ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XL

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Happy Mondays XL

featured readers for the 40th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ mag:net cafe Katipunan tomorrow, Nov 17 as follows:

1. Lourd De Veyra

2. Adam David

3. Ramil Gulle

4. Jonar Sabilano

5. Kash Avena

6. Angelo Suarez

7. Mikael Co

8. Marne Kilates

9. Jing Gaddi

10. Mia Tijam

11. Pancho Alvarez

12. Lawrence Bernabe

readings start at 730pm, followed by the open mic sessions from 930-10. *for those interested in reading during the open mic, we will leave a sign-up sheet with Rogel, the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

Happy Mondays music follows at 10pm featuring the following performers/bands :

1. Johnoy Danao

2. Toi

3. Ang Bandang Shirley

4. Goodbye Tracy

FREE ADMISSION the whole night. Kitakits po tayo. :)

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.