Literature

An award-winning journalist who penned a book about daring to do something different is in Honolulu to give a talk at the University of Hawaiʻi. She shares some of the interesting stories that came out of her research.

Hawai’i poet Joseph Stanton spoke with The Conversation about his latest book, “Lifeline: Poems for Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper.”

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The Conversation thought it would be a good time to talk to Big Island author Tom Peek about his new novel, "Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawaiʻi." It centers on a young vagabond running from America's turmoil who encounters a mysterious domain of deities on the mountain the Native Hawaiians who revere them.

Across the Hawaiian Islands, over a hundred women took part in a top-secret program called the Women’s Air Raid Defense. King’s College London lecturer and World War II historian Sarah-Louise Miller spoke to The Conversation about why few today remember their heroic contributions.

The First Nations Writers Festival gives writers in the Pacific a chance for their books or short stories to win a cash prize or possibly be published. Book award winners may receive a cash prize of up to $5,000 in Australian currency.

Tree consultant Christine Carmichael's book, “Racist Roots,” is about tree equity across our communities. She is in Hawaiʻi for a series of talks in Honolulu and on Maui.

For 45 years, Bamboo Ridge Press has been making what writers call “literary mischief.” To celebrate its publishing anniversary, Bamboo Ridge Press is throwing a fundraising dinner on March 2 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi.

Author Gina Apostol talked to The Conversation about her new book, "La Tercera," which connects contemporary politics with the Filipino-American war through her mom.

The debut novel of Big Island author and award-winning filmmaker Zoë Eisenberg asks the question: What happens when two women are no longer the most important person in the world to each other?