Posted on: Sunday, April 24, 2005

Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

Annual Library Book Sale, books, videos and CDs at reduced prices, sponsored by Friends of the Pearl City Library, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Pearl City Library; free admission. 453-6566.

Sondra Ray and Puanani Mohoe, discuss their book "Pele's Wish: Secrets of the Hawaiian Masters and Eternal Life" and present a workshop on ho'oponopono (Hawaiian meditation technique) and conflict resolution, 7-9 p.m. Monday, Unity Church, Diamond Head Circle; $20. 735-4436.

Team VERSES Team, slam competition for teams of 2-5 poets each, 8 p.m. Tuesday (doors open 7 p.m.), The ARTS at Marks Garage; teams must register in advance via an e-mail to poetryhawaii@hotmail .com; $10 admission for participants and audience. 753-4661.

"Aloha Shorts," weekly radio show, 5 p.m. Mondays, on Hawaii Public Radio station KIPO 89.3 with host Cedric Yamanaka.

"The auto in auto.biography: Sobriety, Spirals & Delirium," lecture by author, filmmaker, artist and educator Peter Britos, noon-1:15 p.m. Thursday, UH-Manoa's Henke Hall, Room 325; free.

Celebrate Reading, join authors Albert Wendt, Virginia Euwer Wolff, John Ritter, Puanani Burgess, Ian MacMillan, Chirs Cook and others for a festival for teens and adults,

8:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Friday, Kaua'i Community College Performing Arts Center; free. tropik.22@verizon.net or (808) 822-0235.

2005 Book Club and Literature Festival, a Celebrate Reading event, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, UH-Manoa Campus Center ballroom and Kuykendall Hall; free. 239-9726.

Hawai'i essayist winner announcement, from 49 essays selected by the Library of Congress Center for the Book, three finalists, who will be entered in the national competition, will be announced and receive prizes, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hawai'i State Library; free. 586-3500.

Signings/Readings

Sondra Ray discusses and signs "Pele's Wish," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

Dr. Robert Klapper and Lynda Huey discuss and sign their book "Heal Your Knees," 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

Judy Dela Cruz, author of "Crochet Lei Making in Hawaii," 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square. 528-2378.

Authors' Night, meet the authors and have them sign their books:

Stuart Coleman, "Eddie Would Go"; John Clark, "Beaches of O'ahu"; Leslie Ann Hayashi, "Fables from the Deep" and "Aloha Oe"; Isobel Mahimer, "The Betrayal"; and Wilfred Toki, "Hana and the Honu"; 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Waialua Public Library; free, with pupu and prizes. 637-8286.

Pam Mu–oz Ryan and Brian Selznick, authors of the young readers' picture book, "When Marian Sang," share their book about Marian Anderson, 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

David E. Stannard signs "Honor Killing: How the Infamous 'Massie Affair' Transformed Hawai'i," noon Friday, Bestsellers, Bishop Square. 528-2378.

Roberta Wong signs "Fancy Hawaiian Lei in Crochet," 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Navy Exchange, Mall at Pearl Harbor. 423-3344.

Cobey Black signs "Hawai'i Scandal," noon-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Borders Express, Kahala Mall. 737-9550.

Judy Dela Cruz signs "Crochet Lei Making in Hawaii," Mary Lou Kekuewa and Paulette Kahalepuna sign "Feather Lei as an Art," noon- 1 p.m. Saturday, Navy Exchange, Mall at Pearl Harbor. 423-3344.

Rick Olson signs his book "Maui Whispers," 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Ulupalakua Ranch Store, during the Ulupalakua Thing, Maui. (808) 878-2561.

FOR WRITERS

Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication, Cristina Salat leads a writer-editor roundtable intensive workshop of professional and peer critique, 10 a.m.-3:30 Saturday, Volcano Art Center, Big Island; $110, bring a current writing project for critique. Registration: (808) 967-8222.

Aloha Performing Arts Company requests scripts for the 12th annual Original Play Festival to be held Aug. 17-21 on the Big Island. Scripts of any length and on any subject can be mailed for consideration to APAC OPF XII, P.O. Box 794, Kealakekua, HI 96750. For additional requirements call (808) 322-9924 or visit www.apac-hawaii.org. Postmark deadline is May 27.

International Open Poetry Contest, submit one poem of 20 lines or less on any subject and in any style to the International Library of Poetry, 1 Poetry Plaza, Suite 19922, Owings Mills, MD 21117 or enter at www.poetry.com. Deadline is May 31.

Grateful Head Productions seeks feature-length, short and documentary scripts for production. 772-0442, welkinflyer@yahoo.com. Deadline: June 30

READING GROUP

Contemporary Fiction Reading Group discusses "Animal Crackers," by Hannah Tinti, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

For Keiki

Toddler Storytime, for ages 2-3 years, 10 a.m. Mondays, Kapolei Public Library. 693-7050.

Tiny Tales for Tiny Tots, stories, fingerplays, songs and a craft to take home, for keiki 4 years old and younger, 9-9:45 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Kalihi-Palama Public Library. 832-3466.

Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele. 676-6699.

Preschool Craft & Storytime, 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

Preschool Storytime, for ages 3-4 years, 10 a.m. Thursdays, Kapolei Public Library. 693-7050.

Saturday Storytimes, 10 a.m. Saturdays, Kapolei Public Library. 693-7050.

Keiki Storytime, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Ward Centre. 591-8995.

Saturday Morning Storytime, for kids of all ages, 11 a.m. Saturdays, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

Send announcements with contact name and phone number to Lit Beat, Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com with "Lit Beat" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.