Literary Travel Guide: Kauai
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai
A big thank-you to Talk Story Bookstore and the Kauai Public Libraries for helping me put this list together! Happy reading and Mahalo!
Literary Destinations:
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai | Literary Destinations
Kalalau Beach | Kauai, HI 96766
The Folding Cliffs by W.S. Merwin; The True Story of Kaluaikoolau as told by his wife, Pi‘ilani translated by Francis N. Frazier
Cook Landing Sight | Waimea, HI
Captain James Cook first visited Waimea--Voyages of Captain Cook
Hanalei | Hanalei, HI
The northern part of Kauai was one of the settings in The Descendents by Kaui Hart Hemming
National Tropical Botanical Garden | 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756
Waking Up In Eden by Lucinda Fleeson
Kauai's Best Libraries:
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai | Best libraries
Personal Library | End of Kalalau Trail
A small personal library in the Kalalau Valley in a cliff shelf where people have created a sort of lending library at the end of the Kalalau Trail
Kauai Museum | 4428 Rice St, Lihue, HI 96766
Kauai Historical Society | 4396 Rice St #101, Lihue, HI 96766
Kauai Community College | 3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihue, HI 96766
Hanapepe Public Library | 4490 Kona Rd, Hanapepe, HI 96716
Princeville Public Library | 4343 Emmalani Dr, Princeville, HI 96722
Waimea Public Library | 9750 Kaumualii Hwy, Waimea, HI 96796
Kapaa Public Library | 4-1464 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746
Lihue Public Library | 4344 Hardy St, Lihue, HI 96766
Bookish Places to Eat in Kauai:
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai | Bookish places to eat
Kilauea Bakery & Pizza | 2484 Keneke St, Kilauea, HI 96754
Check out the a quaint bookshelf by the seating area
Art Cafe Hemingway | 4-1495 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746
Named after Ernest Hemingway
Stevenson's Library @ the Grand Hyatt | 1571 Poipu Rd, Koloa, HI 96756
Bar with bookshelves at the Grand Hyatt hotel
Literary Events in Kauai:
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai | Literary Events
Kauai Writers Conference | 3610 Rice St, Lihue, HI 96766
Attendees include both aspiring and already published writers. Celebrated authors come to relax, rekindle friendships with their peers, and share inspiration and insight. Bring this mix to the otherworldly beauty of Kauai and magic happens.
Kauai's Independent Bookstores:
Literary Travel Guide: Kauai | Independent Bookstores
Talk Story Bookstore | 3785 Hanapepe Rd, Hanapepe, HI 96716
Kauai's Largest New and New Release, Secondhand & Out-of-Print Bookstore and the Most Diverse Selection on Kauai!
Kokee Museum & Gift Shop | 3600 Kokee Rd, Kekaha, HI 96752
Good Hawaiian books for sale
West Kauai Tech & Visitors Center | 9565 Kaumualii Hwy, Waimea, HI 96796
Give a lot of info about Kauai and has good Hawaii-related books
