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 August 28 – September 3, 2012*
Self-Lovin
-Read our review of the final book in the Kevin Corvelli series: Douglas Corleone’s Last Lawyer Standing. [HBB]
Hawaii Literary
-The Surf’s Up For Kimo books and award-winning Plenty Saimin are now available as e-books! Check ’em out… [Island Paradise Publishing]
-A truly excellent read about how one boy helped to create Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library. [Notes From the Zeitgeist]
-Nice article on Frances H. Kakugawa’s KAPOHO: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii. [Discover Nikkei]
-Chad Blair writes about Hawaii Mormon book A Chosen People, A Promised Land by Hokulani Aikau. [Civil Beat]
-Hawaii Literacy’s 4th Annual Pau Hana Block Party revs up this Thursday! Support literacy the best way: with a drink (or two, or five). Drive safe! [Facebook]
-In case you missed them, a nice round-up of UH Press authors’ online conversations. [UH Press Blog]
–Last Lawyer Standing author Douglas Corleone (see our review in Self-Love) talks about writing and research in Hawaii. [Tina’s Fascination Files]
-The Great BR Year of the Dragon 100-word contest keeps rocking and rolling. [Bamboo Ridge]
-Hawaii, other states reach settlement with publishers over e-book price fixing. [Pacific Business News]
-Isle author sets novel in boggy Florida, 1949. [Star-Advertiser] (requires subscription)
-Windward celebrates library grand opening. [UH News]
General Literary
-The Publishing Process in GIF Form [Nathan Bransford]
-Reading and Zoning Out: ‘When the Mind Wanders, the Eyes Stay the Course’ [The American Scholar]
-Former HBB contributor Dawn Sueoka writes about “Hidden harmonies in John Cage’s ‘Empty Words'” [jacket2]
-Listen to a Lost Interview With Ray Bradbury. [Vulture]
-Fall Books Preview 2012: 15 Books to Read. [The Daily Beast]
-Can self-publishing buy respect? [Salon]
-Best bookstores on Tumblr. [Galley Cat]
-The Best of Condescending Literary Pun Dog. [BuzzFeed]
-Reading and Guilty Pleasure [The Opinionator]
-Top Three Reasons to Give Away Your Book. [Toby Neal]
-Beautiful Book Art by Cara Barer. [Laughing Squid]
Non-Literary Links
-‘Rail Broke Burial Rules’ by I Respectfully Dissent author Tom Coffman. [Honolulu Weekly]
-President’s grandson honors Queen Liliuokalani. [KITV4]
-Wendie Burbridge is ready for Hawaii Five-0 Season Three! [Five-0 Redux]
-Mainland influence in the making of modern Maui. [Lahaina News]
-Nick Offerman Reads Tweets From Young Female Celebrities Again, Is Surely Building Something Studly. [UPROXX] [gn_divider]
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
