Aloha Book Owls,

I would like to thank the following people who attended the Make & Take Craft Fest on Friday, October 16, 2009 at the University of Hawai'i Bookstore.  They include Jason Tanaka, Sheri Ching, JoAnn Nakamura, Jean Tanaka, Harriet Abe, Bev Suemoto, Stacie Oda, Chris Jones, Angela Kauhola, Kay Tanaka, Vicky DeJesus, Karen Nishimura, Deena Yamamoto, Marilyn Anderson, and Lani-Anne Kimura.  They enjoyed making a pumpkin card and a bat gift tag.  Stacie Oda was the winner of a pack of 10 cards, and Deena Yamamoto was the winner of macadamia nuts.

Also, it was fun making the Frankenstein Favor Box and the Owl candy holder for the Make & Take Craft Fest on Friday, October 23, 2009.  Thank you to Sheri Ching, JoAnn Nakamura, Stacie Oda, Shirley Oyama, Bev Suemoto Savannah White, Vicki Chang, Jean Tanaka, Debra Honda, Junko Fukui, Deena Yamamoto, Judy Naumu, Lani-Anne Kimura, Holli Kihara, and Lily Wong for attending this craft session.  The prize winners were JoAnn Nakamura and Lily Wong who both won pumpkins.  Happy Halloween!

Ka Pueo Puke

Congratulations to the University of Hawai'i Authors

I wanted to congratulate and thank all the University of Hawai'i authors who participated in the 2nd Annual UH Authors' Festival at Kuykendall Hall.  It was nice to hear those interesting comments about their books.

Aloha Book Owls,

The University of Hawai'i Authors' Festival will be on September 17, 2009 outside the Kuykendall Hall Auditorium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  There will be 28 authors who published their books within the last year.  See you there!

Also, on September 15, the first day of his release of "The Lost Symbol," Dan Brown sold 1 million copies.  Just phenomenal news for the book industry.  Our Tradebook Department at the University of Hawai'i Bookstore at Manoa still has copies available for sale.  Just give us a hoot at 956-4338.

Aloha a Hui Hou,

Ka Pueo Puke