Literature

Pádraig Ó Tuama, an Irish poet and conflict resolution specialist, recently arrived on Maui for a summer residency at The Merwin Conservancy and is to give readings and talks on Maui and Oʻahu this week.

Maui-based artist Shahrzad Maydani sat down with The Conversation’s Lillian Tsang to discuss the upcoming release of her first children's book, “Leila and the Voice.”

Chef Ippy Aiona spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about his regional Emmy-award-winning show “Eating Our Roots," ahead of its second season this fall. Aiona also has a new cookbook out soon.

Author Kelsey Timmerman spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about his new book, "Regenerating Earth: Farmers Working with Nature to Feed our Future," which was released today.

Manny Veincent and his co-author, Kim Ann Curtin , spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about their new book, “Born of Two Oceans,” which recounts Veincent’s many decades in Hawaiʻi.

U.S. Army officer Patrick Naughton Jr. recently published his first book, "Born from War: A Soldier’s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict." Naughton grew up in Hilo. His father grew up in Mānoa. But growing up in Hawaiʻi isn’t the only parallel the two share.

A new book takes readers on an “epic adventure steeped in Hawaiian lore.” The Conversation talked to Big Island author Nikki Van De Car about her first young adult novel.

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A children's book titled “Aloha Everything" was recently named the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Picture Book winner, one of about half a dozen honors since it was published last year. HPR spoke to author Kaylin George and illustrator Mae Waite about the creative process.

The Conversation sat down with Norma Wong, the author of “When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse," to discuss her new book.