John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
THE 13TH ANNUAL HAWAI'I BOOK AND
MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND.
THIS FRIDAY FAMILY-FRIENDLY
EVENT IS GREAT FOR THOSE HUNGRY
FOR STORYTELLING IN ALL OF ITS
FORMS.
ONE OF THE FEATURES AUTHORS
JOINS US.
FORMER NEWS ANCHOR MALIA MATTOCH
McMANUS.
AUTHOR OF "DRAGONFRUIT."
HELLO.
HI.
Trini: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Trini: FULL DIVISION
CLOSURING GOING
FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAVE READ THE
BOOK.
WE'RE FRIENDS.
I WAS SO PROUD OF YOU FOR
WRITING THIS.
THANK YOU.
Trini: AND I LOVED IT.
IT'S A GREAT STORY.
I CRIED.
IT EVOKED SO MANY DIFFERENT
EMOTIONS IN MY.
ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS I
LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HAWAI'I
AHISTORY.
REALLY GOOD BOOK.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS?
YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF LIKE
YOU WHERE DURING THE PROCESS, I
LEARNED SO MUCH.
IT MADE LIVING HERE MORE
MEANSFUL.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS HAPPENED
HERE.
THIS HAPPENED HERE.
IT STARTED YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
I WAS AROUND MOLOKAI, AND I WAS
ACTUALLY DOING A SUMMER
INTERNSHIP FOR THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY.
I WENT WITH A FRIEND AND WE WERE
CAMPING.
I HAD MY FIRST GHOST EXPERIENCE.
IT PLANTED THIS IDEA OF STORY ON
MOLOKAI.
ABOUT A WOMAN AND WHAT WOULD
TAKE HER THERE AND HOW HER LIFE
WOULD INFOLD.
THAT WAS THE IDEA.
YEARS PASSED AND DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND AFTER CHANNEL 2, WHEN I WAS
STARTING A FAMILY, I HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO WRITE.
AND I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS
AND I WANTED TO PULL INTO SOME
OF THE HISTORY ABOUT HAWAI'I
THAT I ALWAYS LOVED.
THIS BOOKS OPEN -- IT'S ABOUT
THE TUMULTUOUS IDEAS.
THERE WERE CRAZY TIMES HERE.
A LOT OF DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I DID
THIS RESEARCH.
Trini: IT WAS AWARDED --
TELL US ABOUT -- IN HERE,
DRAGONFRUIT BEST OF?
THAT WAS CULTURAL READ.
WHICH MEANS A LOT.
THIS IS A PERIOD OF HISTORY THAT
IS VERY SPECIAL AND EMOTIONAL
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I REALLY HOPE I WOULD GET IT
RIGHT.
IT'S FICTION, SO THE CHARACTER
ARE FICTIONAL.
THERE ARE SOME REAL PEOPLE, THE
HAWAIIAN ROYAL PEOPLE.
I FEEL LUCKY THAT SO FAR, THE
RECEPTION FROM THE NATIVE
HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
BOOKSTORES, BOOK CLUBS, IT'S
BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND POSITIVE.
I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET A WHOLE NEW
SET OF PEOPLE IN HAWAI'I THAT I
NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVE
MET WITHOUT THE BOOK.
Trini: WHAT KIND OF
REACTION DID YOU GET FROM THE
HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY?
IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC.
THE OVERTHROW OF THE MONARCHY
AND PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT
IT.
RIGHT.
EVERY GIRLFRIEND WITH NATIVE
HAWAIIAN BLOOD, I WOULD MAKE
READ AND RET THE -- READ THE
DRAFT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
RECEPTION SO FAR HAS BEEN
AMAZING.
BISHOP MUSEUM ADDED IT TO MAKE
BOOKSTORE.
A FIGURE IN THE LOCAL LITERARY
SCENE -- YOU HAVE TO LOVE
HAWAI'I.
PEOPLE COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
IT'S BEEN TERRIFIC.
BOOK CLUBS ASKING ME TO
PARTICIPATE.
MOST OF THE NATIVE COMMUNITY,
KNOCK ON WOOD, SO FAR HAVE BEEN
GOOD.
Trini: I'M NOT SAYING THIS
BECAUSE WE'RE FRIENDS BUT I READ
IT AND ENJOYED IT.
IT IS FICTION BUT YOU GET A LOT
OF DETAILS IN THERE.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEATURED
AUTHORS AT THIS WEEKEND'S BOOK
FAIR.
VERY FUN.
Trini: YEAH.
LET'S TELL EVERYBODY WHEN THAT
IS.
THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY
5TH AND 6TH.
10:00 TO 5:00 P.M. BOTH DAYS.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN
140 EVENTS AT TEN PAVILIONS AND
STAGES.
PARKING IS FREE AT THE ADJACENT
MUNICIPAL LOT.
WE HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL GO DOWN.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO.
I'VE TAKEN THE KIDS THERE.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME
ON DOWN.
THERES SO MUCH TO DO THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE HARD TO DECIDE WHAT
TO DO.
. THERE'S A SCHEDULE ONLINE.
THERE ARE HEAVY HITTING AUTHORS.
THERE'S JAKE SHIMABUKURO.
IT'S A TREAT TROUGH T
Trini: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DRAGONFRUIT IN YOUR BOOKSTORE.
CHECK IT OUT.