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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, April 15, 2001



Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• FRIENDS OF WAHIAWA LIBRARY BOOK SALE, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 5, Wahiawa Public Library, 820 California Ave., special events room. 621-2386,

• HUMANITIES DISCUSSION, with author Orson Scott Card, 7 p.m. April 25, State Library, 478 S. King St.

• McCULLY-MO'ILI'ILI PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE is accepting donations for book sale; 2211 S. King St. 973-1099.

• 'Olelo Hawai'i, Hawaiian language lessons by Kalama Cabigon of the Hawaiian Language Resource Center, 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes and Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

• 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. 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).

FOR WRITERS

• POETRY CONTEST, 21 lines or less, with name and address, to Celestial Arts, P.O. Box 1140, Talent, OR 97540; $1,000 grand prize; free; deadline May 1, 2001.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

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

• READINGS FROM "DA WORD," by Lee A. Tonouchi, 8 p.m. with 7:30 p.m. Thursday reception, UH-Manoa, Campus Center ballroom; also, Q&A with the author, noon Friday, UH-Manoa bookstore; signing 7 p.m. Friday, Borders-Ward Centre. 626-1481.

• A CELEBRATION OF BEATRICE KRAUSS, with Martha Noyes ("Plants in Hawaiian Medicine,"), 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Native Books & Beautiful Things — Merchant St.; 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, BookEnds, Kailua and 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Native Books & Beautiful Things — Ward Warehouse.