{"id":61,"date":"2007-08-08T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specfic.philsites.net\/2007\/08\/08\/philippine-spec-fic-related-manila-book-fair-events\/"},"modified":"2007-08-08T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T17:30:54","slug":"philippine-spec-fic-related-manila-book-fair-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/2007\/08\/08\/philippine-spec-fic-related-manila-book-fair-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine Spec Fic-Related Manila Book Fair Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/read-or-die.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/06\/notes-on-manila-book-fair-events\/\">Read or Die blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Filipino is no stranger to wonder and the fantastic.  Join multi-awarded fictionist <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/deanalfar.blogspot.com\/\">Dean Francis Alfar<\/a>  and the LitCritters as they discuss the emergence and growth of Philippine Speculative Fiction on August 29, 2007 at the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/manilabookfair.com\/\">28th Manila International Book Fair<\/a> .  Fantasy, science fiction, horror and the literature of the imagination are alive and here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at Function Room A of the World Trade Center from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM and is sponsored by <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/powerbooks.com.ph\/\">Powerbooks<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And just because it bears a repost: <strong>Indie publishers from the Philippines are welcome &#8211; nay, invited! &#8211; to sell their work at the book fair.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the cooperation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bdap.org.ph\/\">Book Development Association Of The Philippines<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/nbdb.gov.ph\/\">National Book Development Board<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/read-or-die.org\/\/\">Read Or Die<\/a> is inviting independent and small press publishers to sell their books (including comics, folios, magazines and chapbooks) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manilabookfair.com\/\">28th Manila International Book Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All merchandise will be consigned at the booths of the National Book Development Board. This is the first time that indie publishers will be selling as a group at the Book Fair so we hope that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take advantage of this opportunity. The Book Fair routinely attracts at least 50,000 people on its five-day run.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is no selling fee, although there are some conditions. Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/read-or-die.org\/bagonglibro\/content\/view\/12\/31\/\">Ang Bagong Libro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All this and more make this year&#8217;s Manila Book Fair an event not to be missed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Read or Die blog: The Filipino is no stranger to wonder and the fantastic. Join multi-awarded fictionist Dean Francis Alfar and the LitCritters as they discuss the emergence and growth of Philippine Speculative Fiction on August 29, 2007 at the 28th Manila International Book Fair . Fantasy, science fiction, horror and the literature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions-and-ebs","category-philippine-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philsites.net\/specfic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}