It may have been dark and rainy outside the glass walls of the Leis Family Class Act Restaurant at UH Maui College on the night of Nov. 7, but inside was full of bright cheer and warm nostalgia. That’s because Julie Checkoway, the author of the eminently interesting and readable 2015 book The Three-Year Swim Club, was on island to talk about how she–a writer from Salt Lake … [Read more...] about Author Julie Checkoway talks Three-Year Swim Club at UH Maui College
Soichi Sakamoto
7 people you should check out at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival on Oahu
There are obviously many, many reasons why you oughta book a flight over to Honolulu and check out the Hawaii Book and Music Festival, but looking over the list of speakers and panelists, we kept seeing familiar names–people from Maui, authors who've written fantastic books about Maui or great authors we've written about. So here they are: Julie Checkoway wrote The … [Read more...] about 7 people you should check out at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival on Oahu
Watch author Julie Checkoway discuss Maui’s sugar ditch kids and her book ‘The Three-Year Swim Club’
For those of you who can’t get enough of the new book The Three-Year Swim Club–the story of Coach Soichi Sakamoto and his ditch kids who went from Pu‘unene poverty in the 1930s to international swimming glory, which we discussed in our Nov. 5, 2015 cover story “Maui’s Swimming Legends”–you can watch author Julie Checkoway speak about the book in a 50-minute video on … [Read more...] about Watch author Julie Checkoway discuss Maui’s sugar ditch kids and her book ‘The Three-Year Swim Club’
Talking story with ‘The Three-Year Swim Club’ author Julie Checkoway about Soichi Sakamoto, Maui’s sugar ditch kids and Olympic glory
It’s not an exaggeration to say the green Waikapu on 30 restaurant has been there forever. It’s a little convenience store, selling plate lunches, sandwiches, snacks and drinks, but inside are little reminders–a shelf covered with old bottles, tin signs–that recall its past. The building dates back to the early years of the 20th century, when it was the old Sakamoto Store. Out … [Read more...] about Talking story with ‘The Three-Year Swim Club’ author Julie Checkoway about Soichi Sakamoto, Maui’s sugar ditch kids and Olympic glory