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NBDB Book Club presents Venus in Orbit

The NBDB Book Club and Bigkas Pilipinas present Venus in Orbit, a night of spoken word poetry and music by women on November 13, 9PM at Bacci Ristorante in Makati City.

For details, call Bacci at 828-2235. Entrance is free and there's an open mic session after the program.

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3-N-1/ 10-10-10: WRITING-ON-SITE WORKSHOP FOR STAGE, TV, and FILM

NICOLAS B. PICHAY, writer, lawyer, recipient of the Palanca Hall of Fame for having won at least 5 First Prizes in the yearly literary contest, and newly-arrived from New York where he spent six months on a Theatre Grant provided by the Asian Cultural Council, announces the 3-n-1/ 10-10-10: Writing-on-Site Workshop for Stage, TV, and Film as he invites ten (10) writers, to take an exciting writing journey with him for ten (10) consecutive Saturdays, learning, re-discovering, re-enforcing and discussing dramatic writing for Stage, TV, and Film with a registration fee of —you guessed it—ten (10) thousand pesos.

Invitation for Filipino Authors to participate in the Filbookfest in San Francisco USA

The Literacy Initiatives International Foundation (LIIF) of San Francisco, through the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), invites Filipino authors to join the Filbookfest on October 1 - 2, 2011 at the San Francisco Library, California USA.

The LIIF, through the Asia Foundation, will sponsor the airfare and accommodation of six (6) authors who will be selected to deliver talks and presentations during the two-day festival. The invitation is also open to those authors who can go on their own or can find other sponsors for their trip.

NBDB holds 2011 Academic Publishing Conference in Bacolod City

On March 3 and 4, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), in partnership with University of St. La Salle Bacolod, will hold an academic publishing conference themed “Venturing into Academic Publishing” at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City.

The conference targets universities and commercial publishers in the regions and aims to provide them with the necessary knowledge needed to start and sustain a university-based publishing house. The NBDB will be flying in experts from the biggest university and commercial publishers in the country, including UST Publishing House’s Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (The UST Publishing House’s Experience), De La Salle University’s Isagani Cruz (The Academic Publishing Market and Distribution Channels; Putting Together an Academic Journal), Ateneo de Manila University’s Oscar Campomanes (The Basics of Writing Articles and the Journal Review Process), Central Book Supply’s Paolo Sibal (Publishing on Demand), and Vibal Publishing’s Kristine Mandigma (E-Publishing for Academic Publishers). Intellectual Property Office’s Atty. Louie Calvario will also give a talk on copyright basics for publishing and Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society’s (FILCOLS) Alvin Buenaventura will give a talk about authors’ reprographic rights.

Marco Mañalac is a proud geek

Marco Mañalac first created a buzz last year when he scored the role of Allan Strang in the Philippine adaptation of the Tony-award winning play Equus, the same controversial role played by Daniel Radcliffe about a boy and his god-like fascination with horses. He was a popular bet in last year’s MYX VJ Hunt where he consistently garnered the highest SMS votes from viewers. And just last September, he walked the runway alongside the country’s sexiest men when he made it to the centerfold of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s hottest bachelors and joined the Cosmo Bachelor Bash. Marco started doing commercials and began acting when he joined the Trumpets workshop which also opened opportunities such as his hosting stints in the Nickelodeon channel. He’s hosted shows like Whacked and In the Can.

But before Marco became that familiar face on television and magazines, he was a self-confessed comic fan boy of Spider-Man and DC comics. He said he’s been a bookworm since he was a kid, and like most kids, started with all-time favorites like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Goosebumps.

Although a comic book geek, Marco does not limit his reading list to his childhood superheroes. His favorite books may be predominantly fantasy and sci-f (he’s read the Dark Towers series, Dune, Catch-22, Endoverse, Secret Invasion, Blackest Night,and the Star Wars novels), but the genres of books he has read go way beyond a typical boy’s preferences. He digs classics like Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, as well as Chinese masterpieces like Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. And like many of us, he also enjoyed Harry Potter and the Twilight series. Marco took up Communications at the Ateneo de Manila with a minor in Literature, that’s why the books he has read are that diverse. And yes, he graduated Cum Laude, too. His love of reading ever since he was a kid enthused him to take up a course that would keep him in touch with literature and creative writing.

29th National Book Award Winners Announced

The National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle proudly announce the winners of the 29th National Book Awards held at the Metropolitan Museum last November 13, 2010.
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