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Monthlong Event For Readers
The 2022 Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival is back with a lineup to keep book lovers busy through the end of October.
Like last year, Honolulu residents can join in online, as the format is mostly vir- tual. The festival will cover a range of topics from chil- dren’s literature and poetry to Hawaiian culture and sus- tainability.
Jason Reynolds
John Irving
A special AuthorFest event is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Oct. 13. It will feature a conversation with New York Times bestselling authors John Irving and Ja- son Reynolds.
Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
Both are well-known for discuss the craft of writing their thought-provokingwithfellownovelistTyler
stories about race, class and identity. Irving won the Na- tional Book Award in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won the Lambda Liter- ary Award for In One Per- son. Reynolds, meanwhile, writes for young adults. His book, Long Way Down, re- ceived the 2018 Newbery Honor and the 2018 Edgar
McMahon (One Potato). Ackerman’s genre is his- torical fiction with plenty of inspiration from the islands. Her conversation will be moderated by Stuart Cole- man, the author of Eddie
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(Above) Mae Nakegawa, Raymie Camara and Anastassia Hale pose between sets in the O‘ahu Pickleball Arena at Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Young at Heart Expo on Sept. 16. (Right) Belle England, Lori Wong, Ai Tanaka, Jenell Juarez and Kristen Hara of HMSA take a break between escorting kūpuna to the Longs Drugs flu shot clinic at the Young at Heart Expo. ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTOS
Closer to home, Ha- wai‘i-born author Sara Ack- erman (Radar Girls, The Codebreaker’s Secret) will
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the festival also delves into wellness, sustainability, Ha- waiian culture, poetry and playwrights.
The Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival is produced by the City & County of Ho- nolulu in partnership with University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
To view the full lineup of events and to register, vis-
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