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Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 25th, 2013, 2:41 pm
by summer
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Beautiful people of RP, sino ang interested sa Philippine speculative fiction? It's like fantasy, but weirder and ethnic :lol:

There will be not one, not four, but THREE spec fic book launches this Saturday July 27 at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at EDSA Shangri-La Mall.

Here are the details:
When: Saturday, July 27, 2:00 p.m.
Where: e Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at EDSA Shangri-La Mall

Here's the event's press thingy:

The UST Publishing House, Flipside Publishing, and Kestrel DDM invite you to the launch of:

‘Philippine Speculative Fiction volume 8′, edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Nikki Alfar,

‘Now, Then, and Elsewhen’, a short story collection by Nikki Alfar, and

the digital edition of the ‘Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction, 2005 – 2010′, edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Nikki Alfar.

Ours has regularly been called “the most fun book launch of the year”, so do join us for an afternoon of laughter, merienda, and the inevitable teasing of Eliza Victoria. And probably you. And probably me. But, you know, we believe that mockery is the sincerest form of friendship. (Please note that this will be held at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at EDSA Shangri-La MALL, not the hotel, and also not the 26th Street Bistro at the new wing. It’s the ground-level Coffee Bean, facing the driveway.)

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 25th, 2013, 9:21 pm
by Bagamundo
haha mockery. sounds fun. :-) maybe a dumb question but who's eliza victoria?

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 8:58 am
by summer
yehey! salamat :D

lahat ng booklovers ay maganda para sa akin, lalo na kapag nagpapahiram sila ng libro :lol:

Eliza Victoria is the author of A Bottle of Storm Clouds (may copy ako nito, gusto mo hiramin?) and several other books. she's a really good writer! she usually mixes magical elements and Philippine mythology with real world settings :)

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http://elizavictoria.com/books/

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 10:12 am
by Bagamundo
ah parang natawag na nito ang pansin ko sa fully booked. short stories siya tama? sige pero wag muna ngayon. 4 pa yung binabasa ko masakit sa bangs haha

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 2:49 pm
by imavee
i saw this at National bookstore during my last visit. I think that was the other week however, I was out of budget na... Bookstores make me poor.. LOLx..

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 3:09 pm
by summer
@bagamundo: pinagsasabay mo rin pala yung mga librong binabasa mo, pareho tayo. and yes, short stories yan

@imavee: mga P200 plus ata yung price nito eh, medyo mahal for Phil lit, pero ok lng. just tell me if you would like to read it, I'll swap it for Red Dragon (hehe). gusto mo rin ba sumama sa event? the more, the merrier! :D

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 3:48 pm
by arjaye
summer wrote:@bagamundo: pinagsasabay mo rin pala yung mga librong binabasa mo, pareho tayo. and yes, short stories yan

@imavee: mga P200 plus ata yung price nito eh, medyo mahal for Phil lit, pero ok lng. just tell me if you would like to read it, I'll swap it for Red Dragon (hehe). gusto mo rin ba sumama sa event? the more, the merrier! :D


@bagamundo @summer.. i think habit na natin un.. pagsabay sabayin pagbabasa ng mga books.. when i get tired of reading from the tab.. as it strains the eye.. lilipat na naman ako bedside table book ko.. na more or less binabasa ko pampaantok.. iba pa un book na nasa bag lang while im out or at work..haha wait.. iba pa un hiniram na book.. na dapat ng basahin kara-karaka kasi kelangan na ibalik sa me-ari! haha

@summer.. next month, pag nakauwi ko jan.. lemme me know kung me book happenings anywhere, ill go with u! :) or maybe we can meet and swap .. and try to hunt good places to read..or maybe hang-out. whatever is good. teka anu anu ang mga TBR mo? maybe i can dig from my shelves.. but on the second thought.. i doubt, baka nabasa mo na lahat ng books ko.. hehe

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 4:14 pm
by summer
@arjaye: haha, ganyan nga! nape-pressure din ako minsan tapusin yung book na hiniram kasi nakakahiya kung abutin ka ng one year bago matapos basahin yun. dati one book at a time lang talaga ang binabasa ko, tapos pinipilit ko yun tapusin kahit hindi pala maganda yung storya kasi 1) I have to know the ending and 2) sayang yung perang pinambili ng libro :lol:

sige, gumala tayo kapag nandito ka na, I'm excited to meet you :D tiningnan ko yung owned books mo, meron ka palang kite runner! pa-swap nun kung pwede. I'll update my owned books list this weekend para makahanap ka rin ng magugustuhan mo ;)

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 7:25 pm
by Bagamundo
summer wrote:@bagamundo: pinagsasabay mo rin pala yung mga librong binabasa mo, pareho tayo. and yes, short stories yan

@imavee: mga P200 plus ata yung price nito eh, medyo mahal for Phil lit, pero ok lng. just tell me if you would like to read it, I'll swap it for Red Dragon (hehe). gusto mo rin ba sumama sa event? the more, the merrier! :D


yep! sa office laptop ko mayroon akong pdf ng a brief history of time ni stephen hawking na inuunti unti ko dahil baka mapagalitan ako at dahil mahirap intindihin. :D

ang usually binabasa ko ay yung thinking fast and slow ni daniel kahneman. mga psychological fallacies. :D usually one to three chapters lang pagbasa ko para marami ako maabsorb.

pag gusto ko pa magbasa, binabasa ko yung love in the time of cholera ni gabriel garcia marquez. or in the name of the rose ni umberto eco.

pero pag light lang, y: the last man o kaya kiko machine komix :)

Re: Simultaneous Book Launch! Samahan niyo ako please! haha

PostPosted: July 26th, 2013, 7:42 pm
by arjaye
summer wrote:@arjaye: haha, ganyan nga! nape-pressure din ako minsan tapusin yung book na hiniram kasi nakakahiya kung abutin ka ng one year bago matapos basahin yun. dati one book at a time lang talaga ang binabasa ko, tapos pinipilit ko yun tapusin kahit hindi pala maganda yung storya kasi 1) I have to know the ending and 2) sayang yung perang pinambili ng libro :lol:

sige, gumala tayo kapag nandito ka na, I'm excited to meet you :D tiningnan ko yung owned books mo, meron ka palang kite runner! pa-swap nun kung pwede. I'll update my owned books list this weekend para makahanap ka rin ng magugustuhan mo ;)


@summer.. nafefeel mo rin ba ang pressure na tapusin na kagad ang isang libro, kase me gusto ka na umpisahan?? naku ganyan ako.. at pag me naumpisahan ako kelangan tapusin...like lord of the rings... un makapal, at hindi putol putol?! un mga archaic words at super obsolete na..haha natapos ko un!

KITE RUNNER it is! sige hindi pa masiado updated un catalog ko kasi hindi ko na matandaan un iba ko pang libro, nanjan sa bahay namin... tell me lang kung anu mga wishlist mo.. baka meron ako dun. :) eto nga, chek din ako ng mga natira kong books dto.. update ko.. chek mo ulit.. baka me maidagdag ka pa sa kite runner... :)