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Read or Die Meeting
Read Or Die will be holding its July 2007 club meeting at A Different Bookstore (Serendra) on July 28 (Saturday) with the National Book Development Board Book Club and Anvil Publishing . Read Or Die will be discussing its club reading list for July as well as details regarding Ang Bagong Libro and other events and functions the club will hosting at the 28th Manila International Book Fair . If you would like to volunteer for Ang Bagong Libro, please attend the meeting. You can drop by any time between 2PM and 4PM (if you’re not a member, that is. If you’re a member, please come on time!)
At 4PM, the National Book Development Board Book Club will come in to host a book discussion on Romina Gonzalez’s “Welostit and Other Stories,” the club’s Book Of The Month for July. The NBDB Book Club is envisioned to be a high-profile reading group held at coffee shops and restaurants in the metro, and attended by a powerhouse guest list. The club meets once a month and focuses exclusively on Filipino-authored books. All meetings are moderated by Tara FT Sering.
To cap off the afternoon’s events, at 5 PM, Anvil Publishing will be hosting a poetry reading featuring selected poets from their notable roster of writers: Teo Antonio, Marra Lanot, Pete Lacaba, Sarge Lacuesta, Mookie Katigbak, Angelo Suarez, and Virgilio Almario. (I think Vim Nadera might be coming as well along with Ruel de Vera).
Romina Gonzalez will also be coming for the book discussion of “Welostit.” Tara FT Sering will moderate.
As you can see, the July 2007 meeting is a sponsored and co-hosted meeting with other book groups and publishing houses. We’re trying to develop a new template for book meetings which will encourage interactivity between writers, readers, critics, publishers and bookstores. This is the first time we’re doing this so we’ve been fumbling and stumbling as usual - the object(s) of our clumsiness would know what we’re talking about - but hopefully we can improve on it in future meetings to come.
We’d like to give special thanks to Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores of NBDB, Ms. Rebecca Arcega of Philsites, Mr. Lew Edwards of A Better Chance Foundation, Ms. Joyce Bernales and Ms. Gwen Galvez of Anvil, and Ms. Catherine Lopez-Uy of A Different Bookstore for their support.
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Simpsons Gathering!!!
We call all of you to gather at McDonald's Katipunan on the morning of July 28 to come with us, where we will attempt to become legends. Call everyone you know, and tell them to bring everyone they know.
Our goal: To amass a horde of Simpsons fans huge enough to fill an entire cinema, storm the LRT and mob the Gateway cinema. Preferably, the men will be wearing Homer-esque white shirts and jeans (Lisa and Marge's looks are harder to reproduce, after all).
Our assembly time: 8 AM.
Our battlecry: D'OH!
Read Or Die will be holding its July 2007 club meeting at A Different Bookstore (Serendra) on July 28 (Saturday) with the National Book Development Board Book Club and Anvil Publishing . Read Or Die will be discussing its club reading list for July as well as details regarding Ang Bagong Libro and other events and functions the club will hosting at the 28th Manila International Book Fair . If you would like to volunteer for Ang Bagong Libro, please attend the meeting. You can drop by any time between 2PM and 4PM (if you’re not a member, that is. If you’re a member, please come on time!)
At 4PM, the National Book Development Board Book Club will come in to host a book discussion on Romina Gonzalez’s “Welostit and Other Stories,” the club’s Book Of The Month for July. The NBDB Book Club is envisioned to be a high-profile reading group held at coffee shops and restaurants in the metro, and attended by a powerhouse guest list. The club meets once a month and focuses exclusively on Filipino-authored books. All meetings are moderated by Tara FT Sering.
To cap off the afternoon’s events, at 5 PM, Anvil Publishing will be hosting a poetry reading featuring selected poets from their notable roster of writers: Teo Antonio, Marra Lanot, Pete Lacaba, Sarge Lacuesta, Mookie Katigbak, Angelo Suarez, and Virgilio Almario. (I think Vim Nadera might be coming as well along with Ruel de Vera).
Romina Gonzalez will also be coming for the book discussion of “Welostit.” Tara FT Sering will moderate.
As you can see, the July 2007 meeting is a sponsored and co-hosted meeting with other book groups and publishing houses. We’re trying to develop a new template for book meetings which will encourage interactivity between writers, readers, critics, publishers and bookstores. This is the first time we’re doing this so we’ve been fumbling and stumbling as usual - the object(s) of our clumsiness would know what we’re talking about - but hopefully we can improve on it in future meetings to come.
We’d like to give special thanks to Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores of NBDB, Ms. Rebecca Arcega of Philsites, Mr. Lew Edwards of A Better Chance Foundation, Ms. Joyce Bernales and Ms. Gwen Galvez of Anvil, and Ms. Catherine Lopez-Uy of A Different Bookstore for their support.
and
Simpsons Gathering!!!
We call all of you to gather at McDonald's Katipunan on the morning of July 28 to come with us, where we will attempt to become legends. Call everyone you know, and tell them to bring everyone they know.
Our goal: To amass a horde of Simpsons fans huge enough to fill an entire cinema, storm the LRT and mob the Gateway cinema. Preferably, the men will be wearing Homer-esque white shirts and jeans (Lisa and Marge's looks are harder to reproduce, after all).
Our assembly time: 8 AM.
Our battlecry: D'OH!