Lit Beat
SPECIAL EVENTS
ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL OF WRITERS, featuring writers whose work engages issues of race, ethnicity and culture, in conjunction with the conference "Myth, Terrorism and Justice," 3:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Kuykendall Auditorium and 7 p.m., Art Auditorium, University of Hawai'i-Manoa; Native Books book fair to precede event; $35 general admission, students $10, includes tickets to selected Hawai'i International Film Festival films. 956-7700.
2002 TAILSPINNER'S FESTIVAL OF THE PACIFIC featuring Hawaiian storytellers, Nyla Ching-Fujii and Woody Fern; traditional American storyteller Sandra MacLees; and Japanese-American storyteller Karen Yamamoto-Hackler; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Kapolei Public Library, 1015 Haumea St., near the Campbell Building; in celebration of National Storytelling Month and Children's Book Week; free; sponsored by the Hawaii Library Foundation and the Statewide Cultural Extension Program of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Outreach College. 831-6877.
SIGNINGS/READINGS
GARY DIAS, author of "Honolulu Cop," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Ala Moana Center.
virgilio felipe menor, author of "Hawai'i: A Pilipino Dream," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, 1001 Bishop St., Pauahi Tower.
RODNEY MORALES, author of "When the Shark Bites," noon-1 p.m. Thursday, University of Hawai'i-Manoa Bookstore. 956-4338.
JONATHAN OSARIO, author of "Dismembering Lahui" and University of Hawai'i professor of Hawaiian studies, noon Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.
CORYN TANAKA AND MAY MASAKI, authors of "Ribbon Lei Making and Other Gifts of Aloha," 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach; also 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Windward Mall.
MARK TRAVIS, author of "Directing Feature Films" and stage, television and film director, 7 p.m. Nov. 12, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.
READERS GROUPS
Literature Readers Group, meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.
Beginning Hawaiian Language classes 6:30 p.m. every Monday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall; free.
Romantic Borders Readers Group, meets 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Borders, Ward Centre.
Young Author's Reading Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.
Hawaii Film Fans meet 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at 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.
