Kona Stories is an independent bookstore located on Hawaii Island
Serving the Hawaiian Islands since 2006
Located in the Historical Keauhou Shopping Center
Established in 2006 by Brenda McConnell and Joy Vogelgesang, Kona Stories features all genres of books. Find the latest hard cover, best seller or an old classic, this bookstore is fully stocked with 10,000 titles. They specialize in Hawaiiana, children's books and educational toys, whimsical locally made gifts and 32 lines of greeting cards. Kona Stories offers a unique consignment program for local, self-published writers who need an opportunity to market their work. Kona Stories is also an elite dealer for Woodstock Chimes.
For Jane Marshall Goodsill, Voices of Hawai‘i began as a labor of love. A kama‘āina accomplished in the art of oral history, she began interviewing Island residents who had known her late father, a partner in a venerable Honolulu law firm.
But avocation soon became vocation. As Goodsill’s joy in recording these life stories grew, so too did her pool of subjects: business executives, war veterans and POWs, retired plantation managers, Island entertainers, conservationists, taro farmers, educators, broadcasters, retailers, ranchers, activists, judges, journalists and so many others. Taken together, their oral histories told a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tale of Hawai‘i’s journey from the World War II era into the 21st century.
