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 July 23 – July 30, 2012*
Self Love
-We review If You Were A Superhero in Hawaii, a new BeachHouse board book illustrated by Jon J. Murakami. [HBB]
Hawaii Literary
-Dave Thorne, ‘father of Hawaiian cartooning,’ dies. [CBR]
-Pretty cool: Photograph all the public libraries on Oahu. [Not by reason]
-Read a free excerpt of Last Lawyer Standing, the latest book in Don Corleone’s Kevin Corvelli series. [macmillan]
-Drawing Inspiration From Real Life with Toby Neal. [Finding Bliss]
-News and event info on new book Why Smart People Do the Same Dumb Things by Rosalie K. Tatsuguchi, Ph.D. [Watermark Publishing Blog]
-Pat Sajak writes cover blurb for Charles Memminger’s Aloha, Lady Blue. [Hawaii Reporter]
-Maui Author Explores Psychological Awakening. [Maui Weekly]
-Interview and Giveaway with Margo Sorenson, author of new book Island Danger. [Deb A Marshall] Plus a bonus review: [Newport Beach Indy]
-‘Ukulele Heroes’ take center stage in Ian Whitcomb’s new book. [KPCC]
-Youth Speaks Hawai’i: Meet the Future. [Vortex Zine]
-UCSC researcher Terrie Williams publishes book to raise awareness about endangered species (Hawaiian monk seal). [The Herald]
General Literary
-The 2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist was recently announced. Are your faves on it? [TheManBookerPrize]
-Book Shirts: Can You Guess the Literary Reference? [HuffPost]
-40 Favorite Books of Famous People. [ShortList]
-Literary labours lent: The uncertain economics of lending virtual books. [The Economist]
-The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list. In case you forgot. [the guardian]
-7 Great Books Written by College Undergraduates. [Before It’s News]
-How to Eat Like Your Favorite Authors. [Flavorwire]
-I Hate This Book So Much: A Meditation by Lev Grossman. [TIME]
-Colson Whitehead’s ‘How to Write,’ in eleven simple rules. [NYT]
-The 6 Most Important Sci-Fi Ideas (Were Invented by a Hack). [Cracked]
-How Novelists Can Keep Track of Details. [Books & Such]
-A 1994 video introduces the idea of the e-reader, complete with demo! [The Atavist]
-Your tour guide to unexplored literary territory: Book Riot’s ‘Start Here’ to sample 25 authors. [PAGEVIEWS]
-Your Guide to Reading, Writing, and Publishing Young Adult Literature (interactive map). [YA Highway]
-Why social media isn’t the magic bullet for self-epublished authors. [the guardian]
-Hey Writer! What’s Your Brand? [Open Salon]
-JK Rowling is building Hogwarts-style treehouses in her back yard. [io9]
-Literary Ink: Famous Authors and Their Tattoos. [Flavorwire]
-Errbody was talking about it: The 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas based on the David Mitchell novel. [Apple]
Non-Literary Links
-Interesting. Bloggers Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Pics on Your Blog – My Story [Roni Loren]
-The 25 Worst Video Games of the Past 25 Years. [Complex]
-25 Iconic Olympic Photographs. [Complex]
-The 30 Coolest Alternative Movie Posters. [ShortList]
-Five guys take same photo for 30 years. [CNN]
-Are you a dude, and you like food? Then you might like this site. [Dude Foods]
-On Reporting What Matters In The Aurora ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Tragedy. [UPROXX]
-Thousands without polling place on election day. [KHON2]
-I love this site. It shows all the Criterion collection films currently streaming on Netflix. [Streaming Criterions]
-This is mostly here for my benefit: 25 Must See Music Documentaries. [Flavorwire]
Bonus!
Video of the forever. Buttermilk the baby goat prick:
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
