Meeting authors on the weekend

by Misty on November 18, 2011
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Last weekend, Alex and I went to the Barnes & Noble Kahala book signing event with Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl for her recently released book Murder Leaves Its Mark, the crime-thriller sequel to Murder Casts a Shadow. It was wonderful to get a chance to chat with her about the new book and writing. We talked about 1930’s […]

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October’s ‘Coming Attractions’ in Hawaii Fiction! Plus, mini-reviews on previous novels

by Misty on September 26, 2011
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I’m so excited!! The much anticipated novel Three Years on Doreen’s Sofa by Lee Cataluna is coming out on October 1st! I’ve been waiting for this book since the first excerpt appeared in the Spring 2007 Issue 91 of Bamboo Ridge Journal. And again when a second excerpt appeared in Issue 94. Then during the  […]

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Poetry & Prose: A review of ‘Ho’okupu’

by Misty on April 13, 2011
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[gn_frame align=”right”][/gn_frame]Hoʻokupu: An Offering of Literature by Native Hawaiian Women (Mutual Publishing, 2009) won two Ka Palapala Poʻokela Honorable Mentions last year in both Hawaiian Culture and Literature. It’s a collection of short stories, chants, poems  and plays that focus on life and culture in contemporary Hawaiʻi. The writing in this book is incredibly candid […]

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Book Beginnings on Friday

by Alex on October 15, 2010
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Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence. […]

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2010 Hawaii Book & Music Festival Recap

by Alex on May 20, 2010
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  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 […]

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