Live from the Atherton: Lurline McGregor - Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me

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Join young adult author Lurline McGregor for an evening of talk story. Learn about the inspiration behind writing Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me. She'll share the journey of writing the novel, and will introduce her second novel, Waking In A Sea of Dreams, which is a prequel to the first book.

This event offers the opportunity to engage with the poetics of Hawaiʻi’s past and present.

All Live from the Atherton events are filmed, recorded and photographed for future broadcasts and online content.

About Lurline McGregor:

Lurline Wailana McGregor, born to a Hawaiian, Chinese, Scottish father and German mother, grew up in Honolulu, Hawai’i in a community that reflected her own multi-cultural background. She has had a varied career, working for Senator Inouye as staff on the Indian Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C. before moving back home, where she headed media-related non-profit organizations before leaving to pursue her own creative work. She produced documentary videos, both independently and as a producer for Hawaiʻi Public Television and has since focused on writing, including for magazines as well as writing her first novel, Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me. Her second novel, Waking In A Sea of Dreams, is due out later this year. She has received various awards for her films, but most of the trophies on her shelf are for outrigger canoe paddling.

Admission: Free

Live From the Atherton is Hawai‘i Public Radio’s new flagship multimedia series, featuring music performances, authors and other creative, original thinkers at our Atherton Studio. Throughout 2025, Hawai'i Public Radio will host ticketed events that feature a range of music, from Hawaiian, classical, jazz and indie, as well as authors and speakers across genres including fiction, young adult, keiki and Hawaiian history.

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The Live from the Atherton Author Series takes place on select Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings at the Atherton Performing Arts studio at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. This author series event begins at 6 .m. unless otherwise noted. Doors open thirty minutes before the event starts.

This event will be filmed, recorded and photographed. Your presence constitutes your release of all rights to your recorded voice and image, which may be used in projects by Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis — advance RSVP is strongly suggested.

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Parking: Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood (metered parking is free after 6 p.m.).

Mahalo to HMSA for their sponsorship of our HPR “Live from the Atherton” events.

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