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stories from the filipino readercon 2014 / day 3 of the 5th PILFBIS

This year, the 4th Filipino Reader Conference coincided with the last day of the 5th Philippine International Literary Festival and Book Industry Summit (PILFBIS). I was fortunate enough to get a leave from the day job to attend several panels. (And even facilitate one!)

I had to leave early though to avoid the afternoon payday rush hour, and unfortunately missed the Filipino Readers Choice Awards. But let me share with you some photos.

The concurrent events were held at Hall B of the Bayanihan Center, venue of the Komikon.

I arrived bright and early, even before the plenary speech by Camille dela Rosa of the National Book Development Board (NBDB).

Visprint booth.

I headed straight to Visprint to grab all the new books that I could and have them signed. Caught Tepai Pascual sitting at the Meganon booth.

Paolo Chikiamco of Mythspace and Rocket Kapre opening the event.

Camille giving the plenary speech.

I stayed put in Hall B to attend the panel “From Reader to Writer”, facilitated by Mina Esguerra. (List of panels here, for reference.) Delighted that the writers wanted to explore mystery/crime and sci-fi in their next writing projects.

Program break, so I sat down for anyone interested to have their books signed.

Next up: a panel on diverse reading facilitated by Dean Alfar.

Still in Hall B, the Visprint book launches. You should have heard Manix Abrera’s hilarious introductions. (On Mervin: “Nung nakita ko yung art niya parang ayoko na mag-drowing.” On Tepai: “Ang yabang e, parang gusto lang sabihin sa akin, ‘Mas magaling ako sa’yo.'”)

After lunch and more book signing duties, I headed to Conference Room F for the Authors as Readers panel, featuring Edgar Calabia Samar and Rin Chupeco, where they shared their favorite books and authors.

Loved the small room and the cozy atmosphere. I hoped I did an adequate job as facilitator! I thought the panel was fun, and I would have loved another hour with these writers and the audience.

I also attended the panel, “Non-required Reading: The Rise of the Book Clubs”, facilitated by Gabi Francisco, whom I have mistaken for her twin sister, Tata. (Tata was a classmate of mine in a Creative Writing class back in UP. Both of them are now teachers at Regina Maria Montessori.) I’m so sorry, Gabi!

My loot.

Not from the event, but gifts from Charles Tan. Thank you!

My thanks as always to Ms. Nida and Visprint, Honey and the Readercon team, and Camille and Ciela of the NBDB. My deepest gratitude to the readers who bought our books and dropped by to say hi.

That was a Friday well spent.

congratulations to the winner of the dwellers giveaway contest

Thank you to those who joined my giveaway!

I exported the file as CSV from WordPress’s Feedback form, and used an online random number generator to get the winning number:

Huh. Lucky number 1!

And the winner is:

Congratulations Ailla! Your copy will be with you soon.

Dwellers

And thank you all for playing.

‘dwellers’ is the filipino group’s book of the month

I just found out (through Goodreads) that my novel Dwellers is The Filipino Group’s Book of the Month for November! They will be discussing the book at one of the Filipino ReaderCon book discussions happening on Nov. 15.

Enjoy reading, guys!

dwellers giveaway

This is super late, you guys. So sorry! A lot of things happened.

Dwellers, my newest book, was released in July of this year.

Now that the book has been released, here’s how you can support it:

1. Buy the book. Of course! :) It is now available in all major Philippine book stores.

2. Share this link and other Dwellers info on your social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest etc.).

3. Review the book. Blog about it. Tell your friends, whether you enjoyed it or not. If you are on Goodreads, add the book to your bookshelf and share your thoughts.

To celebrate, I will be giving away one (1) free signed copy of my new book. :)

Dwellers

Mechanics:

1. The contest will run from today, Thursday, Oct. 30, to Thursday, November 6, 5 PM. In case WP acts up, I will extend the contest duration.

2. Winners will be announced no later than Nov. 10, Monday.

3. Open to residents living in the Philippines only.

4. Share this post by clicking on the Twitter share button below.

5. After sharing, register in the form below. Please leave the url of your Twitter status as proof of entry. (Your Twitter has to be public so I can see it.)

If you don’t have a Twitter account, just leave a url (post also has to be public) as proof that you shared it somewhere else (your blog, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest etc etc etc).

6. You may do both! This will give you a higher chance of winning. (Please click both checkboxes if you shared this post on Twitter and another site.)

7. The copy will be shipped, hopefully immediately (it depends on how busy I am) via 2Go. Please make sure the address you’re leaving on the form is correct and complete!

8. The copy I will be sending are from my own set of advance copies from Visprint, but Visprint is not a sponsor of this contest. Neither is the courier.

9. The winner will be chosen via electronic lottery, and will be announced on this blog and contacted via email.

10. Have fun!

This contest is now closed. Thank you for joining!

visprint books at the 2014 mibf

These photos are from the Visprint Facebook page. Visprint books are sold at 10 % off at the Precious Pages booth (in front of the main stage) at the 2014 Manila International Book Fair. Come visit!

I’ll be there Saturday, 11-12 nn, for a book signing. See you.

usapang may-akda #1 at uno morato

uno morato 2 — Photo from Princess F. L-R: Adam, Mervin, me.

I was so happy to finally get the chance to visit Uno Morato in Quezon City, and to be a part of a creators’ discussion to boot! The first Usapang May-Akda, hosted by Adam David, featured Mervin Malonzo and me. We are all readers of each other’s work, and this definitely elevated the quality of our discussion about our influences and process.

Let me share with you Adam’s questions:

1) Influences on your horror work – even non-horror influences (ie, Rizal as influence on TABI PO), even extra-literary influences (news, creepy pasta). Question on process: how do you prep for working on your work?

2) Eliza’s very urban horror VS Merv’s very rural horror – also modern VS traditional? – care to elaborate on the whys and wherefores of the two? Why choose one over the other? Question on subject: why do you write about what you write about?

3) The human body as site for potential acts of horror, rendered to it and rendered by it – body horror: the sexual implications of, the sexual assault subtext of, the sadomasochist dimensions of, the horrific act as release of sexual energy – consumption (TABI PO) and possession (DWELLERS) as an unwilling owning of another’s body, as objectification of the body, as rape. Still a question on subject: why do you write about what you write about?

4) Talk about upcoming work! Solo projects, collaborations.

I really loved the questions, and the questions that arose during the discussion itself. You may listen to Adam’s audio recording here (English/Filipino) or here (Mervin cleaned up the audio to make it clearer). Warning: Laughter, in-jokes, digressions.

Maraming salamat kay Adam at sa Uno Morato, at sa lahat ng dumalo at naki-chika sa amin. Sa uulitin!