Bill Fernandez Hawaiian Author
After retirement, I began writing - memoirs about my barefoot years on Kaua'i, then historical novels. Whalers, missionaries, planters, women, war.
Each is centered on events which seriously impacted native Hawaiians, told from the Hawaiian point of view. Hawai'i in War and Peace begins when the plane bringing me to Kamehameha Schools at the end of Kaua'i Kids in Peace and War lands in Honolulu. Big adjustments: military uniforms, shoes, regulations, racism between GIs and locals. After the war a driving trip in continental USA and "whites o
28/07/2023
Mahalo to everyone who attended my Kaua'i Museum book talk on my new novel, The Awakening. I deeply appreciate the interest of everyone. Who knows, I might begin another novel!
Preparing my book talk on the novel The Awakening...this Sat July 8 at the Kaua'i Museum Courtyard from 5 PM to 7 PM. Some good music and snacks plus books for sale.
Looking forward to seeing friends at my Museum book talk and signing. Plan to have some local music and refreshments. Hope to see many of you there! Museum Courtyard, Lihue, July 8 from 5 PM to 7 PM. Aloha!
THE AWAKENING, my new historical novel set in the early 1800s when Western ships and Russians brought big changes to the islands.
Save this date: July 8 at 5 PM, join me at my book talk, Kaua'i Museum Courtyard. Kani ka pila and book signing.
05/06/2023
The Awakening: a historical novel about Hawaii The Awakening: a historical novel about Hawaii
31/05/2023
Our Story
Hawai'i in War and Peace begins in 1944 when the propeller plane (that carries me to Kamehameha Schools) at the end of Kaua'i Kids in Peace and War lands in Honolulu. Big adjustments: military uniforms, shoes, regulations, racism between GIs and locals. After the war a driving trip on continental USA reveals "whites only" water fountains and bathrooms, anti-Semitism at hotels, and other racism. I worried about fitting in. My goal was to be a fisherman. My parents had other ideas. I went to Stanford and life changed again.
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