Scott Kikkawa’s Hawaiʻi Noir

Mahalo to amazing author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto for her recent article “Read Your Way Around Hawaii” in The New York Times. We deeply appreciate her support in sharing the books and literary voices of Hawaiʻi’s communities.

Scott Kikkawa is one of those unique authors we’d love the world to know more about! Click below to check out his books, or read this hilarious interview where Scott answers some questions on behalf of his main character.

Kikkawa's Hawaiʻi Noir Books

Wing Tek Lum’s poems inspired by history, read in places of history and more.

We’re excited to continue our celebrations for The Oldtimers (Issue #125). Poet Wing Tek Lum has a lot of great events coming up, including one in historic Chinatown Honolulu with the Downtown Art Center, and another at Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village; an immersive reading in a setting with a period backdrop that enhances the vivid imagery of Lum’s poems.

Read more about The Oldtimers here.

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HBMF 2024 was Mayyyjah

For those who remember the pre-pandemic Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival, this year marked a full return to this beloved in-person event. For thomas iannucci—writer, rapper, and BR contributor—it was his first foray into the chaos and joy of HBMF. He liked it so much that he wanted to share a bit about his day. Check it out and let us know in the comments what your favorite part of the festival was!

Also, mayjah mahalos to the volunteers who helped run the BR book table and tent!

Mayjah recap!

Issue #126 coming in November

Hooray! The latest Bamboo Ridge, Issue #126 guest edited by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, is at the printer. 

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MORE ISSUES add to the free access BR Digital Archive

Four more out-of-print books have been added to our digital archive and are now free to read and download as ePubs! Mahalo to author Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Normie Salvador (BR associate managing editor and our very own lit-investigator), and Sunny Pai, digital librarian at Kapiʻolani Community College for their stewardship of this project.

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NEW sound clips and transcripts added to the BR Oral History.

All sessions of the interviews with Eric Chock and Darrell Lum are now up on the BR Oral History page! And bonus, there are full transcripts and sound clips for Wing Tek Lum and Juliet S. Kono too. 

This Way

A feature from our 45th anniversary issue

(boy) a story from two perspectives

When we found out that one of the short stories in Issue #124 had a companion piece told from the perspective of another character, our curiosity was peaked. Then when we found out it was recorded as a spoken word poem set to music… we knew we had to experience it!

We’re so honored to feature the work of thomas iannucci here and hope you enjoy this extended excerpt from “boy, a love letter” along with the recording of the story told from the perspective of boy’s father.

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