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Across the Hawaiian Islands, over a hundred women took part in a top-secret program called the Women’s Air Raid Defense. King’s College London lecturer and World War II historian Sarah-Louise Miller spoke to The Conversation about why few today remember their heroic contributions.
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The First Nations Writers Festival gives writers in the Pacific a chance for their books or short stories to win a cash prize or possibly be published. Book award winners may receive a cash prize of up to $5,000 in Australian currency.
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Tree consultant Christine Carmichael's book, “Racist Roots,” is about tree equity across our communities. She is in Hawaiʻi for a series of talks in Honolulu and on Maui.
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For 45 years, Bamboo Ridge Press has been making what writers call “literary mischief.” To celebrate its publishing anniversary, Bamboo Ridge Press is throwing a fundraising dinner on March 2 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi.
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Author Gina Apostol talked to The Conversation about her new book, "La Tercera," which connects contemporary politics with the Filipino-American war through her mom.
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The debut novel of Big Island author and award-winning filmmaker Zoë Eisenberg asks the question: What happens when two women are no longer the most important person in the world to each other?
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John Clark spoke to The Conversation about what set him on this journey for his fifth book about the stories behind Hawaiʻi's place names.
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In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week, we tip our hats to an international peace project created 25 years ago in his honor. The Conversation talked to Melinda Gohn and Gwyn Gorg about the literacy project and how far it's come.
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Students from the burned King Kamehameha III Elementary School had nowhere to go after the Lahaina fire. A few keiki at a makeshift learning hub became enamored with the concept of writing and illustrating a children's book. Thus, the idea for "Makai Loves Books!" was born. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.
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Honoka’a resident Laura Reid is a public speaking coach who has earned the nickname, "The Speech Slayer." She's originally from upstate New York and grew up with a stutter — and a fear of public speaking.