The second annual Hawai’i Book and Music Festival was held this past weekend (May 19-20, 2007). Publishers, bookstores, authors, storytellers, musicians, poets, and everyone else was welcome to get some free slushies and Starbucks and peruse some bargain book selling tents, participate in contests, buy some cookies, and otherwise enjoy some very warm and humid days at Honolulu Hale. A large collection of local publishers were selling their wares (including Bamboo Ridge Press selling some back issues of their well known journal for just a buck apiece), as well as larger companies like Borders having a tent for author book signing and selling both hot new items and closing out things that have probably been on their shelves for awhile. Bargain hunters as well as those wanting signed books by authors like Maxine Hong Kingston had their needs met equally. I for one was very impressed by the number of local publishers and other vendors (and was really surprised at how many books on local pidgin are available). For a fun and free family outing or date, I’d recommend it highly; the only problem being it’s just once a year.
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