphabet soup]
-If you love bookshelvs and libraries, you’ll enjoy this fun music video. [YouTube]
-Spring Preview 2012: Books for Young People. [Quill & Quire]
-Jay-Z and Beyoncé recently had a new baby, Ivy Blue Carter. Here’s 10 books Flavorpill would give to her. [Flavorwire]
-Top 10 Made-Up Literary Couples. [Huff Post Books]
-Be A Teen Model! The Teen Model Fact Book. [Awful Library Books]
-McDonald’s becomes U.K.’s biggest retailer of children’s books. [Quill & Quire]
-In Black and White: 10 Famed Literary Jailbirds. [Flavorwire]
#thecheeseisrotten - credit: local writer Donald Carreira Ching
Off-Topic Fun & Seriousness
-SNL and Daniel Radcliffe do Harry Potter ten years later. [Huffington Post]
-2012 Hale Aina Awards. 128 best restaurants in Hawaii. [HONOLULU Mag]
-The Descendants win Golden Globe. [HONOLULU Mag]
-Giants vs. Packers: Notes & Numbers. (Note: I’m a huge New York Giants Fan. Go Big Blue!) [Big Blue View]
-20 under appreciated gems currently playing on Netflix Instant. [Pajiba]
-Binge there, done that. CDC issues a sobering report on having one, or many, too many. Now with fun infographic! [the Daily]
-Politician Disneyland: Ten Ways Obama Changed Hawaii. Thoughts? [Washington Times]
-DROP EVERYTHING! The new Bill Murray/Wes Anderson has a trailer. [filmdrunk]
-Lana Del Rey’s ‘SNL’ Performance Slammed by Juliette Lewis, Twitterverse. I like Lana, but ouch, that was pretty bad. [Hollywood Reporter]
-Got NES nostalgia? Try out this web-game for the ultimate tribute to the NES. [Abobo’s Big Adventure]
-Lara (as Bulma) plays the theme song to Dragonball Z, “Cha-La Head Cha-La,” on the violin. [YouTube] [gn_divider]
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
