Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
Join us for a reading at Native Books Arts & Letters for a reading of our latest issue of Bamboo Ridge, #128! Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Hosted by Cathy Song featuring: Samuel Davenport, Dana Lyons, Jonathon Medeiros, Eric Paul Shaffer, Cory Tobias, Dawn Webster, and Wendi White. This event...
Join us at Leeward Community College for a reading and talk story with Donald Carreira Ching. Blood Work and Other Stories shines a light on the "other side" of paradise, offering powerful reflections on connection, community, and the enduring ties to ʻāina and ʻohana that ground us. Tue. Nov. 18 10:30 to 11:45 AM Room...
AUTHOR TALK WITH DONALD CARREIRA CHING Celebrating Hawaiʻi Literature and Local Storytelling An awesome hybrid event! Join in-person or via Zoom for this author talk hosted by UHMC English faculty member ʻIolani Brosio featuring award-winning Hawaiʻi writer Donald Carreira Ching. This event is free and open to the community. A limited number of complimentary copies...
BR Book Table at November Cane Haul Road Fair Saturday, November 22, 2025 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Washington Middle School Cafeteria
Join us for one of the last BR events of 2025 -- Aloha Friday (Early) Pau Hana reading for Issue #128 of BAMBOO RIDGE! Hosted by amazing poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Cathy Song, featuring five writers and a special guest. Sharing poetry and short fiction: thomas iannuccci Nathaniel Calhoun Hannah Trees Dawn Morais Susan...
Mahalo to organizers Sujatha Raman and Kristiana Kahakauwila, as well as venue sponsors @hubcoworkinghi for inviting us to share the latest BAMBOO RIDGE, Issue 128 in a reading for Mixing Innovative Arts' first event of 2026! Thursday, January 15 at 6 pm with Derek N. Otsuji, Dana Lyons, Eric Paul Shaffer, Cory Tobias, and Tamara...
Rain Check reading of Blood Work at the State Library! Donald Carreira Ching continues his library tour and takes, Blood Work and Other Stories, to The Hawaiʻi State Library. Join us for a Saturday afternoon reading in this historic building and home to publicly available books since it opened on February 1, 1913 with 30,000...
Bamboo Ridge Press will be at the inaugural Oahu Indie Book Festival! We're thrilled to see the organization of a community event that supports independent authors and books in Hawaiʻi! There will be booths and tables, panel discussions (with a few BR authors participating) and readings, a scavenger hunt and more. It will be a...
Donald Carreira Ching is on his way to UH Hilo to read from his short fiction collection, Blood Work and Other Stories, and talk story about writing and local lit. Come say hello! This event is open to the public. FRIDAY March 27th from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UH Hilo, Campus Center Room 301...
We're going to be hanging out at the next Cane Haul Road sale. Saturday, March 28th 9 AM to 1 PM Washington Middle School Cafeteria
Start your summer with stories, songs, poetry, and pupu. Join Bamboo Ridge Press and Ho‘olana Publishing for a Summer Lit Jam & Poetry Grill! It's a laid-back afternoon of readings, music, talk story, and community writing at da Shop in Kaimukī. A garage-style party to build pilina. Featuring: Mahina Kauhi, Ann Inoshita, Ryan Oishi, Donald...
We're excited to launch Sporting Girl, Scott Kikkawa's fourth novel! It'll be a fun afternoon with the author. Come for talk story about Honolulu in the 1950s. Was it easier to get away with murder?