BOOK SIGNING PARTY: Hawaiian Writer KIRBY WRIGHT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) May 17, 2010 -- Wright will sign copies of his novels in San Diego on Saturday, June 12th, 2010, from 10 am to 2 pm at Flip-N-Out Flops, 4603 Mission Blvd., Suite #102, San Diego, CA, 92109. He will also discuss the publication of his work in the most recent issues of ASIA LITERARY REVIEW, OWEN WISTER REVIEW, FOLIATE OAK LITERARY MAGAZINE, OPEN BOAT, and FOX CRY REVIEW. Please phone the store at 858-412-5988 for further info.

A FREE zodiac bar is included with each book purchase, while supplies last. And don't miss out on our great music, beachfront cocktails, and delicious finger foods! We also have VIP passes to an awesome bar near the beach.

Kirby Wright was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is a graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu and the University of California at San Diego. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Wright has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and is a past recipient of the Ann Fields Poetry Prize, the Academy of American Poets Award, the Browning Society Award for Dramatic Monologue, and Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowships in Poetry and The Novel. BEFORE THE CITY, his first book of poetry, took First Place at the 2003 San Diego Book Awards. Wright is also the author of the companion novels PUNAHOU BLUES and MOLOKA’I NUI AHINA, both set in Hawaii. He was a Visiting Fellow at the 2009 International Writers Conference in Hong Kong, where he represented the Pacific Rim region of Hawaii and lectured with Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder.