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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 …

Book End: Weekend of February 10, 2012

Alex — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:12 +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 Blogger Holiday Swap 2011 gifts!

Alex — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:00 +0000

First and foremost, I want to apologize for the tardiness of this post. The Book Blogger Holiday Swap happened in December, and it was two days before Christmas that I received my package. I excitedly opened it and came out …

Huki Links: February 7, 2012

Alex — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:17:55 +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 …

The Lost Art of Letter Writing: The Month of Letters Challenge

Misty — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:43:27 +0000

Novelist author Mary Robinette Kowal is bringing stationery back through a month long challenge to revive the art and practice of letter writing. February 1st marked the launch of “A Month of Letters Challenge.” Kowal hopes that writers …