Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• INTERACTIVE LITERATURE FESTIVAL, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, University of Hawai'i-Manoa Art Auditorium; teen readers can talk with guest authors and humanities scholars; to foster reading for pleasure in the community; for academic service-learning credit contact Lorna Hershinow: Kuykendall 726, 956-3081.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• MEET THE AUTHOR: KYOKO MORI, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Hawaii State Library, 478 S. King St.; reading from her latest novel "Stone Field, True Arrow"; free, free parking at 'Iolani Palace after 6 p.m. 586-3490.

• MARSHA HECKMAN, author of "Lei Aloha: Flower Lei of Hawai'i with Instructions," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square, Pauahi Tower.

• PRISCILLA TOLENTINO lee, co-author of "An Hour with the Queen: Lessons in Forgiveness and Grace," 2 p.m. today, Borders-Ward Centre.

• CHARLES RUBIN, author of "4-F Blues," discussing and signing his novel set in World War II Hollywood, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square, Pauahi Tower; also 3 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• VAN JAMES, author of "Spirit and Art — Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness," and "Ancient Sites of Oahu," noon Saturday, Borders-Ward Centre.

READERS GROUPS

• SCIENCE AND FANTASY FICTION READERS GROUP meets 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders-Ward Centre to discuss "Stations of the Tide," by Michael Swanwick.

• CONTEMPORARY FICTION GROUP meets 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall, to discuss Pauline Melville's "The Ventriloquist's Tale."

FOR WRITERS

• Original play festival seeking script submissions, any topic, three copies, typewritten, double spaced, numbered pages, bound; three performance-quality audio-tapes or CDs with voice tracks must accompany musicals. Winning plays will be staged; send to KAPA OPF IX, P.O. Box 5502, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745; deadline May 17. (808) 322-9924.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Saturday, Borders-Waikele; free.

• Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. today, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.

• Young Authors' Reading Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Borders-Waikele.

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