Leaving on a Monday

The first session of Write Or Die featuring Dean Alfar was apparently a roaring success. Dean Alfar posted about the event here. Charles Tan has a downloadable audio recording here and a partial transcript here. Kenneth Yu also sent us his photos of the event. (Our archives are getting bigger–need to sort the gallery as soon as possible. Like, right now).

Kudos once again to Dean Alfar for coming and generously sharing his time and talent. I’ve been getting comments about his talk, all very enthusiastic and complimentary.

On our part, well, we really can’t take any credit, but we’re glad that people enjoyed the event. UP ICW is also very pleased. Hopefully you guys will keep attending the workshops. We’ll be taking a break in December after Charlson Ong’s talk on December 1 since people will probably have things in mind other than writing (not to mention parties to go to) during the holiday rush but we’ll resume on January 5, which will kickstart the Non-Fiction series. I’ll keep the guest list a secret for now (since a couple of people still have to confirm) but we’re looking at a really good lineup.

Once again, Write Or Die is free. We’ve been emailing schools about this so that students interested in writing can attend. Please help us spread the word. Write Or Die is a complementary initiative of RoD since we do believe that writing and reading are inextricably bound with each other. Good readers are usually good writers and vice-versa. This is not always true, of course, but it is true most of the time.

We’d also like to thank Anvil Publishing and Ateneo Press, Dean’s publishers. Powerbooks, of course, for being an accommodating host, and WikiPilipinas for their sponsorship.

We’re also very privileged to have the UP Institute of Creative Writing and the UP Centennial Commission/Gawad Likhaan supporting this program. (We also love Ateneo, DLSU, UST, PUP, so baka pwede rin po kayong magpahiram ng writers pagdating ng panahon ohohoho).

Finally, special mention goes to the Pinoywrimos who came in force, and Tina, the incredibly active and resourceful municipal liason. Good luck on that word count~ Let’s have a party when it’s all over and done with.

Kristel and Karen masterminded the entire thing, wandering power adapters and all. Great job, d00ds, and there are… twelve more workshops to go. Hehe.

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November 14, 2007 Written by: tin | Filed Under Events 

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3 Responses to “Leaving on a Monday”

  1. Write Or Die » Write Or Die: Writers Write (Dean Alfar) on November 14th, 2007 12:57 pm

    […] here and a partial transcript here. Kenneth Yu also sent us his photos of the event. (Read our blog entry at the Read Or Die […]

  2. mela on November 23rd, 2007 4:50 am

    Hi :-) I attended the lecture at Powerbooks and learned so much…Dean Alfar is really gifted…an effective writer and speaker. I am glad I was there. Thanks!
    http://mnemosynetwin.wordpress.com/

  3. charles ng on December 2nd, 2007 1:31 am

    […] Leaving on a Monday […]

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