Spotlight on Hawaii authors–who to see at the 6th Annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival

by Alex on May 14, 2011
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No doubt some of the biggest crowds and longest lines will be found waiting to see Rosanne Barr, Sarah Vowell and Maya Soetoro Ng, but that doesn’t mean you should overlook some of the excellent author discussions that will be …

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Photo Gallery: Book Events 11/20/10

by Alex on November 22, 2010
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One of our missions here at Hawaii Book Blog is to help promote local literacy events such as book fairs, library programs and book signings.  We enjoy going to these and want to ensure that as many people out there …

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Book Review: Tweakerville

by Alex on November 18, 2010
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A few weeks ago in one of my Friday Book Beginnings I wrote about a new novel, Tweakerville by Alexei Melnick.  In my post I mentioned the unique narration; the harsh, almost unnerving attention to detail of drug culture; …

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Book Beginnings on Friday

by Alex on October 8, 2010
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Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re …

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