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]Self Love
-Enter for a chance to win a free combo pack including “The Descendants” film on DVD + the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. [Hawaiʻi Book Blog]
-HPU Graduate Creative Writing Survey. [HBB]
Hawaiʻi Literary
-“Lunching With One of Hawaiʻi’s Real ‘Descendants’ by Lost Kingdom author Julia Flynn Siler. [Hawaiʻi Island Directory]
-Kauai author Todd Shimoda has a new novel coming out from Chin Music Press called Subduction. HBB reviewed his last novel Oh! a mystery of ‘mono no aware’ [Subduction the Novel]
-Interview with Kiana Davenport. [An Ecstatic Discourse]
-Touch of the Irish. For St. Paddy’s, Watermark talks about the late Bob Dye and his novel Humble Honest Men. Includes excerpt. [Watermark Publishing]
-R. Kikuo Johnson is coming out with a new all-ages graphic novel, The Shark King. HBB reviewed his last comic novella, Night Fisher. [CBR]
-Q&A: ‘Descendants’ Author Kaui Hart Hemmings on Writing as a Man. [Cinema Stars]
-Gweek 044: Sarah Vowell interviewed about her book on Hawaiʻi history, Unfamiliar Fishes. [boingboing]
-Read the most recently completed set of renshi poetry about the Massie Affair from the talented poets that brought you No Choice but to Follow. [Bamboo Ridge]
-Book Review: Malama by DeeDee Baber. [Going2Oahu]
-Origami Workshop will be Offered at Hawaiʻi State Library. [Hawaii News Now]
-Hemmings humble after Descendants success. [HNL Pulse]
-Savant Books Releases David B. Seaburn’s Novel “Charlie No Face” in Multi-eBook Formats. [PR.com]
–Double Rainbow Island book event w/ Jerilyn Ito. [Bob the Camera Man]
General Literary
-Your Brain on Fiction. [New York Times]
-Barnes & Noble: If You Want Competition, Compete! [HuffPost Books]
-Users Don’t Know What Libraries Are Talking About, Studies Find. [Library Journal]
-What came before “The Hunger Games.” [Salon]
-Teacher’s Job in Jeopardy for Reading to Kids from Ender’s Game. [io9]
-Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read? [TIME: HealthLand]
-Urban Dictionary redefines literature’s biggest names. [the guardian]
-My Life’s Sentences. [New York Times]
-The Function of “The”. [Daily Writing Tips]
-Beyond Kony: 5 Essential Reads About Child Soldiers in Africa. [Good]
-Infographic Overlord (aka Kate Hart) Thrills Us With Epic YA Deals Info. [YA Highway]
-The beautiful astronaut book Umberto Eco wrote to teach children about semiotics and tolerance. [io9]
-My literary lifespan project is nearly complete – can you help? [the guardian]
-Can The Great American Novel Exist? [HuffPost Books]
-5 days left for Kindle eBooks: The Big Deal. [Amazon]
-Reading and Gender: A Brief Guided Tour of my MA Dissertation. [things mean a lot]
-Steve Jobs, Price Fixer? [Wall Street Journal]
-Why the DOJ’s Potential Lawsuit Over the Agency Model is a Really Big Deal. [Nathan Bransford]
Non-Literary Links
-Recap of this past Monday’s *NEW* episode of Hawaii Five-0. [Five-0 Redux]
-50 Best to Worst States for Women: The Top 5. We’re up there! [iVillage]
-Community is back on TV which means we can finally be fine! To celebrate: see 27 Easter Eggs hidden on the Community set. [Vulture]
-Astronomers Discover Rectangular-Shaped Galaxy. [Technology Review]
-Post Mortem: Walking Dead Boss Dissects Killer Finale, Talks [Spoiler]’s Arrival, ‘Spoils’ Season 3. [TV|Line]
-Completely ridiculous Tumblr. Yet…can’t help but make me smile. [one tiny hand]
-Speaking of silly Tumblr’s and The Walking Dead… [Get Out of Here, Carl!] [gn_divider]
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