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Manila panorama by Uro de la Cruz
Here at last are the winners of our LitWit Challenge: Gatsby in Filipino: hyacinth and pelikula76. Congratulations! Please post your full names in Comments under this post (they won’t be published), and watch this space for instructions on picking up your copies of Netherland.
Our judge for the translation contest was Uro de la Cruz, novelist (Antyng-Antyng), screenwriter (Scorpio Nights), movie and TV director (Scaregivers, Bubble Gang), photographer (see photo above) and conspiracy theorist (If I told you I’d have to kill you).
The Weekly LitWit Challenge is brought to you by National Bookstore.
The winners of the two most recent LitWit Challenges, Gatsby in Filipino and Revolting Scenarios, can pick up their prizes any time at the second floor Customer Service counter, National Bookstore Glorietta 5, Ayala Avenue, Makati.
Where to get the rules, the shirt, the paté, the book etc
This week’s LitWit Challenge: Revolting Scenarios is now closed. Winners will be announced tomorrow, along with the rules for the next LitWit Challenge.
About the Gatsby in Filipino challenge: Our judge neglected to mention that he will be on Mount Fuji until Sunday. Apologies for the delay.
If you were asking about the tattoo shirts, they’re designed by Bob Feleo. The contact information has been added to the original post.
If you were asking about La Cuisine Francaise, here’s the exact location: G/F Paseo Parkview, Sedeno corner San Agustin, Salcedo Village, Makati. Telephone numbers (632)501.5202 and (632)752.0335. They’re open from 10 am to midnight.
To order signed copies of The Flip Reader, drop me a line in Comments.
The Good Ideas Forum scheduled for this afternoon is cancelled for biblical reasons.
BAHA! Get them animals in the ark, the city is underwater! Pasong Tamo Extension is now a lake. Even if we could get to Whitespace we’d be marooned. Aaaaaaaaaaaa!
Stay indoors and stay dry. Read a book. Those Russian doorstops and the Proust you’ve been hoarding for an emergency? This is that emergency. Unless you’re in an actual emergency, in which case we hope you are safe.