Blog Posts on book events
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Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2012 by Bookmarked! on May 24, 2012Greetings from Singapore! I’m absolutely psyched to be here this weekend for the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), an annual gathering of the community of children’s content creators across Asia. Organized by the Nationa...
Philippines: World Book and Copyright Day by In Lesbians with Books on Apr 12, 2012In cooperation with The National Book Development Board, the Quezon City Government, IPO Philippines, FILCOLS, FILSCAP, and Vibal Publishing, they organized a free special event to celebrate it with the general public. This coming April 22, 2012, we...
Summer workshops at Filipinas Heritage Library by Bookmarked! on Apr 9, 2012Summer’s always a great time to learn something new, and maybe even discover a new passion. For those who want to try their hand at writing this summer, the Filipinas Heritage Library (Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle, Makati City) is offering a h...
Call for Entries: Gawad Panitikang Pangkalusugan by Bookmarked! on Mar 27, 2012 Mu Sigma Phi, the first medical sorority in the Philippines and Asia, is calling for entries for the Gawad Panitikang Pangkalusugan, a multi-awarded nationwide storybook writing competition with health as its main theme. The competition ̶...
Sunday with Lauren Oliver by Bookmarked! on Mar 27, 2012It was a damp and dreary afternoon last Sunday, but not for me, and certainly not for the droves of fans who trooped to Powerbooks Greenbelt to get their books signed by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver. I had set off to finish four of...
Jekyll & Hyde by Bookmarked! on Mar 22, 2012Last week, I watched Repertory Philippines’ off-season production of Jekyll & Hyde at Onstage, Greenbelt 1. The musical, of course, is based on the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the...
Liesl and Po by Bookmarked! on Mar 13, 2012Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of books Before I Fall, Delirium, and Liesl and Po, is coming to the Philippines this March to launch her newest book, Pandemonium. I’m scheduled for an interview, so I’m reading her books...
Bookish Birthday by Bookmarked! on Jan 29, 2012When we were planning the Flips Flipping Pages outreach activity at the start of the year, I purposely chose January 28th as the date because I wanted to do something for my birthday as well. My wish was granted as we got the opportunity to spend a d...
Reading Rampaaaaage! (Part III) by Bookmarked! on Dec 13, 2011(Continuation. Click for Part I and Part II) So the Flippers started arriving, and nobody was owning up to their bookish alter ego, as part of the activities was a guessing game of who could name the most characters in the party. We had our scrumptio...
Reading Rampage: A Bookish Ball (Part II) by Bookmarked! on Dec 12, 2011For the Flippers who attended this year’s Christmas party, aptly entitled ‘Reading Rampage: A Bookish Ball,’ this fabulous caricature by my ‘seezter’ Flipper Ajie Taduran says it all, but I want to show all of you just h...
