Words and Wine event
set for February
Join local authors for the monthly Words and Wine Event hosted by Kona Stories Book Shop. This event is free to the public and offers a chance for you to meet and greet some of Hawaii’s favorite authors and artists while you enjoy complimentary pupu and wine. February’s featured authors are – Leah Goodman, Kristin Morrison and Heather Friedman Rivera.
“Living Beyond the Sunset” was pinned by Goodman after she lay in bed next to her terminally ill husband as a nurse practitioner felt for a pulse. He was pronounced dead. With a wounded heart, Goodman started a painful new journey. She finds herself drowning in hurt and sorrow, but then happiness begins to emerge. She starts to grow in a new direction attempting to rebuild her shattered life, but not without feelings of guilt and disloyalty. Writing new chapters of her life, one at a time, Goodman heals the damage and moves on.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to start and run a pet sitting and dog walking business or how to make your current business more profitable? Whether you are considering starting a new pet care business or already have a pet business you’d like to take to the next level, Morrison’s “30 Days To Start and Grow Your Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Business” will empower you to confidently start or expand your pet sitting and dog walking business in just 30 days.
In Rivera’s “Twice Again,” we meet a 28-year-old Laura, who is married to the famous composer, Jake Talbot. She has the oceanfront estate and the fancy clothes. She has the perfect life — so it seems.
This event starts at 6 p.m. with an informal meet and greet merging into a more formal book presentation from each author and concluding around 8 p.m. after a Q&A session. Dress is casual aloha wear. Kona Stories is located in the Keauhou Shopping Center.
Info: For more information, call Brenda or Joy at 324-0350.
Hawaii Writers Guild
presents Writers’ Voices
The Hawaii Writers Guild will present its first authors reading of the new year on Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Thelma Parker Library in Waimea.
Readers at the February Writers’ Voices will include Guild members Amara Cudney and Bruce Stern from Waikoloa, Louise Riofrio from Waimea and Bob Lupo from Hakalau.
Cudney will be reading from her book-in-progress, “Words She Couldn’t Say,” a young adult novel about how events that we think have ruined us are often the ones that cause the deepest healing.
Stern will read a selection from his recently published book, “The Fuel Saver Conspiracy, A Peter Jones Mystery.”
Riofrio will read a passage from her most recent nonfiction book, “Discovery: Alaska to Hawaii and the Pacific,” about the southern explorations of Alaska natives spanning a period of 6,000 years.
Lupo will read an excerpt from his second published novel, “Extremities-4,” which he describes as “an adult morality tale about the perils of being human and animal.”
Info: For additional information or directions, contact Joy Fisher at 238-0551.
