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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, October 14, 2001

Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• NATIONAL TEEN READ WEEK, featuring Lee Tonouchi, author of "Da Word," speaking 6:30 p.m. Monday at Mililani Public Library, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hawai'i State Library-Young Adult Section, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 'Ewa Beach Public & School Library and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Hawai'i Kai Public Library; free, for grade seven through adult. 586-3490.

• NATIVE BOOKS KAPALAMA'S EDUCATORS' SALE, hard to find local gems for teachers, librarians and book lovers, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1244 N. School St., next to Helena's Hawaiian Food. 845-8949.

• FRIENDS OF WAIMANALO LIBRARY BOOK SALE, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-3 p.m. Oct. 22, 41-1320 Kalaniana'ole Highway. 259-9925.

• HAWAI'I BOOK PUBLISHERS KAPALAPALA PO'OKELA AWARDS, celebrating the best books from local publishers, 5 p.m. Friday, Hawai'i State Library, with guest speaker, Chris McKinney, author of "Tattoo." 525-0280.

• HAWAII'S BEST SPOOKY TALES FESTIVAL featuring master story teller Woody Fern, author Rick Carroll and 10 storytellers sharing their eerie encounters with Madame Pele, night marchers and other spirits, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach Hotel, 2335 Kalakaua Ave.; free. 921-6941.


FOR WRITERS

• FIRST ANNUAL BAMBOO RIDGE WRITERS INSTITUTE, featuring Hawai'i authors, poets, playwrights and film makers; readings by 19 authors from their works, 7:30 p.m. Friday, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Campus Center Ballroom; free; conference panels and workshops, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Campus Center; $50 registration, $40 additional for Master Workshops; early registration recommended, forms at www.bambooridge.com. 988-2500.

• WRITING RETREATS, for people interested in writing fiction, poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction and business correspondence in a creative setting, Windward Community College, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road, Kane'ohe, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 27, Hale Alaka'i, Nov. 17, Hale Kuhina; $5 per session. 235-7433, 235-7400.

• 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., Nov. 3, 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.

• MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Hawaii Chapter; six typed, double-spaced pages with, one inch margins, one page plot summary for novels; author's name, address, phone and e-mail on title page, name and page number on all pages; $30 reading fee, checks payable to SCBWI-Hawaii, enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope, send to SCBWI Manuscript Review c/o N. Mower, Children's Literature Hawaii, English Department, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; deadline Oct. 31. 554-4744.


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.

ROMANTIC BORDERS READERS GROUP meets 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.

HAWAII FILM FANS meets 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.


FOR KEIKI

• SEASIDE STORIES, Pacific Whale Foundation's craft and storytime for children, ages 4-10, 11 a.m.-noon, Saturday and Oct. 27, Borders, Kahului, Maui; free. 879-8860.

• 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.

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

• Young Author's Sharing Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.