Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

FOR WRITERS

• Life-story workshop, seven week course in spiritual autobiography with Philip Damon, writer and retired University of Hawai'i professor, Saturdays, March 30-May 11, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Tenrikyo Honolulu-Ko Church, 349 N. Judd St., Nu'uanu; $100. 988-2177.

• National league of american pen women conference 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 20, Tokai University Pacific Center, 2241 Kapi'olani Blvd.; keynote address by Marcia Preston, editor/publisher of "Byline" magazine, other guests include, Victoria Kneubuhl, Rita Ariyoshi and David Eyre; $65 fee by Saturday, thereafter $75, lunch included. 988-6639.

• Vivian Greene, author and creator of "Kisses" comic strip, workshop on fashioning your life and obtaining prosperity, 4-7 p.m. April 24, Honolulu Club, 932 Ward Ave.; pre-registration $35, $50 at the door, scholarships available. 543-3974, 923-5477.

• The 2002 Loren Tarr Gill writing competition: 2,000 words of fiction or non-fiction or 40 lines of poetry, author's name on cover sheet, $5 per submission, send to Jo Judy, 1511 Nu'uanu Ave. No. 61, Honolulu, HI 96817, deadline April 1, cash prizes, send self-addressed, stamped envelope for more information, sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women.

• 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.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• Pam Chun, author of the biographical novel, "The Money Dragon," based on the life of L. Ah Leong, founder of Honolulu's Chinatown, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square.

READERS GROUPS

• Science Fiction Fantasy and Readers Group meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre.

• Henri Nouwen Monthly Reading Group, 7 p.m. Thursday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• The other reading group, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Borders, Waikele.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and a special storytime with Raggedy Andy, 11 a.m. Saturday, Borders, Waikele; free.

• Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 2:30 p.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. Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.

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