2007 Hawaii Book & Music Festival

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Storyteller Tom Cummings enthralled the audience in front of the Bishop Museum Press booth as he brings a Hawaiian legend to life. In the background, the Hawaiian Pavilion was being prepared for another thought-provoking panel.

At the University of Hawai‘i Press tent, Arthur Rath signed copies of Lost Generations: A Boy, a School, a Princess, then stayed to chat with judge Leslie Hayashi as she began her signing for Fables from the Garden and Fables from the Sea.

Lovers of local literature found much to celebrate at the Bamboo Ridge Press booth, with the latest issues, special deals on past ones, clever t-shirts, free bookmarks, and lots of pidgin fun. Shown staffing the booth are managing editor Joy Kobayashi-Cintrón (at back, with dark glasses), intern Nicole Sawa (seated in foreground), and business manager Wing Tek Lum (far right).

Dr. Billy Bergin flew in from Kamuela to discuss his history of Parker Ranch, Loyal to the Land: The Legendary Parker Ranch, followed by a signing at the UH Press booth. Gerald Kinro, author of A Cup of Aloha: The Kona Coffee Epic, stopped by to talk story about the Kona area.

The Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association tent showcased the nominated books for the year’s Ka Palapala Po‘okela awards. After helping with booth set-up, Dave Takaki holds up the Editions Limited entry, Moloka‘i – O‘ahu through the Years: A History of the Moloka‘i Outrigger Canoe Race.

After their panel, federal judge Samuel King and law professor Randy Roth, signed copies of Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, and Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust, winner of the 2007 Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Best Book of the Year, as well as the Award of Excellence in Nonfiction.

The title character from Kai the 'Opihi Gets the Point (text by Gail Omoto and Jan and Judy Dill, with illustrations by Garrett Omoto) published by Partners in Development Foundation, added to the lively activity at the Native Books’ keiki pavilion. (Photo courtesy of PIDF)

At the huge Borders tent, Jon Murakami and Deb Aoki had fun signing their joint collection of comic strips: Deb Aoki’s Slice O' Life / Jon J. Murakami’s University of Diverse City – the University of Hawaii Years, 1987–1993. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Wertheimer)

Playwright Victoria Kneubuhl signed her anthology, Hawai‘i Nei: Island Plays(University of Hawai‘i Press) prior to receiving the Elliot Cades Award for Literature for an established writer at that evening’s ceremony in Mission Memorial Auditorium. Her full-length mystery novel, Murder Casts a Shadow, is scheduled for release by fall 2008.

The sunny weather provided a perfect backdrop for browsing and buying at the Watermark Publishing booth. Columnist David Choo signed copies of his book of restaurant reviews, Lunch Break Honolulu: 65 Great Places to Beat the Clock, while Nicole Chew and George Engebretson enjoyed the change of pace from their Bishop Street office.