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Forgot to note before everything else that Read or Die has been extensively overhauled. We’re up for a very busy year.

First off: Read or Die is soliciting submissions for the first four to five issues of Ladino, a literary weekly coming soon to an MRT station near you. Fiction, 2500 to 3000 words max per story, English or Filipino. I’m afraid the publication is non-paying but if you’ve got a story to spare and you wouldn’t mind sharing, please submit.

Secondly: We’re organizing Filipino Fantastic, a conference n experimental and interdisciplinary conference which deals with the fantastic in Filipino art, mythology, literature, comics and other media. The conference is scheduled to take place on August 2007. We’ve issued an open call for papers.

March 29, 2007 | Filed Under Read or Die | Leave a Comment

Various announcements

The poetry group LIRA ( Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo) will be presenting a multi-media exhibit in celebration of Women’s Month. The exhibit, called LILA: Handog Sa Buwan Ng Kababaihan, will feature film showings, live performances, and lectures by Rebecca Anonuevo and Kora Dandan on March 30 at 1:30 PM. The exhibit is open to the public from March 24 to March 30 at the Ortigas Foundation Library, 2F Ortigas Building, Ortigas Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. For more information, please email LIRA at info@lira.tk or contact 09182442553.

The Ateneo University Press is updating their Language textbook series with the release of the revised edition of “Experiencing English.” This edition incorporates changes in the way English is taught in Filipino schools–from emphasizing grammar to building communicative skills.

Mary Anne Agustin of the Press notes that “…While the revised edition remains committed to this goal, some changes have improved the series as a whole:

1. The Note to Parents that explains the unique concept underlying the series includes tips for using the book so that parents and other adults can better help in their children’s learning process;

2. Each lesson, although creatively and nontraditionally presented, has a grammar focus which is clearly stated in the
Table of Contents section of every book;

3. The materials cut across subject matters significant and relevant to the pupils’ daily lives, such as history, current events, ecology, community life, and science. They have benefited from insights and suggestions of teachers, educators, education consultants, and parents who have read and used the first edition;

4. The Teacher’s Manual contains more exercises and drills that will help teachers impart lessons more productively;

5. The cost of the whole set (from Prep to Grade 6) is only 1,245 pesos.”

Ateneo University Press is offering a free training seminar for teachers and English coordinators in order to facilitate a profitable use of the textbook series.

For inquiries, please contact the Press at (632) 426-6001 loc. 4610.

Adarna House, together with the Raya School, Alitaptap Storytellers Philippines, and the Filipinas Heritage Library, invite readers, young and old, to participate in a series of workshops this summer.

A complete schedule follows the cut.

March 29, 2007 | Filed Under Latest | Leave a Comment

Welcome

Welcome. This weblog will contain news pertaining to club activities and events, book reviews, and the occasional rambling.

We apologize once again for the hiatus and we will be updating this blog regularly.

March 28, 2007 | Filed Under Latest | 1 Comment

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