Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Hawaiian Historical Society Annual Open House and Book Sale, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Mission Houses Museum grounds, 560 Kawaiaha'o St.

• Annual Christmas Tea, featuring Lee Tonouchi, author of "Da Word," 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wahiawa Public Library Special Events Room; free. 622-6345.

FOR WRITERS

• 24th Annual International Haiku Writing Contest, $1 entry fee, deadline Dec. 20, for entry rules send self-addressed, stamped envelope to HEA International Haiku Contest, 1649 Kapi'olani Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96826.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• Augie and Lanai, authors of "Lanai and Augie's Joke of the Day," 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Windward Mall Stage; 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Borders Waikele; 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Borders Ward Centre.

• Linda Ching, author of "Hawaiian Goddesses: 'Alua-Second Generation," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers Bishop Square; 5-7 p.m. Friday, Bishop Museum, Twilight Craft Fair.

• Sam Choy, author of "Sam Choy Woks the Wok," and "Sam Choy's Cooking With Kids," noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Star Market Mo'ili'ili; 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Star Market Kahala.

• Donovan Dela Cruz and Jodi Endo Chair, co-authors of "The Puka Guide," 12:30-1:30 p.m. tomorrow, Bestsellers Hawaii, Bishop Street; 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Mililani Town Center; 5:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Pearlridge Center.

• John Clark, author of "Hawai'i Place Names," 6-7 p.m. Dec. 16, Native Books and Beautiful Things, Ware Warehouse.

• Kerry Germaine, author of "Surf's Up For Kimo," noon today, Borders Waikele.

• Glen Grant, author of "Hawaii Looking Back," noon-1 p.m. Friday, Native Books and Beautiful Things, Merchant Street; 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Pearlridge.

• Mary Koski, author of "The Stowaway Fairy Goes to Japan," p.m. Saturday, Borders Waikele.

• Bonnie Louise Kuchler, creator of "Just Moms," noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Kahala Mall.

• Dennis Kunkel, author of "Hidden Worlds: Looking Through A Scientist's Microscope," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Bestsellers Bishop Square.

• MacKinnon Simpson and John Brizdle, co-authors of "Streetcar Days in Honolulu," 1 p.m. today, Native Books, Ward Centre; 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Pearlridge.

• Joan Namkoong, author of "Go Home, Cook Rice: A Guide to Buying and Cooking the Fresh Foods of Hawai'i," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers Bishop Square.

• Fred Van Dyke, author of "Once Upon Abundance: Coming of age in California and Hawaii," 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Windward Mall; 5-6 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Waikiki Shopping Plaza.

• Cedric Yamanaka, author of "In Good Company," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Bestsellers Bishop Square; noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Native Books, Merchant Street; 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Native Books, Ward Warehouse.