Book Review: Fierce Heart

by Alex on August 17, 2010
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Pokai Bay on the West Side

Canoe surfing, bullyboards banging everybody around
Braddah Mel, Braddah Russ, Sistah Rell, Uncle Buff
Everybody ripping, shredding, jamming on down to Makaha
—Ka’au Crater Boys “Makaha”

Recently, Misty and I travelled down to Makaha …

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Book Beginnings on Friday

by Misty on August 13, 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 …

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Book End: Weekend of August 13, 2010

by Alex on August 13, 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.

Book Launch – Margaret Dilloway’s How to Be an American Housewife

Last week Thursday we attended the …

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Bamboo Ridge approaches 100th Issue! Call for submissions and discounts on past pubs!

by Misty on August 12, 2010
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Bamboo Ridge has been giving voice to Hawaii writers and artists for a little over 30 years now. This remarkable literary arts journal and independent publisher is approaching its 100th issue and have two different calls for submissions.

The Great …

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Bentos cure the back-to-school blues!

by Misty on August 9, 2010
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Back-to-school blues got your kids down? How about a bento to lift their spirits!

Bento making has really hit the mainstream over the last few years and there’re lots of websites and blogs dedicated to them with a handful of …

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Book Beginnings on Friday– a weekly meme

by Misty on August 6, 2010
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Alex and I have decided that one way to spread local literature to new audiences is to participate in  national blog challenges and memes. During a heated debate about the importance of a book’s first paragraph we thought it might

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Book End: Weekend of August 6, 2010

by Alex on August 6, 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.

For those of you who like to read entertaining books about history, you may have heard of …

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Book Review: Written in the Sky

by Alex on August 5, 2010
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I picked up this little gem by author Matthew Kaopio at the Annual Friends of the Library of Hawaii book sale at McKinley High School this year for only $1.  It looked like a quick and simple read, so I …

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Guest Post: Margaret Dilloway & The trouble with writing in Hawaii

by Guest Post on August 4, 2010
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I am addicted to author blogs. All the big-wigs in publishing say that it’s not enough to simply author a novel anymore (as if that isn’t hard enough) but that writers have to market themselves and their books by creating

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Literary Loot: Hawaii book stuff on ETSY!

by Misty on August 2, 2010
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I love ETSY! If you’re unfamiliar with the site it’s basically an online community where you buy and sell handmade goods in virtual “shops”. Bewarned, ETSY is addicting and you’ll want everything, but it’s amazing to see the ingenious …

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Author Interview: Stuart Holmes Coleman

by Alex on July 31, 2010
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Stuart Holmes Coleman is the author of non-fiction books such as Eddie Would Go and Fierce Heart, the latter of which has recently been released in a paperback edition.  Stuart was generous enough to provide me with an author …

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