Literature

Donald A. Carreira Ching spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about his new collection of short stories, “Blood Work and Other Stories.”

State Insurance Commissioner Scott Saiki discusses the changing insurance landscape; Palestinian Ma'an Odeh shares his thoughts on the ceasefire in Gaza and his recent experience in the West Bank

Author and professor Russell Fielding spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about his soon-to-be-released book, “Breadfruit: Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree.”

This week marks the annual Banned Books Week across the country, which celebrates free speech and rallies against censorship. The Hawaiʻi Library Association and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii partnered to launch this year's celebration, which is themed “Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights".

Artist and musician Benjamin Fairfield spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about his new book, “Kani Ka ʻŌpala: How Can Garbage Sing?"

Rebecca Solnit spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about her book "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster.”

Fujimoto-Johnson is the author and illustrator of “Shell Song,” the first children's book about the incarceration camps in Hawaiʻi. HPR spoke with Fujimoto-Johnson about telling her family’s story in a children's book.

Jason Gamel, president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association, gives a snapshot of the timeshare landscape; Author and illustrator Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson tells her family's story of internment during World War II in her new children's book "Shell Song"

Author Hampton Sides spoke with HPR’s Bill Dorman about the legacy of Captain James Cook in his book titled “The Wide Wide Sea."

New York Times best-selling author Kathleen Norris discusses her new book, “Rebecca Sue: A Sister’s Reflections on Disability, Faith, and Love."