Books
Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Book sale, by the Friends of the Waipahu Library, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Waipahu Library. Donations of books, CDs, cassettes and videos may be dropped off during library hours; the library is at 94-275 Mokuola St.

FOR WRITERS

• Hawai'i Pacific University Poetry Contest: Send three poems of fewer than 100 lines with 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-Manoa; resident and non-resident playwrights eligible for cash prizes; deadline Jan. 2, 2002; call to receive contest rules. 536-4222.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• Augie and Lanai, authors of "Augie and Lanai's Joke of the Day," 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 9, Windward Mall Stage, Kane'ohe.

• Phoebe Beach, author of "Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks and Cuisine by Don the Beachcomber," 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Pearlridge.

• Linda Ching, author of "Hawaiian Goddesses, 'Alua — Second Generation," 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Cook's Discoveries, 64-5246 Iokua St., Kamuela, Hawai'i. 885-7502.

• Sam Choy, author of "Sam Choy Woks the Wok," and "Sam Choy's Cooking With Kids," 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, Hickam Aloha; 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Navy Exchange; noon-1 p.m. next Sunday, Borders, Waikele.

• Carmen Geshel, author of "Muffin's Makapu'u Adventure," 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Pearlridge Uptown; 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Windward Mall.

• Glen Grant, author of "Hawaii Looking Back," 2:30 p.m. today, Waldenbooks, Kahala Mall.

• Jean Watanabe Hee, author of "Hawaii's Best Local Desserts," 3-4 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• Kimberly Jackson, author of "Humu, the Little Fish Who Wished Away His Colors," and Yuko Green, illustrator of many children's books, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Giggles Children's Books, Kona, Hawai'i.

• Chris McKinney, author of "The Tattoo," and "The Queen of Tears," 7-8 p.m. Friday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• Ed Rampell and Luis Reyes, co-authors of "Pearl Harbor in the Movies, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Arizona Memorial; 5 p.m. next Sunday, Hilton Hawaiian Village, 7-9 p.m., History Channel Night presentations; 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Arizona Memorial.

• MacKinnon Simpson and John Brizdle, co-authors of "Streetcar Days in Honolulu: Breezing Through Paradise," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers-Bishop Square; 2 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Kahala Mall.

• Keith Steiner, author of "Hawai'i's Early Territorial Days: Viewed from Vintage Postcards by Island Curio," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers-Bishop Square; noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Borders-Ward Centre; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. next Sunday, Sam's Club and 3-4 p.m. next Sunday, Waldenbooks, Kahala Mall.

• Tammy Yee, author of "Baby Honu's Incredible Journey," "Baby Honu Saves the Day," "The Castle that Kai Built," "Iki the Littlest Opihi" and "Island Style Alphabet," noon Sunday, Borders, Ward Centre.

BONNIE LOUISE KUCHLER, author of "just Moms," noon, Saturday, Borders Books & Music-Waikele.

SAM CHOY, author of "Sam Choy Woks the Wok" and "Sam Choy's Cooking With Kids," noon, Dec. 2, Borders Books & Music Waikele.

CAROLYN HAN, author of "Ponopono," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks-Hilo.

SKI KWIATKOWSKI, free two-part slide show on 'Hawaiian Petroglyphs" and "Hawaiian Tattoos," subjects of his two books; petroglyphs will be covered at 11:30 a.m. Friday and tattoos at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Hawai'i State Library Hawai'i and Pacific Room.

READERS GROUPS

• Science Fiction & Fantasy Readers Group, meets 7 p.m. the last Thursday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.

• Henri Nouwen Monthly Reading Group, 7 p.m., the last Thursday of each month, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

• Hawaii Film Fans, meets 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele; free.

• Kids Story Corner, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Children's Amphitheater, Borders, Ward Centre; free.

• Barnes & Noble Craft and Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.