ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XII

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Happy Mondays XII

The 12th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ Magnet Cafe, Katipunan kicks off at 7 and runs till 930pm tomorrow, September 17th.

Featured readers are:

1. Conchitina Cruz
2. Moki Villegas
3. Kristian Abe Dalao
4. Mikael Co
5. Surot Matias
6. Kash Martinez Avena
7. Pancho Villanueva
8. Mark Cayanan
9. Adam David
10. Khavn Dela Cruz
11. Jonar Sabilano
12. Andrea Teran

Other poets expected to join us are Gemino Abad, Krip Yuson, Marne Kilates, Angelo Suarez, Arkaye Kierulf, and Ramil Gulle.

Free Admission. Please come and support us.

Genuine Moleskine notebooks will be raffled off during the event.

The bi-monthly Happy Mondays poetry reading is now made possible with support from Rock Ed Philippines and www.avalon.ph.

About Joel

Joel M. Toledo holds a Masters degree in English Studies (Poetry) from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he likewise finished two undergraduate degrees (Journalism and Creative Writing). He has authored three books of poetry – Chiaroscuro (UST Press, 2008), The Long Lost Startle (UP Press, 2009), and Ruins and Reconstructions (Anvil Publishing, 2011). Chiaroscuro was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Awards. Toledo was the recipient of the 2006 NCCA Literary Prize, and has won several literary awards for his poetry in English, including two Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, The Philippines Free Press Literary Award, The Meritage Press Poetry Prize in San Francisco, USA, and the Bridport Prize for Poetry in Dorset, United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Creative Arts Residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy in March 2011 and was the Philippine representative for the 2011 International Writers Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, USA. Toledo is the current Literary Editor of the Philippines Free Press. He teaches Literature at Miriam College.