Words and Wine Tuesday in Keauhou
Words and Wine Tuesday in Keauhou
Kauai’s Jill Marie Landis, Kona’s Francene Hart and Hilo’s Patricia Panahi will be featured during Kona Stories Book Shop’s Words and Wine event at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Keauhou Shopping Center.
Landis, a resident of north Kauai, is the author of 30 novels that has have earned distinguished awards and slots on national bestseller lists.
She recently released “Hawaii Five Uh-Oh,” the fifth novel in her Tiki Goddess Mystery series set on Kauai. Preceding “Hawaii Five Uh-Oh” were “Mai Tai One,” “Two to Mango,” “Three to Get Lei’d” and “Too Hot Four Hula.”
The mystery series begins with “Mai Tai One.” Six months ago, if anyone had told Em Johnson she’d end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on Kauai’s north shore she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole. As is all that isn’t bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the luau pit, suspicion falls on Johnson and the rest of the staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Johnson and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery before the next pupu party.
Hart is an internationally recognized visionary artist who has been working with sacred symbols as models for evolving consciousness for more than 35 years. The creator of the Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck and Sacred Geometry Cards for the Visionary Path, Hart lives in Honaunau.
“Sacred Geometry of Nature: Journey on the Path of the Divine” is a fully illustrated art book featuring more than 80 full-color reproductions of Hart’s intricate watercolor paintings and the stories behind them. The book also explores how to tap into the energies provided by spirit guides and power animals and harness the intelligence of the heart for creative inspiration and vision.
Born in Massachusetts, PanahI moved to Iran at age 9. She later returned to the United States and completed her graduate work at San Diego State University. Panahi has taught English in Iran, California, and Hawaii, owned and operated The Light Spot Bookstore and Coffee House in San Diego, and directed English language programs for international students for the University of Hawaii. “Veil of Walls” is her first novel.
In the book, the reader meets Anahita Sadeghi, a typical, happy-go-lucky American 10-year-old who was not too keen on traveling to the other side of the world to meet her father’s family. Her month-long vacation turns into a nightmare when her Persian relatives refuse to let her return to the states. She is forced to deal with the dizzying maze of social customs, resist her grandmother’s efforts to mold her into the proper Persian girl, dodge her aunt’s schemes of marriage, and fight to make her own life choices until she can find a way to return home.
Following a more formal book presentation from each author there will be a Q&A session. The event concludes at 8 p.m.
Info: Brenda or Joy, 324-0350.
Honokaa book club meets Thursday
Honokaa Public Library hosts a free book club from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday in Hamakua.
This month’s book is “Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead.
Info: 775-8881.