posted by A.Alba
Another week and here’s the latest edition of Book End. There are a ton of great library and literary events happening this weekend so I highly recommend if you have time, go out and support our local literary scene by attending one of these fabulous events.
We have a lot of great posts coming out soon, including releasing all of the library tour write-ups and library book recommendations that we have accumulated over the past month. We’ve been very busy with work and the holidays, but we are working hard to get these out as soon as we can. So please look out for those, as well as a few more book giveaways this month!
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How cool is this shirt? The Valentino Valdez Design (Valdezign) are offering these awesome looking “I Love Hawai’i Libraries” t-shirts in white or various darker colors. You can actually customize the t-shirt to represent your own local library. Probably the best part about this is that 50% of the profits from the sales of these t-shirts will go to the Friends of the Library of Hawaii to further help out the budgetary needs of our state’s public libraries. Definitely check it out here, get some rad gear and help keep your public libraries open!
Friday, December 4
- 11:00am – Book Signing at the AAFES at Hale Koa Hotel. Chef Sam Choy will be signing copies of his new book Poke. More info
- 03:00pm – Book Signing at the AAFES Hickam BXtra. Chef Sam Choy will be signing copies of his new book Poke. More info
- 03:30pm – Author signing event at Kaloko branch of Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union (Big Island). Sophia V. Schweitzer will autograph copies of her new book Big Island Journey, An Illustrated Narrative of The Island of Hawaii. More info
- 04:00pm – RSVP Invitation Event: Book Launch Party at Martin & Macarthur in Ward Centre. Meet over 20 woodworkers featured in the book Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers and get your book signed by all of them. More info
- 07:00pm – Holiday Storytime at both Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall and Ala Moana. Reading the children’s classic The Polar Express. More info
Saturday, December 5
- 10:00am – It’s “A Dr. Seuss Christmas” at Makawao Public Library (Maui). There will be a Seuss-inspired crooked Christmas tree, a giant candy cane, Grinch’s stolen bounty and a Hawaiian Santa. More info
- 10:00am – Bill’s Bookmobile will be open for sale from 10a – 2p. Specials on holiday books, children’s books, cookbooks and hobbies will be half price. More info
- 10:30am – A Jolly Holiday Christmas Party at Hawaii Kai Library. Featuring the “magical twists” of Balloon Monsoon, lucky drawing door prizes, light refreshments, and a chance to create a holiday craft. Goody bags will be presented to the first 50 children who attend the event. More info
- 10:30am – Author signing event at Kohala branch of Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union (Big Island). Sophia V. Schweitzer will autograph copies of her new book Big Island Journey, An Illustrated Narrative of The Island of Hawaii. More info
- 11:00am – “Homefront Hawaii: Life in the Islands During Wartime” with local storyteller Nyla Fujii-Babb at Kapolei Public Library. Sing the songs and remember Hawaii in the decades of the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s in the true stories of island families. More info
- 11:00am – It’s children’s storytime at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana. Come and hear what happens when a little girl tumbles in a polar bear’s igloo with her sled dogs as The Three Snow Bears is read. More info
- 11:00am – Grinchfest at Borders! Celebrate the holidays with Dr. Seuss with stories and crafts at Borders at Ward, Waikele, Pearlridge and Kaneohe. More info
- 11:00am – Book Reading at Basically Books bookstore in Hilo. Gill McBarnet will be reading her latest book Happy As A Dolphin. More info
- 11:30am – Ring in the Holidays with a Bell Choir Performance at the Hawaii State Library featuring The Heavenly Handbells and the Halle Halle Ringers. More info
- 12:00pm – Book Signing event at the NEX Navy Exchange. Kim Taylor Reece will introduce his book titles – Hula I Ka La & Hula Kahiko Collection as well as his Journal and Sketchbook. More info
- 12:00pm – Storytime and Book Signing at Borders Waikele. Vince and Julie Daubenspeck present May I See The King, the untold story of Humpty Dumpty. More info
- 01:00pm – “Cooking with Natural Foods”: Naomi Homma and Karen Takane from MOA Hawaii (Mokichi Okada Association) will present an informational presentation, “how-to” demonstrations on healthy cooking and Japanese tea ceremony, followed by free sampling of food and tea. More info
- 01:00pm – Book Signing Event at the Maui Ocean Center in Lahaina. Join author Cooper Riley as he presents his book Absolutely Awesome Island Animals. More info
- 01:30pm – Author signing at Barnes & Noble Kahala. Author Christine Le and illustrator Michael Le will be on hand to sign copies of their book The Hawai’i Snowman. More info
- 01:30pm – A Book Signing event at Costco in Iwilei. Sam Choy will sign copies of Poke and Galyn Wong, Martin and Jeanne Wyss sign copies of What Hawaii Likes To Eat, Hana Hou. More info
- 02:00pm – Author signing at Borders at Victoria Ward Centre. Dorinda Lum and Michael Furuya will sign copies of her book Keoni’s Special Gift. Info
- 04:00pm – Book signing event at Borders in Hilo. Join author Gill McBarnet as she presents her latest children’s book Happy as a Dolphin. More info
Sunday, December 6
- 10:00am – The Friends of Pearl City Library book sale from 10a – 3p at Pearl City Public Library. The special today features pocketbooks at $0.25/each. 453-6566 for more info.
- 01:00pm – Book signing event at Borders in Kaneohe. Join Jean Watanabe Hee as she presents her latest cookbook Hawaii’s Best Quick & Easy Recipes. More info
- 01:00pm – Author signing at Borders Pearlridge. Author Christine Le and illustrator Michael Le will be on hand to sign copies of their book The Hawai’i Snowman. More info
- 06:45pm – Aloha Shorts next live taping focuses on the theme of “Language-ing.” Bamboo Ridge stories and poems come alive at HPR’s Atherton Studio. More info
Remember, all events listed above may be subject to change. Please contact the venue beforehand if you plan on attending.
If you have an event you would like us to help promote, please leave us a comment here or e-mail me at aalba@hawaiibookblog[dot]com. Replace the [dot] with a ‘.’ when you compose the message. Mahalo and have a great weekend!
