Friday, May 19, 2017

HAWAII FICTION WRITERS

2017 Events


   Invite a friend.  Save the dates.   

 
* Saturday, February 25 - 10:30 a.m. - Kapolei Library - Readings, followed by lunch at Assaggio Kapolei.

* March 16 thru 19 - Left Coast Crime Convention at Hilton Hawaiian Village,  See www.leftcoastcrime.org/2017.

* Saturday, April 22 - 10  to noon - Aina Haina Library - “Songwriting and Poetry & Prose: the Interplay of Art Forms” with Steven Goldsberry and Dylan Nobuo Little.

* Saturday, May 20 - 10  to noon - Aina Haina Library - Workshop and Readings: “Six African American Poets, from Langston Hughes to Maya Angelou” -  Ten poems with elements that are also part of fiction, such as narrative, character, setting (both time and place), point of view, voice, tone, word choice, and imagery. Workshop leader: Michael Little.

* Saturday, June 17- 11:30 a.m. - Readings and lunch at Assaggio Kahala.

* Saturday, July 29 - 10 to noon - Aina Haina Library - John Simonds, “News, Notions and Narratives: Using Verse to Mine the Memory.”

* Saturday, August 19 - 10 to noon - Aina Haina Library - Workshop and Readings: Christy Passion and Ann Inoshita.

* Saturday, September 9 - 10 to noon - Aina Haina Library - Writers workshop: “Pinocchio at the Keyboard” - Wikipedia lists 34 kinds of lies, a gold mine for fiction writers! - Workshop leaders: Michael Little and Craig Howes, UH professor and director of the Center for Biographical Research at UH Manoa.

* Saturday, October 21 - 10:30 a.m. - Kapolei Library - Readings, followed by lunch at Assaggio Kapolei.

* Saturday, November 18 - 10 to 11 - Aina Haina Library - High School & College Short Story Contest Winners, followed by end-of-year luncheon.