The third annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival will spotlight internationally acclaimed authors, poets, playwrights, storytellers, musicians, songwriters and artisans.

When: 10 am- 5 pm, Saturday May 17th & Sunday, May 25th

Where: Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds of Honolulu Hale, downtown Honolulu (530 S. King St.)

Cost: Free

Parking: Free meter parking both days at the Civic Center. Street parking also is free on Sunday.

Call: 234-0404

E-mail: specialeventshawaii@juno.com

Presenters:

• Michael Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient"
• Richard Chamberlain, star of stage, screen and television, and author of the memoir "Shattered Love"
• Lama Surya Das, author of "Awakening the Buddha Within" and "Words of Wisdom"
• Julia Whitty, who will receive the 2008 Kiriyama Prize for nonfiction for "The Fragile Edge: Diving & Other Adventures in the South Pacific" at the festival. The Kiriyama Prize is given to the best works of fiction and nonfiction from Pacific Rim countries.
• Patricia Wood, author of "Lottery," which is on the short-list for the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for fiction
• Jane Porter, author of "Flirting with Forty," being filmed on Oahu as a Lifetime Channel movie, starring Heather Locklear
• Linda Sue Park, Newbery award winner for her 2001 book, "A Single Shard"
• Gavan Daws, author of "Shoal of Time" and co-editor of "Honolulu Stories: Two Centuries of Writing"
• Lois-Ann Yamanaka, poet, author and recipient of two Pushcart prizes for poetry

Entertainers

• Entertainers:
• Maunalua
• Manoa DNA
• Jimmy Borges
• Shari Lynn
• Matt Catingub
• Roy Sakuma

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