Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• LILIHA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 1515 Liliha St., between Vineyard St. and the freeway; popular fiction and nonfiction $1.50 to $3; bags of 50 romance novels for $5; Nora Roberts novels 50 cents; children's books 25 cents; CD's and tapes $1; and videos $2. Also available are textbooks, Encyclopedia Britannica, teaching aids, baseball cards, cookbooks, Hawaiiana and travel guides.
• KEIKI FAIR: Children's book readings Saturday at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall: 1 p.m. by Jade Moon for Island Heritage; 2 p.m. by Jolie Jean Cotton, Advertiser writer and author of "Pua's Paniolo Parade"; 2:30 p.m. by Joy Au, author of "Paniolo Pete & the Wild Pua'a"; and a demonstration 11:30 a.m. next Sunday by Jodi Fukumoto, author of "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Origami." 564-8909.

FOR WRITERS

• Maui Writers Conference, five days of workshops, keynote and panel presentations and more, scheduled for Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Outrigger Wailea Resort; . Call for brochure: (808) 879-0061 or visit the Web site: mauiwriters.com
• SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT BY BAMBOO RIDGE PRESS for its Korean centennial edition; up to seven poems, three prose pieces, 15-page maximum short stories and essays, excerpts from plays, novels or memoirs or post 1903 historical writings; copies only to P.O. Box 61781, Honolulu, HI 96839-1781; deadline Aug. 31. 626-1481.

SIGNINGs/READINGS

• Alan Lum, author of "Feng Shui For Lunch," noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre; noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 17, Borders, Waikele.
• Roberta Wong, author of "Hawaiian Lei in Crochet," 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, 1001 Bishop St., Pauahi Tower; also 10 a.m. Saturday, Ben Franklin, Mapunapuna.

READERS GROUPS

• Literature Readers Group, meets 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Borders, Ward Centre.
• Beginning Hawaiian Language class, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall; free.
• Romantic Borders Readers Group, meets 7 p.m. next Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre.
• Hawaii Film Fans meet 3 p.m. today, Borders, Ward Centre.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Saturday, Borders, Waikele; free.
• Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 2:30 p.m. today, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Saturday, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.
• Kids' Story Corner, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Children's Amphitheater, Borders, Ward Centre; free.