Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

STORYTELLER DAN KELIN to tell tales of the Marshall Islands, 6:30-7:20 p.m. Monday, Mililani Pubic Library, 95-450 Makaimoimo St.; part of Family Story Time, for school age audience and up; 3 p.m. Wednesday, Kane'ohe Public Library, 45-829 Kamehameha Highway; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library, 3225 Salt Lake Blvd.

WAHIAWA LIBRARY SPRING USED BOOK SALE, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 5, 820 California Ave., special events room next to parking lot. 621-2386.

McCULLY-MO'ILI'ILI PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE is accepting donations for an ongoing book sale; 2211 South King St.; hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. 973-1099.

FESTIVAL FOR TEEN READERS, for students from grade six to college age; 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 list). Free. Lunch: $5 by pre-order. Registration required: Lorna Hershinow, 239-9726 (lornah@lava.net).

SIGNINGS/READINGS

ANNETTE TAGAWA and MIKE YAMAMOTO, co-authors of "Hawaii's Native & Exotic Freshwater Animals," 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 19, Bestsellers downtown. 734-4094.

JAY MARTIN will read from "Journey to Heavenly Mountain," his account of the time he spent as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in southern China, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Krauss Hall, Yukiyoshi Room; slide show also; free. 956-6052.

Correction: The Wahiawa Library Book sale will take place May 5. An incorrect date was given in a previous version of this column.