Ilonggo Icon to Launch Latest Book

Hey, Jun! Am glad to stumble upon your blog. I’ll check out this book by Pete at my local bookstore here. Boy, am I ever excited to read this book written by an Ilonggo! I heard about him before, good and bad things, buy hey, nobody’s perfect. Gani tudo guid suporta ko sa mga budding Ilonggo writers and bloggers alike. I apologize for my Hiligaynon, tryin’ hard to use it since I started blogging with you guys!

Hey, Prince Golez! Oh yeah! Now I remember, it’s in your blog where I read up a post about Pete Nerry. Right on, bud, then you and Jun can convince Pete to sign the book for me. Junjun, I’m here in Canada right now, but you can easily send the book thru UPS or DHL collect. I’ll send some money to cover the cost of the book. Thanks again.

Hey guys, great stuff! We’re able to interconnect somehow… Pete, I wish I’ll be there to help you out. But, I can feature your book in my blog once I get hold of my personal copy, that is, a signed copy. LOL! Junjun, will talk to you later and Prince.. somehow got some problem getting into your blog. Maybe, it’s my IP.

lee, thank you in advance for the promo and publicity in your blog.
i will bring copies of the book when i get back to the U.S.A.
a friend in maryland has volunteered to take care of all orders from north america.
i am also planning to open a bookseller’s with amazon.com. that way, you can also access my 13 other books. hahaha.
when i talk to jun, i might be able to make arrangements so he can also deal with jovita book orders. it’s a job, so i need some sort of commitment. it’s a business, so he should also get some money out of it.
prince, it’s just peter. the “sir” address is just habit for you.
again, thank you all. this book needs all the support it can get.

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Hey Pete, Amazon.com is a brilliant idea! Please do so, I have an account with them. So, I will backtrack with the rest of your titles once I get hold of your latest. How about that? Keep it up, dude… we’re rallying behind you!

I think Peter will also have his book launch in Antique. I have yet to know his sked there. :)

Jun, talk to Alvin, okay?

Literature and Lies: Writing, Writers and Wastebaskets

Tentative date for a French salon and English pub-themed writing and writers’ tete-a-tete is last week of April. Venue: Prima City, Dumangas, Iloilo.

Prima City is a three-story commercial building with a pool that’s owned by transgressive Ilonggo writer, Peter Solis Nery. Nery is now based in Los Angeles, California.

This is not your run-of-the-mill workshop where participants’ works are discussed by a dogmatic panel. We reverse the process: When you come to the workshop you come ready with your own writing method. You talk about how this method applies to your own writing experience. For proof, you site your pieces (poetry, essay, play, blog, art work, etc) as examples. We react to your pieces using our own writing process so we learn from one another. We don’t believe nor subscribe to any school of writing.

We have invited two English language specialists to take up issues on usage: Randolph Graydon, from Baltimore, USA, and Brian Daily, a British- Canadian. Their job is to react to how you work with the English language and offer points for improvement. If you write in Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a and Filipino, we have other invited writers to help you with that: Mel F. Turao, Roger Rueda, among others.

Prospect attendees are college students, fresh graduates, young professionals, bloggers, musicians, artists, book worms, nerds, mad scientists, couch potatoes, movie junkies, journalists and English/literature teachers, who want to have a hands-on experience with how writing is produced by writers themselves. The discussions aren’t strictly academic as there are readings and performances in between the sessions. Wine, beer and cocktails will be served.

How to join

Send your softcopy originals (poetry, essay/blog entry, short story, play and a combination of these) in Arial 14, double space to archprankster@yahoo.com. Please include a 4-paragraph bio. We accept applications until 19 April.

Your works will be pre-screened. Discounts will be given to applicants whose works show promise.

Admission fee is PhP 600 for students and PhP 1000 for fresh graduates and professionals. Your fee covers drinks, food and reading materials.

For more details, drop a word for Mel on twitter (baconbriefs) and melturao.tumblr.com