Hawaii Book Blog

Library Round-Up; 2/26/12

Alex — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:19:32 +0000

Pahala Public Library re-opened

Pahala Public and School Library, located at 96-3150 Pikake Street on the campus of Kaʻu High and Pahala Elementary Schools on the Big Island, reopened to the public on February 23rd.

The library will resume its regular …

Book End: Weekend of February 24, 2012

Alex — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:42:48 +0000

It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events. Hope everyone has …

Native American Author Visits Oahu

Alex — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:25:44 +0000

Exciting new Native-American author, Gyasi Ross, will be visiting Oʻahu and reading from his new book of short stories and poems about contemporary Native-Americans titled Don’t Know Much About Indians (but i wrote a book about us anyways). …

Book Review: The North Shore of Oʻahu by Joseph Kennedy

Alex — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:40:40 +0000

The Image of America series from Arcadia Publishing is a prolific series of short, accessible books filled with vintage photographs that chronicle the small towns, neighborhoods, downtowns and communities across the United States. There are over 5,800 books in the …

Huki-Links: February 20, 2012

Alex — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:16:34 +0000

Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post.

The best part of the “huki” is that …

Book End: Weekend of February 17, 2012

Alex — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:27:05 +0000

It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi.

Support our local literary scene and our local libraries by attending these events. Hope everyone has …

Book Review: Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens

Misty — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:41:48 +0000

One of Hawai‘i’s well known feng shui practitioners and design consultants, Clear Englebert, is back with a new book to help you focus and strengthen your energy flow in Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens: The Flow of Chi …

Keiki Book Review: That’s NOT What Grandpas Are For

Alex — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:37:25 +0000

After the rousing success of That’s NOT What Grandmas Are For, author Jenniffer Welliver continues her series of children’s picture books with That’s NOT What Grandpas Are For (Pacific Raven Press, 2011).

Grandpas is a 23-page children’s …

Huki-Links: February 13, 2012

Alex — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:47:24 +0000

Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post.

The best part of the “huki” is that …

Month of Letters Challenge- Week 1: Mark Twain in Hawaii

Misty — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:11:58 +0000

Before he was a famous novelist, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was a journalist sent to Hawai‘i on assignment for the California newspaper The Sacramento Union. In 1866 he was to spend four months in the Sandwich Isles and report back his findings …