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Thanks to everyone who attended our talk, Don’t Be A Writer, last Saturday at the Ayala Museum. See you for the second talk next month.

Buy our latest books, The Stories So Far (fiction) and Geeks Vs Jocks (essays) at the Library of Babel, library-of-babel.com. Available in hardcover, Php399. You can also buy the books at our museum talks. Each lecture is followed by a signing.

We’re wearing our purple velour frames that Leo got us in Japan. Liza is trying vintage frames from the 60s that used to belong to Tina’s mom. Photo from Liza Ilarde’s Instagram

We’re featured in the Style Weekend article on Fashion Collectors, out today.

“You?? A fashion collector?” They interviewed us about eyeglasses and took pictures of some of our spectacles.

Edited by Liza Ilarde, the Style Weekend is free with today’s issue of the Manila Bulletin. The glossy edition is sold at select bookstores and magazine stands.

The first of our Ayala Museum lectures will be held tomorrow at 3pm. All the details are in the poster above. You can get copies of our new books, The Stories So Far (short stories) and Geeks Vs Jocks (essays) at the museum talk and have them signed. Of course we’ll sign your old Twisted books, but we’d rather sign our new books, which come in beautiful hardcover editions (Php399 each).

The screening of Norte, Hangganan Ng Kasaysayan scheduled for today, 3pm at Alabang Town Center has been cancelled as electric service has not been restored in that area. (Walang koryente sa ATC.)

The 3pm screening of Norte at Glorietta will go on as scheduled.

Tickets are now available at the Ayala Museum reception counter. Reservations are available through online payment at their BPI account 0011-1490-14; email the deposit slip to pena.jd@ayalafoundation.org.

Schedule:

Saturday, 2 August, 3-5pm: Don’t Be A Writer. The horrors, terrors, aggravations, anxieties, pleasures and eventual rewards of the writing life.

Saturday, 6 September, 3-5pm: Game of Thrones, Fantasy Epics and Geek Civilization. The hottest show on television, based on the books by “the American Tolkien” George R.R. Martin, is much more than kings, swords, wars, traitors, dragons, sorcerers, and direwolves. It draws on real history, myth and the classics of fantasy fiction. Look under the dragon’s scales with other science-fiction and fantasy nerds.

Saturday, 4 October, 3-5pm: The World Domination Report. Exactly 20 years ago, we unveiled the Filipino campaign to take over the world via Yaya. Listen to the progress report on our global colonization plan.

Fees:
Adult Pass: Php350/lecture, Php950 for the three lectures
Discounted Pass: Pho250/lecture, Php650 for the three. The discounted rate applies to students, teachers, senior citizens and Ayala Museum members.

The fee includes an Ayala Museum Full-Day Pass and an exclusive e-book by Jessica Zafra (a different e-book per lecture).

For inquiries contact pena.jd@ayalafoundation.org or visit the Ayala Museum on Facebook.

One afternoon there’s a knock on the door and a messenger delivers this giant bag of snacks. What’s in the baaaaag, you ask, in the voice of Brad Pitt in Se7en. Go to Glorietta on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon to find out.

Thanks to everyone who popped into our Pop-Up Book Sale and Signing at Cibo in Shangri-La Mall, Mandaluyong last Saturday.

For the complete coverage of Saturday’s pop-up book sale and signing at Cibo Shangri-La Mall, contact our Ministry of Propaganda at

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I, Drogon, invite you, earthbound, combustible reader, to my personal appearance at the pop-up book sale and signing of my human, Jessica Zafra, on Saturday, 5 July 2014, from 2-4pm at Cibo on the third floor of Power Plant Mall in Rockwell, Makati. You may have your photograph taken with me, that is, sitting or standing next to me. Although I am a very friendly cat, I can be extremely affectionate and there is the off-chance I might bite your face off from sheer adoration. So do not touch me or I might spew dragonfire and vaporize body parts you will miss. But look, I am so handsome. See you on Saturday!

The books are Php399 a pop or P699 for the pair. You can also get them online at The Library of Babel.

P.S. Drogon thinks the four-month suspension on Uruguay’s Luis Suarez for biting is excessive.