Ancient Polynesian voyaging and navigation along with
the history of Hawaiian civilization will be featured at the upcoming Honolulu
Book and Music Festival (May 18-19).
On Saturday (May 18) at noon Sydney
Iaukea will be interviewing film maker Sam Low (The Navigators) and
Patrick Kirch in the "Telling Lives" series in the Hawai'i Council
for the Humanities Pavilion. And, from 2-4 pm on Saturday Low and Hokule'a
navigator Nainoa Thompson will show the re-issued The Navigators film
and discuss Low's new book Hawaiki Rising.
On Sunday (May 19), Patrick Kirch
will discuss new insights into ancient Hawaiian history and the rise of this
island civilization, from noon to 1 pm in the Alana Hawaiian Culture Pavilion.
A book signing for Kirch's award-wining new book, A Shark Going Inland Is My
Chief, will be held afterwards at the Barnes and Noble booth at the
festival.
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