Mark Panek News Today

Akebono Taro, the renowned sumo legend has passed away. His family confirmed he died of heart failure earlier this month at a Tokyo hospital.

You can pound mochi or enjoy an End of the Year Country Party with Waylon Nihipali in Hilo or participate in any one of the several New Year’s events in the Kailua-Kona area, plus more.

Writers and book publishers are worried it's another sign that books you can hold in your hands might soon be relics of the past.

Our first list—50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime—was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.

HONOLULU’s first-ever list of the most iconic, trenchant and irresistible books about Hawai‘i, as voted by a panel of literary community luminaries.

Yes|!!| lucky we live Hawai‘i|!!| the only state with its own regional literature. But|!!| lately|!!| it’s only gotten harder to make a go of it for our diverse|!!| dedicated and ink-stained scribbling class. Is self-publishing the answer? Who’s writing the next Great Hawai‘i Novel? Why won’t New York pay attention to us? We push the envelope in search of answers to these and other burning questions.