Hawaii Writers Guild EVENTS Calendar
FEBRUARY EVENTS
Visit the Hawaii Writers Guild at the Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival This Saturday, February 2
The 26th annual Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Waimea this coming Saturday, Feb. 2, and once again, the Hawaii Writers Guild will have a booth with several members on hand offering their books for sale to the public.
The Guild booth will be located in the back parking lot of the Parker Ranch Shopping Center between the Kahilu Theater and Lilikoi Cafe.
Come out, visit the Festival and stop to browse the books of your fellow Guild members. You might see some you'd like to own or give as presents.
Guild members participating this year include Bruce Stern, Bob and Linda Lupo, Jim Gibbons, Dave Fouts, Bryan Furer, Jada Rufo and our events director, Cecilia Johansen.
For information, contact Cece at cjohansen@hawaii.rr. com
Hawaii Writers Guild Member Dr. Heather Rivera to Read at Words and Wine on Tuesday February 5
Heather S. Friedman Rivera, RN, JD, holds a creative writing specialization certificate from Wesleyan University. Heather has been featured in print, radio, and web television. Heather holds workshops and retreats on writing and past life regression. She lives in Hawaii with her husband, a puggle, and a bratty cat. Her superpower is bionic hearing.
In her book, Twice Again we meet twenty-eight-year-old Laura who is married to the famous composer, Jake Talbot. She has the oceanfront estate and the fancy clothes. She has the perfect life. So it seems. Jake is handsome and charming, but also manipulative. He engages in emotional and physical abuse of Laura, who has become adept at hiding the truth to keep the peace. One fatal slip by Laura pushes Jake over the edge and, in his fury, he murders her.
Instead of finding peace in death, Laura jolts awake in another woman's body. Will living as Bridget finally give her the chance to grow into the kind of woman she was meant to be? Come find out.
Words and Wine is held at the Kona Stories Bookstore in the Keauhou Shopping Center. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Heavy pupus and wine are served.
In her book, Twice Again we meet twenty-eight-year-old Laura who is married to the famous composer, Jake Talbot. She has the oceanfront estate and the fancy clothes. She has the perfect life. So it seems. Jake is handsome and charming, but also manipulative. He engages in emotional and physical abuse of Laura, who has become adept at hiding the truth to keep the peace. One fatal slip by Laura pushes Jake over the edge and, in his fury, he murders her.
Instead of finding peace in death, Laura jolts awake in another woman's body. Will living as Bridget finally give her the chance to grow into the kind of woman she was meant to be? Come find out.
Words and Wine is held at the Kona Stories Bookstore in the Keauhou Shopping Center. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Heavy pupus and wine are served.
First Writers Voices Reading of 2019 to be Held on Wednesday, February 6
The Hawaii Writers Guild will present its first authors reading of the new year on Wednesday, February 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Thelma Parker Library, 67-1209 Mamalahoa Hwy in Waimea.
Writers’ Voices is an evening of original readings by Guild members. Readers at the February Writers’ Voices will include Guild members Amara Cudney and Bruce Stern from Waikoloa, Louise Riofrio from Waimea and Bob Lupo from Hakalau.
Amara Cudney will be reading from her book-in-progress, Words She Couldn’t Say, a young adult novel about how events that we think have ruined us are often the ones that cause the deepest healing.
Bruce Stern will read a selection from his recently published book, The Fuel Saver Conspiracy, A Peter Jones Mystery. A novel idea turns into a threatening game with huge stakes for Peter Jones. Surveillance, corporate malfeasance, shell corporations and menacing people all play a role in this story of how a new invention opens the door to danger and intrigue.
Louise Riofrio will read a passage from her most recent nonfiction book, Discovery: Alaska to Hawaii and the Pacific, about the southern explorations of Alaska natives spanning a period of 6,000 years.
Bob Lupo will read an excerpt from his second published novel, Extremities-4, which he describes as “an adult morality tale about the perils of being human and animal.” A satire on human nature, Extremities-4 tells the story of four afflicted individuals vilified and chased by society because of a Simian-like disease of the limbs.
Writers’ Voices is an evening of original readings by Guild members. Readers at the February Writers’ Voices will include Guild members Amara Cudney and Bruce Stern from Waikoloa, Louise Riofrio from Waimea and Bob Lupo from Hakalau.
Amara Cudney will be reading from her book-in-progress, Words She Couldn’t Say, a young adult novel about how events that we think have ruined us are often the ones that cause the deepest healing.
Bruce Stern will read a selection from his recently published book, The Fuel Saver Conspiracy, A Peter Jones Mystery. A novel idea turns into a threatening game with huge stakes for Peter Jones. Surveillance, corporate malfeasance, shell corporations and menacing people all play a role in this story of how a new invention opens the door to danger and intrigue.
Louise Riofrio will read a passage from her most recent nonfiction book, Discovery: Alaska to Hawaii and the Pacific, about the southern explorations of Alaska natives spanning a period of 6,000 years.
Bob Lupo will read an excerpt from his second published novel, Extremities-4, which he describes as “an adult morality tale about the perils of being human and animal.” A satire on human nature, Extremities-4 tells the story of four afflicted individuals vilified and chased by society because of a Simian-like disease of the limbs.
