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Kona Stories
Your Local Community Bookstore
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Friday Night Pau Hana Game Night.
Game night happens once a month on Friday night at Kona Stories. Bring your favorite game and meet some new friends. Come around 6PM; we play until 9PM.
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Keauhou Farmer's Market
Every Saturday morning from 8am to Noon, Keauhou hosts a farmers market. What makes this farmer's market special is that all of the products sold must be Hawaiian grown. Two of the many wonderful farmers there are Stephanie of Blue Journey and Joan of Happy Honu Farms who have generously sponsored our story time events.
Brenda and I stop by almost every Saturday morning; you should, too! |
Words & Wine Preview
Our next author event will be on Tues. Feb 7 @ 6pm. We will host 4 visiting authors:
Ken Cohen
Elissa Elliot
Grace Alverez Sesma
Ron Talney
More on these authors and their books in our next e-mail, if you can't wait, visit our web-site. |
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Hours
Monday-Sat:Open 10am-6pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
Open later for events in the store or in the courtyard.
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Quick Links....
808-324-0350
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Aloha!
January's off with a bang. We had an amazing turn-out for Doreen Virtue's event (thank you, Doreen) and next up is Story time! Read-on.
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Story time Returns: Wed., Jan. 25th at 10:30am.
Kona Stories has teamed with the AAUW for an new series of Story times. Beginning Wed, Jan 25th we will have story time on the last Wednesday of the month at 10:30am in the Keauhou Shopping Center courtyard. All pre-schoolers, boys and girls, between 3 and 5 years old are welcome to this fun event that will include stories a craft and snacks.
January's event will feature stories and crafts about the Whales that visit our island this time of year. Participants wishing to attend story time should e-mail or call and register at 808-324-0350. There will be a $5.00 participation fee to cover crafts and snack. Space is limited to 30 children. Please check in 10 minutes early at Kona Stories Book Store.
Since 1881, the American Association of University Women has been the nation's leading voice promoting education and equity for women and girls. The AAUW promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change. Volunteers from the Kona Chapter (of which, Joy is a member) will be our story tellers and craft leaders. Many thanks to the Kona AAUW. We'd also like to thank Stephanie of Blue Journey and Joan of Happy Honu Farms for sponsoring this series of events. (see side bar at right).
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Book Groups and more.
"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting" -Edmund Burke. Come reflect with our fun book groups.
Our next book is Gender Outlaws:The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein. Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.
Event Info:
Tuesday, January 17th
6:30pm
Just the Facts- Our Non-Fiction Group:
We will discuss Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women by Deborah Swiss at the next meeting of this group. The Tin Ticket takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent into suffering and slavery in Australia and Tasmania-where they overcame their fates unlike any women in the world. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. Ultimately, this is a story of women who, by sheer force of will, became the heart and soul of a new nation.Event Info: Tuesday, January 24th 6pm Second Tuesday- Our Fiction Group:
This group is reading A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron. A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend.
Event Info:
Tuesday, February 14th 6:30pm
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Here's a fun link that I got from NPR Books. It shows how crazy bookstore owners can be: The Joy of Books. Don't worry we have no plans to do this at Kona Stories!
Your local independent booksellers, Brenda and Joy (Owners) Noble and Shadow (Cats) |
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Kona Stories | 78-6831 Alii Drive Suite #142 | Kailua-Kona | HI | 96740
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