Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• "RHYMIN' TIME: STORIES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES," with storyteller, Diane Ferlatte, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Salt Lake/Moanalua Public Library; free. 831-6831.
• 2002 TAILSPINNER'S FESTIVAL OF THE PACIFIC featuring storytellers, Nyla Ching-Fujii, Woody Fern, Sandra MacLees and Karen Yamamoto-Hackler, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Kapolei Public Library, 1015 Haumea St., near the Campbell Building; free. 831-6877.
• WAIALUA LIBRARY BOOK FAIR, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; free.
• HAWAII KAI LIBRARY BOOK SALE, noon-5 p.m Saturday and Nov. 17; 249 Lunalilo Home Road.

FOR WRITERS

• MANUSCRIPTS SOUGHT by The Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators; best to be forwarded to Chronicle Books editor Samantha McFerrin; send maximum six typed, double-spaced pages with one-inch margins to CLH/English Department, 1733 Donaghho Road, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 by Nov. 27; send one-page plot summary with novels, no folders or binders; send one self-addressed, stamped envelope per manuscript; $30 reading fee per manuscript, $25 for members. 779-5910.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• DEBORAH ATKINSON, author of the "Primitive Secrets," 1 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble.
• KATHLEEN BISHOP and LESLIE HAYASHI, authors of "Fables from the Deep," 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Bestsellers, 1001 Bishop St., Pauahi Tower.
• GARY DIAS, author of "Honolulu Cop," noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Waldenbooks, Mililani.
• FRANCES H. KAKUGAWA, author of "Mosaic Moon, Caregiving Through Poetry," book signing and discussion, 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, 2909 Lowrey Ave., Suite E, Manoa. 988-6300.