Lit Beat
SPECIAL EVENTS
ALTERED BOOKS WORKSHOP, how to design and embellish books, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Rubber Stamp Plantation, 746 Ilaniwai St., Kaka'ako; $20 fee; also two-session workshop on how to create a Star Book for photos and keepsakes, learn to embellish pages and book covers; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Dec. 17; $40 fee. 591-2122.
FOR WRITERS
STAR POETS COMPETITION for students grades 3-12; 20 lines or less; entry forms at Starbucks stores on O'ahu, Maui and the Big Island; deadline Jan. 15. www.wcc.hawaii.edu.
RELIGIOUS POETRY
CONTEST, amateurs encouraged to enter, 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 103 N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, NJ 07036 or on-=line: www.rainbowpoets.com; $1,000 grand prize, other cash prizes; deadline Jan. 4.
"KICK-START YOUR NOVEL," four class, novel-writing workshop 6-9 p.m. Jan. 21-24; $250 fee;
"GHOST WRITING WORKSHOP," two-day class by Elizabeth Engstrom during which everyone will write a ghost story, 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 25 and 26; $150 fee, lunch included; location to be determined.
SIGNINGS/READINGS
LOUIS BALDOVI, author of "A Foxhole View: Personal Accounts of Hawaii's Korean War Veterans," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Bestsellers, 1001 Bishop St., 138 Pauahi Tower.
COBEY BLACK, author of "Hawaii Scandal," 2 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Na Mea Hawaii, 851 Fort Street Mall.
PATRICK CHING, author/illustrator of "The Tale of Rabbit Island," noon-1 p.m. today, Waldenbooks, Windward; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Island Treasures at the Marina, Koko Marina Center. 396-8827.
DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ & JODI ENDO CHAI, author of "The Omiyage Book, Island Gifts To Go," noon-1 p.m. today, Borders, Waikele; 2-3 p.m. today, Borders, Ward Centre; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers, downtown; 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Waldenbooks, Kahala Mall; 3-4 p.m. Dec. 15, Waldenbooks, Pearlridge.
DENBy FAWCETT, TV news reporter and author of "War Torn: Stories from War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam," noon Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre.
JODI FUKUMOTO, author of "The Guide to Hawaiian Style Money Folds," autograph session and demonstration, 1:30-2:30 p.m. today, Native Books & Beautiful Things, Ward Warehouse; also, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Na Mea Hawaii, 851 Fort Street Mall; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Bestsellers, downtown.; 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Waikele.
CARMEN GESHELL, author of "Muffin's Makapu'u Adventure," 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Pearlridge Uptown.
ELAINE MASTERS, TAMMY YEE and MALIA ELLIOT, author, illustrator and songwriter respectively of "Lullaby Moon," 1-2 p.m. today, Waldenbooks, Ala Moana Center; Masters and Yee, noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Windward; noon Dec. 15, Borders, Ward Centre; 4-5 p.m. Dec. 15, Borders, Waikele.
JOAN NAMKOONG, author of "Go Home, Cook Rice," 4 p.m. Dec. 15, Borders, Ward Centre.
JEFF PAGAY, illustrator of "How fo Surf," "Kama'aina Gecko" and "Footloose the Mongoose," noon-1 p.m. today, Waldenbooks, Windward; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Island Treasures at the Marina, Koko Marina Center. 396-8827.
KIM TAYLOR REECE, creator of "Hula I Ka La: Dance in the Sun," and his 2003 calendar of classics, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square; noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Ala Moana Center; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 15, Pictures Plus, Ward.
ROBERTA WONG, author of "Hawaiian Lei in Crochet," autograph session and demonstration, 1:30-2:30 p.m. today, Native Books & Beautiful Things, Ward Warehouse; also, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Na Mea Hawaii, 851 Fort Street Mall; 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Ben Franklin, Market City.; 2-3 p.m. Dec. 15, Borders, Ward Centre.
FOR KEIKI
Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele; free.
Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 11 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.
Keiki Storytime, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Children's Amphitheater, Borders, Ward Centre; free.
