Twelve workshops on writing — from fiction to memoirs to poetry — will be the focus of the 13th Honolulu Writers Workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Among those giving workshops are: Ian MacMillan, winner of the O. Henry Award; Tammy Yee, author/illustrator; Roger Jellinek, founder of Hawai'i's only literary agency; and Margaret South, producer ("Beaches") and screenwriter. Registration is $70. Checks can be sent to: Aloha Press, 934 Wainiha St., Honolulu, HI 96825. Information: 395-1161 or alohapress@hawaiiantel.net.

— Mike Gordon

LIGHT THE NIGHT

RAISING AWARENESS

The Light The Night walk event is a national fundraising campaign to create public awareness about blood cancers and to raise funds for the Hawai'i branch of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. It takes place Saturday at the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park. Patients and survivors carry white illuminated balloons, while participants who raise $25 or more receive a red illuminated balloon. Registration begins at 6 p.m., and the walk at 7:15 p.m. For more information, contact Alicia Aragon, alicia.aragon@lls.org or 534-1222.

— Advertiser Staff

FINAL WORD

"You're in a hotel and you're like, OK, well, 'I'm sitting in this big suite with an Oscar (for "The Hours") and I still don't have a life.' ... It hit home that I needed to get a life. Who do I jump on the bed with, and celebrate with, and order pancakes with?"

Nicole Kidman | on her life in 2003 before meeting and marrying Keith Urban, in Vanity Fair