Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• KANE'OHE PUBLIC LIBRARY and its book drop will be closed tomorrow for renovation. 233-5676.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• Jan Tissot, author of "Keiki," noon today, Borders, Waikele Center.
• Elizabeth Engstrom, author of "Suspicions,"speaks on "The Art of the Short Story," 7 p.m. tomorrow, Encore Espresso, 'Aina Haina.
• "Come & Read With Us," with guest reader Tiny Tadani, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Liliha Public Library. 587-7577.

FOR WRITERS

• Kick-Start your Novel, a four-part class on assembling the structure of fiction, by author and former Hawai'i resident Elizabeth Engstrom, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave. $250. Registration: 377-7037.
• Writing The Ghost Story, a two-part class by author and former Hawai'i resident Elizabeth Engstrom, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Ohana East Hotel, 2375 Kuhio Ave. $150. Registration: 377-7037.
• HPU High School Poetry Contest, for seniors' original poems of 20 lines or less; two will win four-year, 50-percent scholarships to Hawai'i Pacific University. Deadline is March 10. Enter at www.hpu.edu/poetry; by e-mail with downloadable entry form to poetry@hpu.edu; by fax with entry form to 544-0862; or by mail with entry form to Catherine Sustana, HPU, 1060 Bishop St., Suite 402, Honolulu, HI 96813.