Book End: Weekend of February 19, 2010

by Alex on February 19, 2010
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Is anyone else out there in Hawaii freezing their butt off?  The last two nights have been extremely chilly! Hope everyone has a great weekend, please continue to help support Hawaii’s literacy by attending one of these fine literary events. Friday, Feb. 19 07:00pm – Local Writers Read Their Writing at the Living Arts Gallery […]

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Book End: Weekend of Feb. 12, 2010

by Alex on February 12, 2010
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Are you a middle school student (grades 6-8) or have a child in middle school that enjoys writing?  Then check out the Hawaii Conservation Alliance for the annual My Hawai’i Story Project 2010.  For the past three years the “My Hawai‘i” Story Project, a middle school (6th-8th grade) environmental writing contest, has touched the lives […]

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Book End: Weekend of February 5, 2010

by Alex on February 5, 2010
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Check it out: My new friend, Wordsworth the Poet is now on Facebook!  Do you know the story of the mouse who expresses his creative juices through the art of poetry?  Have you ever heard the story of Wordsworth as told by Frances H. Kakugawa, or read the emotional tale of Wordsworth and his grandmother […]

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Book End: Weekend of Jan. 29, 2010

by Alex on January 29, 2010
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Check it out: BeachHouse Publishing is the first Hawaii publisher to bring you local children’s books available on your iPhone and iPod Touch, produced locally in Hawai’i by Bluewater Media.  In addition to the colorful, whimsical illustrations and text in the printed book, the ibeachhouse books are narrated and animated so children can enjoy the book on a whole new […]

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Book End: Weekend of Dec. 18, 2009

by Alex on December 18, 2009
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Aloha Friday!  It’s time for another Book End and as it’s the holiday season, the number of literary events has tailed off quite a bit in comparison to the weekends prior.  However, there are still a number of interesting book signings, fun library events for the family, and other interesting happenings.  Keep supporting Hawaii’s local […]

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Book End: Weekend of December 11

by Alex on December 10, 2009
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Help to support Hawaii’s literary community by attending one of these awesome literary/library events: Ongoing in December- At Kapolei Library: “Dark Clouds over Paradise: the Hawaii Internees Story,” an exhibit presented by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, will be on display from December 1 – 19 in the 2nd floor Lobby and can be […]

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Book End: Weekend of Nov. 28, 2009

by Alex on November 28, 2009
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posted by A.Alba I hope everybody had a festive Thanksgiving and a rewarding Black Friday (if you’re into that sort of thing).  Let’s hope you have the strength to get that leftovers-filled stomach up out of your chair in order to attend one of these great literary events.  Support our local literary community! Saturday, November […]

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Book End: Weekend of Nov. 20, 2009

by Alex on November 20, 2009
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posted by A.Alba I am completely exhausted.  What a whirlwind week it has been for us as we push forward to finishing our Library Tour.  We visited three libraries this past week and are looking to write them up as soon as we can—as soon as we finish write ups for the libraries we visited […]

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Book End: Weekend of November 13, 2009

by Alex on November 13, 2009
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posted by A.Alba Another weekend, and another busy week finished! Don’t forget to continue donating to both the Hawai’i State Public Library and the Friends of the Library of Hawai’i.  For the HSPL, you can donate money to the statewide system, or to your local library.  One of the best ways of doing so is […]

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Book End: Weekend of Nov. 7

by Alex on November 6, 2009
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posted by A.Alba Welcome to another weekend and another edition of Book End.  Probably the biggest news this week for Hawaii Book Blog is that we successfully completed our very first giveaway with a winner all the way in Murfreesboro, Tennessee!  She won an autographed copy of Jocelyn Fujii’s Stories of Aloha.  If you’re reading […]

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Book End: Weekend of Oct. 31

by Alex on October 30, 2009
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posted by A.Alba Happy Halloween everybody!  I’m sure your weekend will be very busy, either partying with the grown-ups or tending to the trick-or-treaters, but if you have time this weekend I highly recommend continuing to support Hawaii’s literary scene by attending one of the events we list below. Our Stories of Aloha Giveaway is […]

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