Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

FESTIVAL FOR TEEN READERS, students from grade six to college-age join with literature circle mentors, authors and professionally trained readers to discuss novels, short stories, plays and poems, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. April 28 UH-Manoa Art Auditorium. Festival guests: Authors Orson Scott Card, Namoi Shihab Nye, Ian MacMillan, Wing Tek Lum, Kathleen Tyau, Gary Pak, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Yokanaan Kearns, Lisa Kane and Lee Tonouchi. Teens who attend must have read two books from an assigned list (call or e-mail for book list). Free. Lunch: $5 by pre-order. Registration required: Lorna Hershinow, 239-9726 (lornah@lave.net).

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY celebration, 3 p.m. Friday, Waipahu Library; students of SOAR (Society of Avid Readers) Book Club from Waipahu High School will present stories of Dr. Seuss.

FUND-RAISING EVENT, by the Pacific War Memorial Association, featuring James Bradley, author of "Flags of Our Fathers," 6 p.m. March 16, Hilton Hawaiian Village. Reception and dinner will be followed by reading and book-singing by Bradley. The association is attempting to construct an Iwo Jima memorial in Hawai‘i. Tickets: $100; 422-9404 or e-mail navyleague@aol.com Information: www.pacificwarmemorial.org

FOR WRITERS

ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA, with guest speaker Myrna Ashby discussing "Family Maps: the Shortest Distance Between a Character’s Back Story and Life on the Page," 10 a.m. Saturday at the ‘Aina Haina Library. Guests welcome. Information: Sally Sorenson, 739-7722.

READINGS

MARK MCMORRIS, poet, whose most recent collection is "The Black Reeds," 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28, UH-Manoa, Kuykendall Hall 410; also, how-to poetry workshop, 2:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Kuykendall Hall 410. Information: Juliana Spahr, 956-3015, js@lava.net

TISA BRYANT, author of the chapbook "Tzimmes," 1:30 p.m. March 14, UH-Manoa, Kuykendall Hall 410; also, how-to writing workshop, 2:30-5 p.m. March 14, Kuykendall Hall 410. Information: 956-3015, js@lava.net

ELLEN GOODMAN, Pulitzer-winning columnist and associate editor of the Boston Globe, 8:30 p.m. March 10, The Lodge at Ko‘ele, Lana‘i. Free. Hotel reservations: 1-800-321-4666.

BOOK SIGNINGS

MacKinnon Simpson and John Brizdle, authors of "Streetcar Days in Honolulu," 1 p.m. today, Waldenbooks Kahala Mall; 12:20 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers Bishop Square.

JODY FUKUMOTO, author of "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Origami," 5 p.m. Friday, Ben Franklin, 2810 Pa‘a St.

LYNNE ROSSETTO kasper, author of "The Splendid Table" and "The Italian Country Table," 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Borders Ward Centre.

ELLE CROWE AND BARBARA KAMILLE, author and photographer of "The Littlest Paniolo," 2:30 p.m. March 10, Barnes & Noble Kahala.

LOIS-ANN YAMANAKA, author of "Father of the Four Passages," 3 p.m. Saturday, Borders Ward Centre.

READING GROUPS

Hawaiian Language Reading Group, read and discuss works in Hawaiian with Kalama Cabigon of the Hawaiian Language Resource Center, 7:15 p.m. every Monday, Barnes and Noble, Kahala Mall.

Multicultural Readers Group, meets 6:30-8 p.m., fourth Monday of each month, 1802 Ke‘eaumoku St., American Association of University Women.

African-American Literary Book Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., second and fourth Mondays monthly, First Hawaiian Tower, 1132 Bishop St., No. 1404; Reservations: 528-5037.

Literature Readers Group, 7 p.m., second Tuesday of each month, Borders Ward Centre. 263-8091.

Chateaubriand Book Study Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Golden Phoenix, 1251-B South King St. 593-1249.

Bestsellers Reading Group, 7 p.m., second Wednesday of each month, Borders Waikele.

Romantic Borders, 7 p.m., second Thursday of each month, Borders Ward Centre. Romance Readers Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., second Thursday of each month, Borders Waikele.

FOR KEIKI

Dear America club, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes & Noble Kahala; discuss "I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl," by Joyce Hansen.

Children’s Storytime, 10-10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Unity Church of Hawai‘i Bookstore, 3608 Diamond Head Circle. 735-4436, ext. 310.

Storytime, 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays with craft and storytime, 10:30 a.m. every Thursday; 2:30 p.m. every Saturday, 2:30 p.m. every Sunday, Barnes & Noble Kahala. 737-3323.

Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays;

Pajama Storytime with the Mouse, 7 p.m. Friday, Borders Waikele.

Young Author’s Sharing Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday, Borders Waikele.

Kids’ Story Corner 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Keiki Storytime/Kids Kraft Korner, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Children’s Amphitheater, Borders Ward Centre.

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