Comments on: Wish List Continued--Nonfiction http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/ The Hawaii Readers site Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Roger Jellinek http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Roger Jellinek Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:17:12 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-499 David Sedaris is an NPR favorite, and therefore should turn out HPR listeners in force. I believe he sold out the Hawaii Theatre for two evenings five or so years ago, so that would have been 3000. The UH Distinguished Lecture series has been a variable draw--I've been there with 1000, and with less than 500. And they are free. Stage presence is a sine qua non in our situation. David Sedaris is an NPR favorite, and therefore should turn out HPR listeners in force. I believe he sold out the Hawaii Theatre for two evenings five or so years ago, so that would have been 3000.

The UH Distinguished Lecture series has been a variable draw--I've been there with 1000, and with less than 500. And they are free.

Stage presence is a sine qua non in our situation.

]]> By: Page Turner http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Page Turner Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:24:31 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-489 I was going to add David Sedaris to this list, then learned he's already on his way here for a show on Nov. 6 at Blaisdell: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A00431AA0FB26DB Ticket prices range from $45-$65. Yikes, I think his writings are hilarious but will think hard about spending that much to see him. At least we know he's a writer who has stage presence. Several on the list are likely better at writing than speaking...after all, that's their claim to fame. I was going to add David Sedaris to this list, then learned he's already on his way here for a show on Nov. 6 at Blaisdell:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A00431AA0FB26DB
Ticket prices range from $45-$65.

Yikes, I think his writings are hilarious but will think hard about spending that much to see him. At least we know he's a writer who has stage presence. Several on the list are likely better at writing than speaking...after all, that's their claim to fame.

]]> By: Carol at UH Press http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Carol at UH Press Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:47:13 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-436 Glad you realize not to go by the total attendance at HBMF (whatever the actual numbers might be) and instead think about how many attended the individual talks by featured national authors. The top author events at UH-Manoa's Campus Center are sometimes filled past capacity, which I believe is about 800. (Overflow crowds that couldn't get in the ballroom probably pushed that number closer to 1,000.) Those have generally been free, though. Smaller workshops with the same top authors have a fee. As someone noted earlier, maybe there'd be more willingness to pay for a more intimate experience with an author, rather than a public talk. Would the individual offerings at the Hawaii Writers Conference help in figuring what might work and what people would be willing to pay? Glad you realize not to go by the total attendance at HBMF (whatever the actual numbers might be) and instead think about how many attended the individual talks by featured national authors. The top author events at UH-Manoa's Campus Center are sometimes filled past capacity, which I believe is about 800. (Overflow crowds that couldn't get in the ballroom probably pushed that number closer to 1,000.) Those have generally been free, though. Smaller workshops with the same top authors have a fee. As someone noted earlier, maybe there'd be more willingness to pay for a more intimate experience with an author, rather than a public talk. Would the individual offerings at the Hawaii Writers Conference help in figuring what might work and what people would be willing to pay?

]]> By: Roger Jellinek http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Roger Jellinek Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:57:22 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-426 Keep 'em coming. However, until the series has established cred, we'd have to pick authors with enough rep to be a big draw. At HBMF last May we had some 35,000 attendees, yet no major author drew more than 150 people. Possibly because we offer so much simultaneously. RJ Keep 'em coming. However, until the series has established cred, we'd have to pick authors with enough rep to be a big draw. At HBMF last May we had some 35,000 attendees, yet no major author drew more than 150 people. Possibly because we offer so much simultaneously.
RJ

]]> By: Misty-Lynn Sanico http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Misty-Lynn Sanico Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:19:53 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-377 Oooh Joan Didion, yes! Hmm, PJ O'Rourke would be fun. Oooh Joan Didion, yes! Hmm, PJ O'Rourke would be fun.

]]> By: Lavonne http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Lavonne Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:46:26 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-373 Hi Roger, Love Anne Lamott--humor is always welcome! And David Brooks would be so interesting. Barry Lopez has been here before, of course; he's quite good. On my wish list: Patricia Hampl (magnificent essayist). Verlyn Klinkenborg. Steve Almond. Tobias Wolff. And if Michael Pollan, why not David Mas Matsumoto (Epitaph for a Peach)? Or Jennifer 8. Lee (The Fortune Cookie Chronicles)? Ruth Reichl, RIP Gourmet. Joan Didion. Hi Roger,

Love Anne Lamott--humor is always welcome! And David Brooks would be so interesting. Barry Lopez has been here before, of course; he's quite good.

On my wish list: Patricia Hampl (magnificent essayist). Verlyn Klinkenborg. Steve Almond. Tobias Wolff. And if Michael Pollan, why not David Mas Matsumoto (Epitaph for a Peach)? Or Jennifer 8. Lee (The Fortune Cookie Chronicles)?

Ruth Reichl, RIP Gourmet. Joan Didion.

]]> By: Roger Jellinek http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Roger Jellinek Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:20 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-372 Hi KB, One way is to introduce such a series gradually, extending from the Hawaii Book and Music Festival. This year we had 35,000 attendees, so we know there is an interest in live authors. We are trying to find individual sponsors to cover the basic cost, to insure that speaker's fees, travel etc. are covered. But before even going there I'd like to get a sense that the idea has legs. -Roger Hi KB,
One way is to introduce such a series gradually, extending from the Hawaii Book and Music Festival. This year we had 35,000 attendees, so we know there is an interest in live authors.
We are trying to find individual sponsors to cover the basic cost, to insure that speaker's fees, travel etc. are covered. But before even going there I'd like to get a sense that the idea has legs.
-Roger

]]> By: Koa Books http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/10/10/wish-list-continued-nonfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Koa Books Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:10:47 +0000 http://www.hawaiireaders.com/?p=4767#comment-365 Hi Roger, I see that the Portland Arts & Lectures series is sponsored by Gard Communications, Powell’s Books, The Paul G. Allen Foundation and Willamette University. Major support is also provided by The Oregonian. How do you envision bringing about your dream of a Literary Arts series in Hawai'i? Hi Roger,

I see that the Portland Arts & Lectures series is sponsored by Gard Communications, Powell’s Books, The Paul G. Allen Foundation and Willamette University. Major support is also provided by The Oregonian. How do you envision bringing about your dream of a Literary Arts series in Hawai'i?

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