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 we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share them via comments or contact us!
[gn_divider]Links covering the week of November 28 – December 5, 2011*
Self Love
–VOTE for our very own Misty to be the next great children’s book author!! She has two stories you can vote for…just click on the LIKE button on the page (yes, you need to be logged in to Facebook). The two stories are: Mother Hubbard’s Mysterious Cupboard and Rainbow Toes. If she wins, a whole library of e-books will be donated to Moanalua Elementary School.
-Leʻaleʻa mākou i ka holo ʻana i ke kaʻa hau lio hoʻokahi. [ʻŌlelo of the Day]
-Learning to play the ukulele? Why not check out this awesome shirt from our shop? [HBB Shop]
Hawaii Literary
-The 2011 Maui News Book Guide has a Valley Isle adventure for everyone. [The Maui News]
-Is the sun setting on Maui book lovers? Read this fine article by Anthony Pignataro, the author of Small Island. [maui time]
-Book Launch & Signings for KAPOHO. First one is this Wednesday! [Watermark Publishing blog]
-LocusPoint: Honolulu. The place for poetry. Craig Santos Perez says, “Hawaii is an exciting place to be a poet.” [LocusPoint]
-Enjoy reading? 5 hot books to give or receive—features Toby Neal, whose Blood Orchids is a new mystery/crime novel set in Hawaiʻi. [ABC15]
-Not Hawaiʻi based, but about Hawaiʻi. Fortune column, The Weekly Read, takes a look at new book Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, The Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler. [CNNMoney]
-Save the dates! The Hawaii Preparatory Academy will host two author events featuring poet Garrett Hongo and Capt. Charles Moore. [Hawaii 24/7]
-Review of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii by Patricia Jennings. [Maui Time]
-Hawaiʻi Library list highlights season’s readings. [Star-Advertiser] (requires subscription)
-UH Press Authors Advise The Descendants. [UH Press News]
-A Visit with Ruth Mabanglo, Professor of Filipino and Philippines Literature. [Hawaiʻi Public Radio]
-Political scientist rebuts myth of Puerto Rican natives’ extinction in new book The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extinction. [University of Hawaiʻi System]
-Radio show discussion on The Last Queen of Hawaii w/ guest Julia Flynn Siler. [WBUR]
General Literary
-Help YALSA give books to teens this holiday season with a matching gift! [american libraries]
-The 10 Best Books of 2011. [New York Times]
-40 Inspiring Quotes About Reading From Writers. [Flavorwire]
-Book Blogging Hit the Wall – William Morrow Blogger Notice. [LA Times]
-A book jacket. Literally. [HBB Tumblr]
-Michael Crichton and Richard Preston’s Micro is a thriller about science gone wrong. [SFGate]
-How to Read Haruki Murakami. [The Daily Beast]
-The Worst Book Ever is ‘Microwave for One.’ [Publishers Weekly]
-A Peek Inside the Libraries of Famous Writers. [Flavorwire]
-If you’re reading this today (Monday), support UH Press with #unipress on Twitter. [Galleycat]
-Sirra’s 7th collection of writing tips from Twitter. [Sirra]
Off Topic News & Fun
-UH constitutional law professor Jon Van Dyke dies. [Star-Advertiser]
-Local boy’s Christmas wish: Collect 5,000 letters to grant other wishes. [KITV4]
-Mahna mahna! 15 Muppets Auditioning for Other Roles. [Mental Floss]
-Hawaii Country Major Billy Kenoi proclaims December as “Think Local, Buy Local” month. [KPUA]
-Paper Models! What’s your favorite? [papermodelz.info]
-Cupcake necklaces? [iKandy Hawaii]
Special December 7 Links
-Pearl Harbor survivors share stories of attack. [Boston.com]
-“This is probably one of the first planes shot at during the attack” [KVAL]
-Pearl Harbor weather history. [Baltimore Sun]
-Pearl Harbo[u]r memo shows US warned of Japanese attack. [Telegraph]
-Bombing of Pearl Harbor changed individual lives, a nation’s outlook and world history. [Poughkeepsie Journal]
–Pearl Harbor Christmas looks at the preparation of Christmas in the world of 1941. [Deseret News]
Huh?
-Woman slams dead raccoon into Vermont city building. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
-The best drink you can ever have. [Lileks] [gn_divider]
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
