Our favorite Panama Jack wearing lawyer is back, still Google-ing and “recreating” in Last Lawyer Standing (Minotaur, 2012) the final book of the Kevin Corvelli Mystery Series. Author Douglas Corleone weaves his most enigmatic tale yet in a crime thriller so dense with action and humor it’ll make you weep that this is the end […]
No doubt some of the biggest crowds and longest lines will be found waiting to see Rosanne Barr, Sarah Vowell and Maya Soetoro Ng, but that doesn’t mean you should overlook some of the excellent author discussions that will be happening all over the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Here are some of the authors […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Save the Date, Official Book Launch! Per Douglas Corleone himself, the official launch for his latest Kevin Corvelli novel Night On Fire will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Free Books Redux… There are quite a few awesome ways to win books from local publishers and/or local authors that you should enter before it’s too late: Ending on January 31st: Win a free […]
Big Island author, Darien Gee (aka Mia King) has a new book coming out this Spring from national publisher Ballantine Books. Friendship Bread is her fourth novel and will be in stores April 19th! How can a loaf of Amish friendship bread and a recipe heal broken hearts and unite an entire community? No doubt this new story […]
An upcoming “Meet the Author” program featuring award-winning crime novelist Douglas Corleone at five Oahu public libraries has been cancelled due to a family illness. A news release (HSPLS News Release 11-001) announcing the program was issued on July 2. The cancelled “Meet the Author” program is scheduled from August 4 – September 19 at these libraries: Wahiawa Public […]
The 2010 Hawaii Book & Music Festival (HBMF) ended this past Sunday, and Hawaii Book Blog had a blast! Misty and I got to meet a lot of great people for the first time and rekindled with a number of others who we’ve previously had the pleasure of meeting. For more information about what […]
Crime fiction exploded in the late 19th and early 20thCentury branching into sub-genres like “psychological suspense” and “police procedural”. Dime novel and pulp magazine mysteries filled popular culture with noir detectives and sultry femme fatales. They were iconic ingredients in crime fiction recipes of the period. One aspect of the mystery/crime fiction genre that continues […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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