Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• FRIENDS OF WAIMANALO LIBRARY BOOK SALE, 1:30-3 p.m. Monday, 41-1320 Kalaniana'ole Highway. 259-9925.

• LOCAL TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL as told by master storyteller Jeff Gere, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Friday, The Arts at Marks Garage, 1159 Nu'uanu Ave.; $10 admission. 521-2903.

• HAWAII'S BEST SPOOKY TALES FESTIVAL featuring master storyteller Woody Fern, author Rick Carroll and 10 storytellers sharing their eerie encounters, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Outrigger Waikiki Hotel, 2335 Kalakaua Ave.; free. 921-6941.

FOR WRITERS

• WRITING RETREATS, for people interested in writing fiction, poetry, memoir, creative nonfiction and business correspondence in a creative setting, Windward Community College, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road, Kane'ohe, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, 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- Manoa; deadline Oct. 31. 554-4744.

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

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• SAM CHOY, author of "Sam Choy Woks the Wok," and "Kids," 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sam's Club.

• CARMEN GESHELL, author of "Muffin's Makapu'u Adventure," and "The Colors of a Rainbow," 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Mililani town Center; Muffin will also be on hand.

• GLEN GRANT, author of "Hawaii Looking Back," 11 a.m.-1 p.m.Saturday, Waldenbooks Windward; 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Costco Waipio.

• JEAN WATANABE HEE, author of "Hawaii's Best Local Desserts," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers; 12-1 p.m., Costco Salt Lake; 2-3 p.m., Costco Hawaii Kai.

• Jolie Jean Cotton and Christine Joy, author and illustrator of "Pua's Paniolo Parade," 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Native Books Ward Warehouse.

• CHRIS MCKINNEY, author of "The Tattoo," and "Queen of Tears," 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks Pearlridge.

READERS GROUPS

• Beginning Hawaiian Language classes 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall; free.

• 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.

• YOUNG READERS GROUP meets 3 p.m. the third Sunday of each month at Borders Ward Centre.

FOR KEIKI

• STORYTIME, infants and toddlers 10:15-10:30 a.m., preschoolers ages three and up 10:45 a.m. craft time, 11-11:30 a.m. storytime, Tuesday, Mililani Public Library, 95-450 Makaimoimo St. 627-7470.

• Children's Storytime, 10-10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Unity Church of Hawaii Bookstore, 3608 Diamond Head Circle; free. 735-4436 ext. 310.