The Hawaiian Survival Handbook (Book review)
Survival and preparedness guides have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, becoming a part of pop culture with the broadcast of reality shows like Doomsday Preppers and apocalyptic dramas...
View ArticleA Booklist to Honor the Goddess Pele
The Puna region of Hawaiʻi is having a tough a year. Hurricane Iselle seemed to do her worst there, crippling businesses and residents for weeks without power and water. And just when things started to...
View Article2014 Hawaii Book Publishers Holiday SALE!
After the loss of BORDERS Bookstores and the recent closing of the Kahala Mall Barnes & Noble, there are fewer opportunities to properly peruse through the latest Hawai’i books. Even at the Hawai’i...
View ArticleNew books from Mutual and BeachHouse for Fall 2014
This Saturday is the Hawaii Book Publisher Association’s Holiday Book Fair, and in anticipation of this sale we wanted to highlight some of the new books coming out from Mutual Publishing and...
View ArticleWatermark Publishing’s GIVABLE Gift Baskets
Kau Kau Cuisine gift set Are you looking for that perfect present for the holidays? Watermark Publishing just might have what you are looking for. Watermark is known locally for the production value...
View ArticleCelebrate 35 Years with Bamboo Ridge Press
Bamboo Ridge Press has been an institution in the local literary world for the past thirty-five years, spanning 104 issues sharing the work of over 900 different authors. Every year, the publisher...
View Article2015 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award Nominees
It’s our favorite time of year again… the Hawaiʻi Book Publisher’s Association‘s Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards celebrating books published the previous year. Here are the nominees in each category:...
View Article2015 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award Winners
Tonight the Hawai’i Book Publisher’s Association hosted the 2015 Ka Palapala Poʻokela Awards at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. There were a lot of greats books in the...
View ArticleHBMF2015: Ten Favorite Photos Through the Years
This weekend will mark the Tenth Annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival. For ten years, the musicians, dancers, authors, booksellers, food vendors and volunteers have worked towards making this the...
View ArticleHBMF2015: Writing da Tail
WRITING DA TAIL 2015 Mahalo to everyone who wrote a sentence and participated in our collaborative community story at the 2015 Hawaii Book and Music Festival. Our “sequel” wasn’t quite as long as the...
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