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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]