Literature

Jehovah's Witness regional spokesperson Chris Song explains the decision and work behind their latest efforts to translate the New Testament into Hawaiʻi Pidgin.

Hawaiʻi keiki could start building their own libraries at home through a new bill that would establish the “Imagination Library."

Author Jasmin ʻIolani Hakes discusses her new novel, "The Pōhaku," a story following centuries of Hawaiian history, family legacy, and a mystical stone guarded by generations of women.

Hawaiʻi Chief Energy Officer Mark Glick discusses what oil supply disruptions due to the Iran war mean for Hawaiʻi; Devaki Murch and Steven George share their experiences as Vietnamese children brought to the United States for adoption as part of Operation Babylift

Being a punk in Hawaiʻi is a hard-knock life. Just ask Shawn “Speedy” Lopes. It's been his life and includes getting jumped outside of bars. Now it's the subject of a new book.

Fraud prevention expert Doug Shadel shares tips on how to avoid become a victim of fraud; Shawn "Speedy" Lopes captures Hawaiʻi's punk rock music scene in the new book "Local Unrest"

Author Scott T. Miller spoke to HPR's Jason Ubay about his new novel "The Below."

Writer and illustrator Erzsi Kuba Palko spoke with HPR’s Lillian Tsang about her keiki book “Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree.”

ACLU President Deborah Archer discusses how the work of the organization has changed under the second Trump administration; Chef Jason Peel discusses his decision to close Nami Kaze at Pier 38 and his next culinary venture

Author Mary Frances Mau and co-author Mary St John-Putnam spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about the book "Tricked: My Life as a Child Sex Trafficking Survivor."