Lillianhowan - Lillian Howan

View from Point Venus

in memory of Yin Chong Roger Howan, my father

29 Must-Read Local Books You Won’t Want to Put Down This Summer

Here’s how to rock your hammock, if not your world, this summer. And if that’s not startling enough, we’ve got news about a new local bookstore opening.

It reads like Joan Didion on opium - Honolulu Magazine reviews The Charm Buyers.

Delighted to be on Honolulu Magazine’s Must-Reads Summer Books List!

POLYNESIA: PARADISE LOST?

In this two-part feature, Lillian Howan, author of a powerful novel set in Tahiti, offers a revealing interview and a lyrical essay describing her cultural heritage, her creativity and her experie…

Thank you author & literary shaman Leslie Stuart Tate for interviewing me on my childhood in Tahiti and my novel The Charm Buyers, as well as chronic illness, and lupus. Thankful to Francoise Holozet-Howan for the spectacular photos - this interview begins with a translation of her message re why she shares these photos: to bring more awareness to the environmental vulnerability of these islands, on the frontlines of climate change.

Tahiti, Sunday at Point Venus

Pinaki

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

THE WIERDLETS ~ this delightful little creature is bear man, he is one of a troupe of 4 traveling performers who entertain their crowds with beauty, magic, music and charm.

Land of Dreams 2

photo: Bruno Leou-on

Reason No. 15: Some words actually look like the thing they describe.

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