It’s our favorite time of year again… the Hawaiʻi Book Publisher’s Association‘s Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards celebrating books published the previous year. Here are the nominees in each category: EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Honu and Hina: A Story of Coexistence by Patrick Ching, illustrated by Patrick Ching and Friends (Island Heritage) Uncle’s Magic Thrownet by Todd Yamashita, […]
On Saturday, March 15 from 9:00am to 4:30pm take your keiki to the zoo for some literary fun! Wild About Reading at the Honolulu Zoo is the first-ever family read-aloud day at the Zoo. The focus will be on books about zoos and zoo animals. Featured readers and storytellers will entertain zoo-goers at various stations located […]
News Release [gn_quote]”Veteransʻs stories and poems are immense in scope and in heart, and — amazingly — full of life and laughter. They … tell the truth, and so make peace.” — Maxine Hong Kingston.[/gn_quote] On Veterans Day (11/11/11), Maxine Hong Kingston will lead a reading of veterans’ writings at the Friends Meeting House in Manoa […]
News Release Former senator Fred Rohlfing will hold a presentation and discussion on past and current Hawai‘i politics within the context of his memoir, Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawai‘i’s Republican Reformer, at the Kaunoa Senior Center in Paia, Maui, on Wednesday, July 20, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Rohlfing will be joined by Island Son […]
If you were to ask me where my favorite place to have a book event would be, the first thing that would come to my mind is Hawaii’s Plantation Village in Waipahu. The first book event I went to there was for Feng Feng Hutchin’s Plenty Saimin children’s book [read our review here]. It was […]
Tomorrow, July 6th is the last day of the ‘Friends of the Library of Hawaii’ annual book sale. The last day is when you have to put your treasure hunting skills and patience to the test! All books go for fifty cents, sometimes less, but those literary gems are hard to come by in the […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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