Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• WORDSTEW POETRY NIGHT, featured performance by poet Kathryn Waddell Takara, dancer/choreographer Adele Chu and drummer Kim Duffett, with an open mic, 7:30-10 p.m., Monday, The ARTS at Mark's Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., downtown; $1 donation if you read, $3 if you don't; call Jesse Lipman. 842-1390.

• CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS CONFERENCE with speakers Michele Coppola, editor, Clarion Books; and children's books authors Martha Alexander, Lisa Matsumoto and James Rumford, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Pacific Beach Hotel, 2490 Kalakaua Ave., Waikiki; $75 fee, lunch included, SCBWI members $65; vegetarian meals available by advance request; registration deadline Saturday; checks payable to SCBWI, send to SCBWI-Hawaii, 4224 Wai'alae Ave. #493, Honolulu, HI 96816. 554-4744.

• DONATIONS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS in good condition being accepted by Sept. 27 at University of Hawai'i English Department, Manoa, The Waldorf School, Niu Valley or by calling 956-7559 or 373-9522, for the upcoming Children's Literature Hawaii's annual Children's Used Book Sale, to be held Oct. 6.

• McCULLY-MO'ILI'ILI PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE is accepting donations for book sale; 2211 S. King St. 973-1099.

• MILILANI PUBLIC LIBRARY CLOSED for interior painting, possibly until Sept. 17; book drop to remain open; ; call 586-3652 to renew books.

FOR WRITERS

• 'Olelo Hawai'i, Hawaiian language lessons by Kalama Cabigon of the Hawaiian Language Resource Center, 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

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; this month "Painted Lady" by Barbara Metzger will be discussed.

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

SHAKESPEARE ON SUNDAY reading "Hamlet" at 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall, 4211 Wai'alae Ave. 737-3323.

FOR KEIKI

• 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.