Hawaii Book Blog

A Few Books and Authors to look out for at HBMF 13

Alex — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:38:58 +0000

There really are a million things you can do at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Misty and I often fret over, discuss, and plan out which speaking engagements each of us are going to attend. Unfortunately, even with …

Keiki Read Aloud Pavilion (HBMF 13)

Alex — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:16:11 +0000

New to the Hawaii Book & Music Festival this year and a very welcome addition is the Keiki Read Aloud Pavilion.

The Pavilion will be located at the end of the new Hawaii Publishers Village on the King Street side. Wally …

There’s an App for That (HBMF 13)

Alex — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:13:11 +0000

Riding on the technology wave, the Hawaii Book & Music Festival recently announced the release of official an HBMF smartphone app. The app is free and is available on both the Apple Store and Google Play. Ideally, this means that …

Sisters in Crime-Hawaii @ 2013 HBMF (Mini Book Reviews)

Misty — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:06:38 +0000

HBMF Note: Four SinC/Hawaii (Sisters In Crime- Hawaii) members, Laurie Hanan, Gene Parola, Ray Pace, and Gail Baugniet will give a panel discussion on Saturday entitled “Why Men Join Sisters in Crime” in the Author Pavilion Mauka at 1pm. They …

Hawaii Publishers Village (HBMF 13)

Alex — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:48:30 +0000

There are tons of things to do at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival. Being the book lovers that we are, we’d be remiss if we didn’t highly recommend for you attendees to check out the newly formed “Hawaii …

Hawai‘i, A Novel (Book Review)

Alex — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:25:16 +0000

HBMF Note: Mark Panek will be speaking at the Hawai‘i Music Book & Festival about his new book Hawai‘i on Saturday, May 18, 2PM at the Authors Pavilion Mauka. He will also participate in a Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities …

The Avalon Ladies Scrapbook Society by Darien Gee (Book Review)

Misty — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:01:44 +0000

*As originally read in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, with some additional comments and personal views.

Hawaii island author Darien Gee takes us to Avalon, a small Illinois town with no shortage of drama, in her latest novel, The Avalon …

2013 Ka Palapala Poʻokela WINNERS!

Alex — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:47:08 +0000

Every year around this time the Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association get together to celebrate the best in local publishing over the past year. It seemed fitting for Hawaiʻi’s biggest literary award night to be hosted at the Hawaii State Library which …

Why are the Ka Palapala Po’okela Awards so important?

Misty — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:50:52 +0000

So, I’ve been thinking about this for awhile and wanted to write a post about why the Ka Palapala Po’okela Awards are so important. But you snooze, you lose. The Hawaii Book Publisher’s Association put up an awesome video of …

Excellence in “Aloha from Across the Sea” (2013 KPP Awards)

Alex — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:00:42 +0000

The 2013 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards gala is fast approaching (Friday, May 10), and to generate excitement for the event as well as educate the public on the nominees, we will continue our tradition of doing a countdown of posts, highlighting the …