Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• TALESPINNERS FESTIVAL OF THE PACIFIC, four outstanding storytellers from Hawai'i and the Mainland kick off National Storytelling Month, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library, 3225 Salt Lake Blvd. 831-6831.

• "The authority of the beholder," talk by Dave Hickey, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Honolulu Academy of Arts Theatre, 900 S. Beretania St.; free; reception to follow. 532-8700

• FRIENDS OF LILIHA LIBRARY FALL SALE, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 17, Liliha Public Library, 1515 Liliha St.; classics to cookbooks, videos and tapes. 587-7577.

FOR WRITERS

• 11TH HONOLULU WRITERS CONFERENCE, with best-selling author of "legal thrillers," Perry O'Shaughnessy, A Warner Books editor and three literary agents, plus information about children's books and self-publishing, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, East-West Center, Jefferson Hall; $89 registration, students $60. 395-1161.

• HAWAI'I PACIFIC UNIVERSITY POETRY CONTEST: send three poems of fewer than 100 lines containing your name, address, phone number and/or e-mail and a five-line biography to the James M. Vaughan Award for Poetry, 1060 Bishop St., Suite 402, Honolulu, HI 96813; open only to Hawai'i residents; deadline Dec. 1; $500 prize, poem publication. 544-1107.

• 2001 PLAYWRITING CONTEST sponsored by Kumu Kahua Theatre and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa; resident and non-resident playwrights eligible for cash prizes; deadline Jan. 2, 2002; call to receive contest rules. 536-4222.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• PHOEBE BEACH and ARNOLD BITNER, co-authors of "Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks & Cuizine by Don the Beachcomber," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 17, Sam's Club. 732-1709

• Linda Ching to autograph her photography book, "Hawaiian Goddesses, 'Alua — Second Generation," noon-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Waikele; 2-3:30 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre. 591-8995

• SAM CHOY, author of "Sam Choy Woks the Wok" and "Kids," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers Bishop Street; noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Costco, Salt Lake; 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Costco, Waipio. 732-1709

• Jean Watanabe HEE, author of "Hawaii's Best Local Desserts," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today, Sam's Club; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Windward. 732-1709

• KENT KEITH, author of "The Paradoxical Commandments: Finding Personal Meaning In A Crazy World," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square. 528-2378

• DR. SEUNG HEUN (ILCHI) LEE, author of "Healing Society: A Prescription for Global Enlightenment," 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Unity Church, 3608 Diamond Head Circle; $20 advance tickets, $25 at the door; Chakra Healing Workshop 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Japanese Cultural Center, 2454 S. Beretania St., Mo'ili'ili; $25. 735-4436.

• CHRIS MCKINNEY, author of "The Tattoo" and "Queen of Tears," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sam's Club. 732-1709

• MACKINNON SIMPSON and JOHN BRIZDLE, authors of "Streetcar Days In Honolulu," noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Bookends Kailua. 732-0071

READERS GROUPS

• HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE READING GROUP meets 7:15 p.m. every Monday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• LITERATURE READERS GROUP meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre. 591-8995

• ROMANTIC BORDERS READERS GROUP meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre. 591-8995

• HAWAII FILM FANS meets 3 p.m. today at Borders, Ward Centre. 591-8995