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• 01.16.08
  Write Or Die Launches Non-Fiction Series
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  Apologies for the delay in updating this website, we're re-designing the entire RoD portal and the updates should be up by the weekned. In the meantime, here's the schedule for the Non-Fiction series of Write Or Die this January 2008: January 12 (Saturday): Maribel Garcia Science Writing Powerbooks Greenbelt, 2-4PM January 20 (Sunday): Isagani Cruz Writing Literary Criticism Powerbooks Greenbelt, 2-4PM January 26 (Saturday):Butch Dalisay Creative Non-Fiction Powerbooks Megamall, 2-4PM
  
  
• 11.14.07
  Write Or Die: Writers Write (Dean Alfar)
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  The first session of Write Or Die featuring Dean Alfar was a roaring success. Dean Alfar posted about the event here. Charles Tan has a downloadable audio recording here and a partial transcript here. Kenneth Yu also sent us his photos of the event. (Read our blog entry at the Read Or Die blog.)
  
  
• 10.25.07
  Submitting Manuscripts
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  Charlson Ong and Jun Cruz Reyes will critique chapter excerpts from novel-length manuscripts during their respective workshop sessions. Jun Cruz Reyes will handle Filipino manuscripts while Charlson Ong will concentrate on English pieces. If you wish to have your work critiqued, please send your excerpt to readordie.ph@gmail.com on or before November 8 (for Jun Cruz Reyes) and November 18 (for Charlson Ong). A maximum of five manuscripts will be discussed. First come, first served. Only one chapter submission will be entertained per person. Thank you.
  
  
• 10.24.07
  Write Or Die: Writers Write In Powerbooks
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  Read Or Die and the UP Institute of Creative Writing in cooperation with Powerbooks present the first series of Write Or Die: Writers Write lecture-workshops. The workshops will be held every weekend from November 2007 to February 2008 in different Powerbooks branches and will be moderated by some of the best writers in the country. The purpose of the workshops is to promote the UP Gawad Centennial Likhaan 2008, a special literary prize sponsored by the University of the Philippines as it celebrates its centennial year in 2008. We would especially like to encourage people who are not professional or academe-based ...
  
  
• 08.15.07
  Welcome to Write Or Die
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  Write Or Die semi-officially launches at the Manila International Book Fair as part of Ang Bagong Libro with a performance reading competition featuring university-based writing groups. The event is called--and this doesn't bode well for our stated mission to encourage creativity through writing--Write Or Die. "The Author Is Dead" is funny and pretty straightforward but semioticians might not appreciate it. Oh, who cares, right? The list of participants is still under development but we already have confirmed judges. You wouldn't guess. Keep posted for further details in this site or in our blog.
  
  

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• Write Or Die Launches Non-Fiction Series
• Write Or Die: Writers Write (Dean Alfar)
• Submitting Manuscripts
• Write Or Die: Writers Write In Powerbooks
• Welcome to Write Or Die