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The 2014 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is fast approaching (Thursday, April 24), and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, we continue our tradition of doing a countdown of posts, highlighting the books nominated for each awards category. Where applicable, I will link to book reviews from Hawaiʻi […]
The 2014 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is fast approaching (Thursday, April 24), and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, we continue our tradition of doing a countdown of posts, highlighting the books nominated for each awards category. Where applicable, I will link to book reviews from Hawaiʻi […]
Ahhh, Spring! The season of renewal. Revive your love for those works-in-progress with one of these amazing events being held for writers in April and May. Local and national authors and experts are speaking and hosting workshops on everything from song-writing and memoir, to script-writing and creative nonfiction. And lucky we live Hawai’i because the […]
On Saturday, March 15 from 9:00am to 4:30pm take your keiki to the zoo for some literary fun! Wild About Reading at the Honolulu Zoo is the first-ever family read-aloud day at the Zoo. The focus will be on books about zoos and zoo animals. Featured readers and storytellers will entertain zoo-goers at various stations located […]
It’s time again! April is National Poetry Month and we have so many amazing poets writing in Hawaiʻi. Thursday, April 24th is National Poem in Your Pocket Day. Poem in Your Pocket Day is a great way to celebrate poetry as a part of our everyday lives. It encourages people to carry a poem in their pocket and […]
You don’t have to be a writer of children’s literature to benefit from a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference. You just have to be a writer. “I don’t write for children. I write. And somebody says, that’s for children.” Maurice Sendak “You have to write the book that wants to be […]
Last week, Kumu Kahua Theatre started their run of Moa a Mōʻī (“Chicken Into King”) based on the play by Jean Charlot. Moa a Mōʻī is Charlot’s retelling of the legends of ‘Umi, a commoner who became a chief. Three Plays of Ancient Hawaii was published by University of Hawaii Press back in 1963. But you […]
Welcome to Huki Links – a biweekly post highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post. The best part of the “huki” is that we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share them […]
We wish you a very merry holiday full of family, food, fun, and fantastic books! Mahalo for all your support this year.
2013 has produced some visually stunning local books and the most strikingly hypnotic of them is from Legacy Isle Publishing (an imprint of Watermark Publishing). Honolulu Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific: 125 Years of Covers by A. Kam Napier, Kristin Lipman, Michael Keany and Erik Ries. 125 Years of Covers is an interesting retrospective of […]
This new, eye catching book from Mutual Publishing is one of my favorite releases this year and it just came out in November. I could write sonnets about how much I love this but my other books might get jealous. Timeline Hawaii: An Illustrated Chronological History of the Islands by Daniel Harrington with Bennett Hymer, […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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