Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• January 29, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• January 29, 2026 @ 5:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Join us for our Silent Book Club, a monthly gathering for those who enjoy reading in a quiet, shared space. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month, in the Language, Literature, and History Reference Area and Courtyard of the Hawai‘i State Library.

Participation is simple. Bring a book of your choice or select one from the library’s collection. There are no assigned books, no deadlines, and no required discussions—just the joy of reading in companionable silence.

All ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by a parent or an adult caregiver.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• January 30, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• January 31, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• January 31, 2026 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-586-3500

• February 1, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• February 2, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• February 2, 2026 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am
• Categories: Books, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Join us in the Edna Allyn Room for Children for lap-sit storytime! Bring your babies (0-23 months) and a blanket for stories, interactive rhymes, and songs in this 30-minute program.

• February 3, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. 

• February 4, 2026
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-586-3500

Start the new year with a chance to win a free vision board kit to plan your goals! First, read a self-help book from the Hawaii State Library’s Social Science and Philosophy section. Then reflect and review using our short handout located at the reference desk. Finally, return your completed review by February 28 and be entered into the prize drawing to win one of three kits! Winners will be contacted in March.

For more information, call 808-586-3532.

All programs are subject to change.  Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.