HBB on ‘Lei Chic’: Repost of Summer Recommendations

by Misty on May 17, 2011
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Last week, HBB was featured (sort of) on the local lifestyle website Lei Chic. They’d asked for our help in compiling a list of the top five current local books we’d recommend for summer reading. This was a tough question for us, we could have easily given them five picks each in fiction, non-fiction and keiki […]

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2011 Ka Palapala Awards Nominees: Excellence in Design

by Alex on May 3, 2011
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The 2011 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is coming soon (Friday, May 6) and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, we are counting down the potential winners, quickly highlighting the books nominated for each awards category. Where applicable, I will link to book reviews from Hawaiʻi […]

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2011 Ka Palapala Awards Nominees: Excellence in Literature

by Alex on April 27, 2011
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The 2011 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is coming soon (Friday, May 6) and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, I am doing a countdown, quickly highlighting the books nominated for each awards category. Where applicable, I will link to book reviews from Hawaiʻi Book Blog. […]

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Book Review: Anshū: Dark Sorrow

by Alex on April 15, 2011
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Wow. That’s the exclamation I gave after reading the first two chapters of Anshū at the book store.  Misty was there with me, and she told me she felt the same way when she read the beginning a few days prior.  We began to debate on who would review this fascinating novel, as both of […]

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Meet the Author: Juliet Kono

by Alex on September 12, 2010
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Press Release Author Juliet S. Kono will be featured in a “Meet the Author” program at Kapolei Public Library on Saturday, September 25 at 11 a.m. in the Adult Fiction Section (second floor).                 Kono will read selections from her latest book “Anshū” and share some of her experiences while writing the novel.  “Anshū,” based on […]

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