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We’re going on vacation! Woohoo! Hawaii Book Blog will be on absent leave for the next week in Tokyo, Japan. This means no Book End post on Friday and not as many book and event tweets as per usual on Twitter. However, you may see us pop up with a tweet or two on our […]
Date: Saturday, March 6 Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Where: Milano Freezer at the Manoa Marketplace Jerilyn Ito, the author of a new children’s book Finding Our ‘Ohana, will have her very first book signing event at the Milano Freezer at Manoa Marketplace. Help support a new local author and while you’re at it, […]
The Hawaii State Public Library System will change its furlough days from the usual Wednesdays to Fridays during March 2010. All public libraries and administrative offices will be closed on March 5, 12 and 19. In addition, six public libraries normally closed on Fridays – Aiea, Hawaii Kai, Kaimuki, Liliha, Manoa, and Makawao (Maui) – […]
The big news for us is that next week, Hawaii Book Blog will be on vacation (and as a result, hiatus) in the Land of the Rising Sun! Misty and I will both be in Tokyo for our very first trip to Japan. We’re both very excited! In the meantime, this means there will not […]
Native Books will be featuring local Kamehameha alum author, Bill Fernandez, with an author talk on Sunday, March 14 from 3 to 5 PM. Bill’s talk will start with an oli and include singing a little Don Ho. After the presentation there will be a book signing. Light refreshments will also be available. Rainbows Over […]
Is anyone else out there in Hawaii freezing their butt off? The last two nights have been extremely chilly! Hope everyone has a great weekend, please continue to help support Hawaii’s literacy by attending one of these fine literary events. Friday, Feb. 19 07:00pm – Local Writers Read Their Writing at the Living Arts Gallery […]
Okay…so a little under a year ago I got my very own first iPod–a second generation 32MB iPod Touch. I ended up loving this thing, because of the intuitive touch screen and awesome collection of applications. In fact, one of the first things that I got into were eBooks. It seemed like the greatest invention […]
Mutual Publishing recently announced a new publishing division called SCRIPTA, which will offer book production services to authors who want to self-publish either because their book is meant for private circulation or because they want to avoid the manuscript submission process with its long delays. Mutual has always believed that everyone has a book inside […]
There’s always a party to be had here in Hawaii–always something to celebrate. It doesn’t hurt that so many different ethnic holidays and festivals have been adopted by the general population as a part of local culture. One of those is Chinese New Year, which happened to also fall on Valentine’s Day this year! Per […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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