Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

PUBLISHING SALON, sponsored by Volcano Art Center on the Big Island; talk with writer and former New York editor Christina Salat, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Old Japanese Schoolhouse in Volcano village; first hour devoted to the business of getting published, the second to participants' questions. Cost: $25. Information: (808) 967-8222 or www.volcanoartcenter.org.

STORYTELLER JEFF GERE performs "O'ahu Spookies" at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Kahului Public Library on Maui, for national Library Week. Free admission. For information or to request sign-language interpretation: 873-3097.

POETRY READING, with Eric Paul Shaffer, winner of the 2002 Elliot Cades Award for Literature, in a program called "Four of a Kind," readings from a range of poets, 7 p.m. Monday, Borders Books & Music on Maui.

SIGNING

Rita Beamish, author of "Perils of Paradise," signs her book, noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Native Books Na Mea, Ward Warehouse.

FOR WRITERS

Call for Scripts, Aloha Performing Arts Company, on the Big Island, requests submission of scripts for the Original Play Festival scheduled for Aug. 18-22. Deadline is May 28. Call for details and requirements: (808) 322-9924.

READING GROUPS

Romance readers anonymous, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Borders-Waikele. Information: 676-6699.

BESTSELLER READING GROUP, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Borders, Waikele. Information: 676-6699.

AFRICAN AMERICAN READING GROUP, 6:15 p.m. Monday, 1311 Kapi'olani Blvd., No. 203. Information: 597-1341.

LITERATURE READERS GROUP, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Borders, Ward Centre. Information: 591-8995.

ROMANTIC BORDERS READERS, 7 p.m. Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre. Information: 591-8995.

NonFiction Reading Group now forming. People interested in discussing serious works can express their interest by e-mailing talkischeap@hawaii.rr.com.

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