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➳ Reading ’Riggers nearly has the entire 2024 cal- endar scheduled with good books. Our authors are local, some are OCC members, some are both, and some are internationally known. Serious. Books, Books and More Books! By Gerry DeBenedetti Reading ’Riggers
APR. 5 We welcome John R. K. Clark, and his newest title “Ni‘ihau Place Names.” There are ample copies available in the Hawai‘i State Public Library System. (HSPLS). John has written at least 10 numerous place names and beach books that cover all the islands, including “Beaches of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau” written in 1990. MAY 3 Coming back for the third time will be Sara Ackerman, who is an OCC member, and always welcome with her historical fiction. She presents a story about the Dole Air Races, set in the 1920s, about the earliest airplane attempts to reach Hawai‘i. “The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West.” Copies in HSPLS. There are nonfiction stories about this event, including Jason Ryan’s “Race to Hawai‘i: the 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights that Opened the Pacific” and Robert Scheppler’s “Pacific Air Race.” JUNE 7 TBA. We welcome suggestions of any title by a Hawai‘i author, or Hawai‘i subject. JULY 5 We have scheduled Makana Eyre, grandson of David and Cynthia Eyre. He was born in Hawai‘i, when his grandparents were co-editors of Honolulu Magazine between 1966 and 1976 and frequent contributors to the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin . Now, Makana is an
American journalist based in Paris. His book “Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps” is his debut book of nonfiction. The book has been praised by The Economist and The Wall Street Journal —to name just a few—and was featured on BBC. It’s currently being translated into Italian, Dutch and Romanian. Copies are in HSPLS. AUG. 2 OCC member Judd Klinger will be present to dis- cuss “The Beatles: All Too Much. The Untold Story of a Hollywood Actor’s Two Months with the Beatles in India.” SAVE THE DATE DEC. 6 There will be a return appearance of Paul Theroux, whose newest book is “Burma Sahib.” Two years ago, we had 50 people in attendance to hear his presentation. We meet at 10 a.m., first Fridays. Please join us. If you want to be on the OCC mailing list for updates on Reading ’Riggers, leave your name and email with the Front Desk.
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