I was on my way to book club (the Greener Reader book club), we were reading Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor. Interesting, if erratic, alien “first contact” book set in Nigeria. I was early, and I’d seen a tweet there was …
Hawaii
Some interesting new books set in Hawaii
Here at The Hawaii Project, we have an unsurprising interest in books set in Hawaii, or by authors with a connection to Hawaii. We recently became aware of two new interesting books by Kauai Bill Fernandez, you may want to …
Song of the Exile, by Kiana Davenport
Song of the Exile is an extraordinary, powerful, heartbreaking novel. It follows the lives of Keo, a native Hawaiian who burns to play jazz, and Sunny, a Korean/Hawaiian student, as they fall in love, are separated by the tides of …
Books & Spirits tonight!
If you are in Hawaii and love Books or Cocktails or both, you owe it to yourself to come to tonight’s Books & Spirits! Tonight’s event features Jaimal Yogis, author of Saltwater Buddha and The Fear Project. We’re also getting …
Books & Cocktails: an event with Jaimal Yogis in Hawaii
If you are in Hawaii and love books and/or cocktails, please come to this event! It’s the kickoff event for Books & Spirits, the new event series we’ve created in collaboration with Stuart Coleman, author of Eddie Would Go, Fierce …
A conversation with Martin Cate, co-author of Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult…
Here at The Hawaii Project, you know we love great books. And you know we love great cocktails. And you can guess we’re into the Hawaii thing. So when Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails came out, you can imagine our excitement. …
A conversation with Stuart Holmes Coleman, part II
(this is a continuation of our conversation with Stuart Holmes Coleman, author of Eddie Aikau: Hawaiian Hero, Fierce Heart, and Eddie Would Go. You can find part I here.) You’re a passionate surfer. Which came first, your love of surfing …
A Conversation with Stuart Holmes Coleman, author of Eddie Aikau: Hawaiian Hero
Eddie Aikau on a wave on the North Shore Stuart Holmes Coleman is the author of Eddie Aikau: Hawaiian Hero, Fierce Heart, and Eddie Would Go. Eddie Aikau was a legendary Hawaiian hero — a big wave surfer and the first North Shore …