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 September 4 – 12, 2012*
Self Love
-Book review of both Filipinos in Hawaii and African-Americans in Hawaii. [HBB]
-Bamboo Ridge Issue #100 – A Calendar of Celebratory Events [HBB]
-Kauai Keiki Book Released to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Iniki [HBB]
-We review Margo Sorenson’s tween novel Island Danger. [HBB]
-WE WILL BE AT MINI-CON! I repeat…WE WILL BE AT MINI-CON! Will you? [Hawaii News Now]
Hawaii Literary
-Hawaii author Kiana Davenport talks about the publishing business: Amazon vs. Penguin. [Huffington Post]
-Davenport also provides some Tips on Becoming a Successful Author. [allParenting]
-The “foremost expert on Pacific Island folklore,” J. Arthur Rath III, provides a primer on menehune and other pacific island characters. [About.com]
-It’s never too late…my good friend Wordsworth the Poet wants to wish all the grandparents a Happy Grandparents Day. [Watermark Publishing Blog]
-Kauai Author releases “The Story of my First Hurricane” on the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Iniki. [Kauai.com]
-An interview with The Tattoo author Chris McKinney. [Big Island Chronicle]
-Hawaii’s Bard: Kealoha speaks of his poetic journey. [InsideOut]
-Janine Oshiro’s Pier reviewed by Wendi M. Lee. [Mascara Literary Review]
-The Waikiki Aquarium to host 3rd annual fish tales: Chronicles, Critters, and Crafts event. [HNN]
-Charles Memminger’s Aloha, Lady Blue Picks Up Another Big Endorsement from Esquire Magazine Editor-at-Large. [Hawaii Reporter]
-Aeder explores tragedy, friendship and inspiration in ‘Child of the Storm’. [North Hawaii News]
-Three mysteries beckon readers to Hawaii. [Examiner]
-Check out Margo Sorenson’s (Island Danger) recent trip to Hale Kula Elementary to talk about Aloha for Carol Ann. [Slideshare]
-Wendy Peltier is a slam poet here in Hawaii. Her foster kid to foster parent story is a good one. [My Second Mama]
-Excerpt and pictures from Hollywood to Honolulu: the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company by Martin Cox. [Maritime Matters]
-Books can help identify fishes of Hawaii. [Ho’okele]
General Literary
-Amazon Bets New Kindle Plus Content Can Beat Apple. [Businessweek]
-Are longer books more important? [Salon]
-Man Booker Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced. [PageViews]
-Great SF authors share their biggest writing setbacks — and how they triumphed. [io9]
-Racism in the books we write. [Justine Larbalestier]
-What 10 Books to Read for the Election Season: Cicero, Vidal and More. [The Daily Beast]
-Don’t look for e-literature in novels. [the guardian]
-Jay-Z: A Lesson on the Power of Entrepreneurial Capitalism. [Forbes]
-Superman, grab a book! Turning pay phones into lending libraries in NYC. [Star-Advertiser]
-10 Awesome Bookstores Repurposed from Unused Structures. [Flavorwire]
-Research and the art of eavesdropping. [Write on Edge]
-Who Is Sexy Now? New Book Traces Evolution of Stewardesses. [HuffPost]
Non-Literary Links
-An Unlikely Hero: The Marine who found two WTC survivors. [Slate]
-The Origins of “Shaloha.” A brief history of Jews in Hawaii. [Honolulu Weekly]
-Kakaako’s Building Boom. [Hawaii Business]
-No-town Kapolei. A proposal to fill an empty urban center. [Honolulu Weekly]
-I wish I had these. The complete gallery of Yo! MTV Raps trading cards. [Complex]
-Peek inside the anatomies of Gremlins, Predators, and Martian Invaders. [io9]
-Big Island’s Puna side often overlooked. [SFGate] [gn_divider /]
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
