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Book Beginnings on Friday

by Alex on October 8, 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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Book End: Weekend of October 8, 2010

by Alex on October 8, 2010
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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. October 10th marks the 20th Anniversary of Native Books Hawaii!  EVERYTHING will be 20% off in the store for twenty hours!  Sale starts at midnight on October 10 and continues until 8pm that day.  […]

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Author Interview: Feng Feng Hutchins

by Misty on October 4, 2010
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Here’s our interview with local author Feng Feng Hutchins following our review of her new keiki book Plenty Saimin. If you missed the review you can still read it here. Many thanks to Feng Feng for answering some of questions. She graciously gives advice for the best places to get saimin, and the importance of […]

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Book End: Weekend of October 1, 2010

by Alex on October 1, 2010
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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. Briefs This Saturday Hawaii Book Blog will be volunteering our time for First Book-Oahu at the 1st Annual Hawaiian Style Fun Fair!  This is a FREE event sponsored by Hawai`i Children’s Trust Fund in […]

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National Dog Week: A Keiki Reading List

by Alex on September 28, 2010
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Happy National Dog Week everybody!!  That’s what I would be saying if National Dog Week was actually this week instead of last week.  Unfortunately due to a calendar mixup, I am one week late with my post!   The previous week marked the 82nd observance of National Dog Week! Here is a brief description of the […]

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Keiki book review: Plenty Saimin

by Misty on September 27, 2010
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This past weekend, Alex and I were lucky enough to visit the Waipahu Plantation Village for the launch of a new keiki book Plenty Saimin (Island Paradise Publishing, 2010).  With original and replica buildings from the plantation era,  it was the perfect setting to promote this delightful book about sharing food and aloha. Saimin was inspired by […]

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New Books This Fall from Bess Press

by Alex on September 26, 2010
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Next month will be a great time for new and interesting Hawaii books!  Hawai’i publisher Bess Press (www.besspress.com) will be releasing six new books on October 1, 2010.  The books range from a keepsake journal featuring beautiful Hawaiian petroglyphs to a collection of real-life tales from the friends and family of the Queen of Makaha […]

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Book Beginnings on Friday

by Alex on September 24, 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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Book End: Weekend of September 24, 2010

by Alex on September 24, 2010
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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. Briefs Mafatu’s Hawaii Dive Log: Life With My Water Family by Bryan D. Enos is now available for purchase online at Amazon.com.  This is a title Misty read a few months ago about the deep sea […]

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Ku: A stunning reunion at Bishop Museum, PLUS 4 books with Hawaii’s four major gods

by Misty on September 22, 2010
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A couple friends of mine just returned from a trip to Greece. The pictures they brought back were beautiful with azure seas and aging columns. It seemed, even through the pictures, that the stories and myths of ancient Greece are ever present because there is so much evidence of its past—the Sanctuary of Athena in Delphi, […]

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We Value Hawai’i: Art/Music/Dialogue

by Alex on September 20, 2010
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News Release via Aiko Yamashiro We Value Hawai’i: Art/Music/Dialogue Saturday, Sept. 25, 1 pm–1 am Fresh Café, 831 Queen Street, Honolulu Free and all ages until 8 pm, 18+ and $5 cover after 8 pm. Support local art and music with an all-day, all-ages celebration of the creative arts in Hawai’i, with hands-on printmaking and […]

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