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.
We are back after a month-long hiatus!
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
-Check out all the winners from the 2012 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards. [Hawaiʻi Book Blog]
-A Little Book for Mother’s Day, or Any Day At All. [HBB]
-Did you see our photos from Day 1 of the Hawaii Book and Music Festival? Day 2 pics forthcoming! [HBB]
-In case you missed it…we are transitioning to HawaiiReads.com. [HBB]
Hawaii Literary
-New book alert: Autobiography of Jazz Musician Gabe Baltazar Jr. [UH Press Blog]
–Cocktail Handbook Enhanced E-Book Edition Now Available – Includes Videos & New Recipes! [Watermark Publishing Blog]
-Book of the Week: Hawaii’s Natural Treasures. [BHL]
-Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased. [The Classroom Bookshelf]
-Congrats to Frances Kakugawa, whose Kapoho won the Best Non-Fiction Award from the NCPA (Northern California Publishers/Authors). [Frances Kakugawa’s Blog]
-Paul Theroux’s Quest to Define Hawaii. [Smithsonian]
-‘Grown here. Not flown here. Integration in #Hawaii.’ By local author… [Toby Neal]
-About ‘Writing Hot Sex.’ Also by local author of Blood Orchids, Toby Neal. [San Francisco Book Review]
-‘Psychic Pal’ by local author J. Arthur Rath III. [MenehuneRATH]
-Sign up for Summer Reading Programs @ your Library. [Hawaii News Now]
-Haruki Murakami receives doctorate in Hawaii. [Japan Times]
General Literary
-The Appeals and Perils of the One-Word Book Title. [The Millions]
-Alexandria, Virginia Tops Amazon’s ‘Most Well-Read Cities in America’ List. No Honolulu. 🙁 [GalleyCat]
-The Key to Maurice Sendak’s Success With Children? His Contempt for Adults. [Good]
-7 Bad Habits of Successful Authors. [rachelle gardner]
-What Is the Agency Model for Ebooks? Your Burning Questions Answered. [publishing trendsetter]
-The 10 best historical novels. [the guardian]
-Extremely Silly Photos of Extremely Serious Writers. [Flavorwire]
-Slide-Show: Laughing at Books. [Page-Turner]
-How a Book is Born. (Infographic) [GalleyCat]
-Thoughts on Bloggers vs. Authors. [The Zoë-Trope]
-Could a book writing competition ever be a reality TV show? Here’s a pitch. [EW’s Shelf Life]
-Morgan Freeman sings for literacy. [Abe Books]
Non-Literary Links
-10 Best Time Travel Movies of all Timelines. [io9]
-“The Simpsons” slur against Hawaii residents. [KHON2]
-See the Greendale Seven as video game characters in these exclusive Community finale images. [A.V. Club]
-Museum Month: Brush Up On Hawaiian History at Maui’s Hale Pa’i Museum. [Gadling] [gn_divider]
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