2011 Ka Palapala Awards Nominees: Excellence in Literature

by Alex on April 27, 2011
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The 2011 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is coming soon (Friday, May 6) and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, I am doing a countdown, quickly highlighting the books nominated for …

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Photo Gallery: Book Events 11/20/10

by Alex on November 22, 2010
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One of our missions here at Hawaii Book Blog is to help promote local literacy events such as book fairs, library programs and book signings.  We enjoy going to these and want to ensure that as many people out there …

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Book Review: Tweakerville

by Alex on November 18, 2010
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A few weeks ago in one of my Friday Book Beginnings I wrote about a new novel, Tweakerville by Alexei Melnick.  In my post I mentioned the unique narration; the harsh, almost unnerving attention to detail of drug culture; …

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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 …

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