There really are a million things you can do at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Misty and I often fret over, discuss, and plan out which speaking engagements each of us are going to attend. Unfortunately, even with two of us, there are so many fascinating things going on that it’s hard to make […]
New to the Hawaii Book & Music Festival this year and a very welcome addition is the Keiki Read Aloud Pavilion. The Pavilion will be located at the end of the new Hawaii Publishers Village on the King Street side. Wally Amos is the emcee and will read a lot of the books, too, as will an assortment […]
Riding on the technology wave, the Hawaii Book & Music Festival recently announced the release of official an HBMF smartphone app. The app is free and is available on both the Apple Store and Google Play. Ideally, this means that you will no longer need to lug around a hard copy of the program or […]
There are tons of things to do at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Being the book lovers that we are, we’d be remiss if we didn’t highly recommend for you attendees to check out the newly formed “Hawaii Publishers Village” (as possibly coined here) located along the ‘Ewa end of the Mission Memorial Auditorium. […]
The Hawaii Book and Music Festival is all pau! What a great event—the weather was beautiful, the authors were numerous and friendly and the books and music were extraordinaire! Here’s some photos we captured on the second and final day of the Festival. Pardon some of the facetious captions. All in good fun. 🙂 Hope […]
The first day of the 6th Annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival is all pau, and we are exhausted! Here is a quick gallery of photos we took on the first day of the festival. Will you be back for more? We’ll be there bright and early the next day to see Sarah Vowell, Maxine […]
We will be blogging LIVE! For more information about the Hawaii Book & Music Festival, check out HBB’s official page for the HBMF: http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/hawaii-book-and-music-festival/ Most recent posts will float to the top… if you see the “Like” button and links pop up in between live blog posts, just wait a few seconds and they should […]
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 […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/hapapulima.mp3″ text=”Hapapūlima”] Autograph, signature Ma ka Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival kākou e loaʻa ai nā hapapūlima a kō ʻoneʻi mau mea kākau punahele a me Sarah Vowell. The Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival is where we’ll get the autographs of our favorite local authors and Sarah Vowell.
As overheard on Twitter (paraphrased): “Geek Alert: Sarah Vowell is coming to Hawaii!” Fans of NPR’s radio show “This American Life” know Sarah Vowell’s distinct voice and enlightening opinions. Kids might recognize her as being the voice of Violet in Disney/Pixar’s brilliant animated film, The Incredibles. Readers have followed her exploits around America through […]
Whether you’re just swinging by to check out some of the great deals on books, or you’re in for the long haul, HBB’s got the tips to help you survive the Hawaii Book & Music Festival (HBMF) happening this weekend May 14-15th on the Frank Fasi Civic Grounds of downtown Honolulu. We’ll be there, handing […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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