Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Waipahu Public Library celebrates its 50th anniversary with speeches and a blessing, storytelling, prizes, 3-5 p.m. Wednesday at the library, 94-275 Makuola St., Waipahu; free. 675-0358.
• Public libraries on each island will close one day for Library Institute Day. Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i libraries will be closed May 30; O'ahu libraries will be closed June 5; Kaua'i libraries June 7; and Big Island libraries June 14. Book drops will remain open at each library.
• PAM CHUN, author of "The Money Dragon," will be a guest author at The Author's Brunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today, Hawaii State Library; will also be a guest at the Associated Chinese University Women's June 1 luncheon.

FOR WRITERS

• How To Get Your Book Published In Hawai'i, one-day workshop by the Hawaii Book Publishers Association 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 22, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; how to submit a manuscript, find a publisher, deal with the media and market on the web; bring lunch; call to register. 956-8244.
• Maui Writers Conference, five days of workshops, keynote and panel presentations and more, scheduled for Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Outrigger Wailea Resort; $495 (does not include accommodations) if registration received before June 1; also intensive classes at the Maui Writers Retreat, Aug. 23-28 available for an additional fee. Call for brochure: (808) 879-0061, www.mauiwriters.com
• Performance poets and their works wanted for upcoming Poetry To Da Max event; submit demo audio of no more than five minutes by Saturday to Hybolics, Inc., P.O. Box 3016, 'Aiea, HI 96701; Hawai'i theme required; enclose self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage for return of audio tape. 366-1272 or hybolics@lava.net
• Writing With Spirit, three-week guided writers' circle revealing how to surrender the act of creation to Divine Spirit, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, June 5-19, Maui Community College; $69 fee; open to all. (808) 984-3231.
• Honolulu Theatre for Youth open call for stories to be included in Christmas Talk Story 2002; requirements: winter holiday theme, told in first person from young person's point-of-view, dramatically alive, involve a personal discovery, deal with a range of emotional experiences, 350-700 words, appropriate vocabulary for youth; $100 payment per accepted story; submission deadline July 1; send to HTY, 2846 Ualena St., Honolulu, HI 96819-1910, attn.: Mark Lutwak. 263-9429.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• "The Place Your Body Is," the poetry, fiction and prose of Marjorie Sinclair, with readings by Sinclair and others, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, UH-Manoa. 956-7619.

READERS GROUPS

• Beginning Hawaiian Language classes, 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall; free.
• Science Fiction Fantasy and Readers Group meets 7 p.m. the last Thursday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.
• Henri Nouwen Monthly Reading Group, 7 p.m., the last Thursday of each month, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele; free.