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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, July 14, 2002

Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • Magic Show by magician Mike Ching, 3 p.m. Monday, Liliha Public Library; free. 587-7577.

FOR WRITERS

  • Bamboo Ridge Press is accepting submissions by Korean Americans for Korean centennial journal; up to seven poems, three prose pieces (15 pages max.) or historical writings as early as 1903; mail to P.O. Box 61781, Honolulu, HI 96839; deadline Aug. 31.
  • Maui Writers Conference, five days of workshops, keynote and panel presentations, and more, Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Outrigger Wailea Resort; also intensive classes at the Maui Writers Retreat, Aug. 23-28 are available for an additional fee. Call for brochure: (808) 879-0061 or visit www. mauiwriters.com.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

  • John Elray, author of "Khalifah," an historical novel set in the early years of the Muslim empire that stretched from Egypt to Persia, 3 p.m. today, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Kahala Mall.
  • John Hoover, author of "Hawaii's Fishes, Hanauma Bay, Hawaii's Underwater Paradise," noon Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre.
  • Gary Kraftsow, author of "Yoga for Transformation," 7 p.m. Friday, Barnes & Noble.
  • Paul Pearsall, author of "Toxic Success," noon Saturday, Barnes & Noblel.
  • Van James, author of "Ancient Sites of Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i," 2 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble.

FOR KEIKI

  • Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele; free.
  • Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.
  • Young Authors' Reading Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.
  • Kids' Story Corner, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Children's Amphitheater, Borders, Ward Centre; free.

READERS GROUPS

  • Beginning Hawaiian Language classes 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes & Noble; free.
  • Young Readers Group meets 3 p.m. today, Borders, Ward Centre.
  • Young Author's Reading Group, grades 1-6,10 a.m. Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.