FILCOLS Member Eros Atalia Launches his newest book

FILCOLS member Eros Atalia successfully launched his newest book "It's not that Complicated (Bakit Hindi pa Sasakupin ng mga Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012)! last 19 May 2012 at the Bestsellers, 4F Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

FILCOLS member Jerry Gracio introduced the author then a series of performances followed.

Edgar Allan Guzman and Luis Alandy performed some parts of the latest book in town. Alandy and Guzman were stars of Ligo na U, Lapit na Me, a movie based on the novel of Atalia. It was the prequel of "It's not that Complicated..."

Celebrity writer and FILCOLS member Ricky Lee also graced the event.

Copies are available at all leading bookstores nationwide. The book is published by Visprint, Inc., the partner of FILCOLS for its IP Made E-Z project.

More blogs about FILCOLS' participation on the World Book and Copyright Day Celebration 2012

Read the articles here:

http://www.thereadingspree.com/2012/05/the-world-book-and-copyright-day-2012/

http://isaw08.wordpress.com/tag/filcols/

http://www.contentwritingwizard.com/2012/05/filcols-celebrates-world-book-and.html

Summer Komikon 2012 sizzles this May 26

Summer is not complete without Summer Komikon 2012, the hottest and yet coolest Filipino comics convention in the country. Come join us on May 26, 2012 from 10am to 7pm at the Bayanihan Center, Pioneer St. Pasig City for this must-attend komiks event. As it is 2012, this year's theme is “Wakasan,” which is a challenge against the end of the dying or dead comics industry. It's time for everyone to pitch in and breathe life to proudly made Filipino comics. This fourth consecutive Summer Komikon is a spin-off from the longer running Annual Philippine Komiks Convention (Komikon) held every last quarter of the year since 2005.

For a Php 100 entrance fee, fill all of your comics cravings. Meet your favorite comic artists, grab the latest comic books, and challenge your art skills. Listen to the panel with our three special guests: Heubert Khan Michael of Unstoppable, Elmer Damaso of Cat’s Trail and Freely Abrigo of Kulas. Find out who will triumph in our Comic Creation Contest, Cover Recreation Contest and the Flipreads-Komikon-24-hr-Komixathon as the winners will be awarded on stage.

Save up for the latest releases and comic book launches of Kikomachine 8 by Manix Abrera, Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila by Carlo Vergara, Abakada by Lyndon Gregorio, Angel Crush by Studio Studio, Lam-ang Experiment by CREAM and Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles by the same movie to be released in October by Reality Entertainment. And get ready for a whole lot of surprises, both from local AND international celebrities!

Make sure to drop by each of the following exhibitor booths from our independent comics tiange creators, to individuals and group artists, to comic stores and merchandise sellers: JonasDiego.com, Visprint, Alamat Publishing, Fhate Comix & Ice Cream Indie, Bini Boshi, CS Centrl, ElectroMagneticTentacle (EMT), Suncross (Comixhub), CoRe Studios, Polyhedron Comics, Sputnik Fantastik, Komikasi, AKDA, Sacred Mountain Publishing (SMP), Pilak, Makasining, Atelier Sekka, Cubie 'n Bouncy, Derwent (Artline - Times Trading Inc), Point Zero Comics, Glasshouse Graphics (GHG), Exoro Choice, NeverHeard Comics, Groundbreakers Inc., Studio Kaiba, Pinoy Jokes + Manga Art, Richard Cadiz, Studio Studio, Komikero Publishing, Gabriel Atienza, DA Meat, Happy Lockjaw, Philippine International Cartoons, Comics and Animation (PICCA), and Gunship Revolution. Grab our Summer Komikon Tabloid: The First Edition at the entrance so you will not miss out on anything.

Summer Komikon 2012 is presented to you by Komikon, Inc., in partnership with National Bookstore. It is also brought to you by Reality Entertainment, Agostodos Pictures, Mothership, Postmanila and Lampara Publishing House. Special thanks to Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines (CREAM), De La Salle - College of St. Benilde, Psicom Publishing and Comic Odyssey and to our Media

Partners: ClickTheCity.com and Manila Bulletin.

For more information on the floor plan, schedule of activities and detailed comics release information, please visit http://www.komikon.org, like us on http://www.facebook.com/komikon.org, follow us at http://www.twitter.com/komikontweets or email us at inquiry@komikon.org.

Support the Filipino Komiks industry. See you there!

This entry was lifted from panitikan.com.ph with permission

Vibal, PNU, team up for Tablet Classroom Workshop

At least 40 public school teachers from the Philippines were recently treated to a glimpse of what the future of education would look like: vibrant class discussions with multimedia presentations; e-textbooks embedded with innovative and interactive features; quizzes answered, graded, and ranked online, within seconds; students and teachers going paper-less and using mobile computing devices and interactive whiteboards, among other ingenious possibilities.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.vibalpublishing.com/news/item/409-vibal-pnu-team-up-for-tablet-classroom-workshop.html

World Book and Copyright Day Celebration with FILCOLS featured at Philippine Literary Folio

Kindly read the article here:

http://philippineliteraryfolio.blogspot.com/2012/05/filcols-celebrates-world-book-and.html

http://writersblockphilippines.com/2012/04/13/nbdb-leads-national-celebration-of-world-book-and-copyright-day/

FILCOLS would like to thank Freelance Writers Guild of the Philippines for being part of the FILCOLS team for this event. FWGP acted as PR and marketing consultant for FILCOLS.

FILCOLS @ the Inauguration of Korea Copyright Commission

FILCOLS' Chair Isagani Cruz, Treasurer Lirio P. Sandoval and members of the secretariat Beverly Siy and Napoleon Almonte attended the inauguration of the Korea Copyright Commission (KCC) in the Philippines last May 10, 2012 at the Mandarin Ballroom, Mandarin Oriental Manila Hotel, Makati Avenue, Makati.

Graced by more than 100 individuals involved in intellectual property, copyright and the publishing industry both from the private and government sector, the inauguration was a success! Dubbed as the Korea-Philippines Copyright Exchange Night, the program started with congratulatory messages from KCC Chairman Mr. Byonh han-Yu, Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Mr. He min-Lee, National Library of the Philippines Director Atty. Antonio Santos, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Copyright Department Chief Mr. Hyung rae-Cho and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines Director General Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor.

Prof. Fernando Tanguey of University of Santo Tomas led everyone to pray for the success of KCC in the Philippines. KCC Team Leader Mr. Jang sung-Hwan followed and introduced the functions of the Manila Center of the KCC.

Up next was the introduction about Korea-Philippines advisory organs of KCC. The speakers invited everyone to join the group. It is open to students and professionals specializing in IP and copyright. Corporate membership is also entertained.

Two cultural presentations followed while dinner was being served.

According to Chairman Yu in his message printed in the KCC promotional material: Copyright, which backs up the contents industry in cultural competition, is indisputably a source of national wealth and the hope for the future. KCC is striving continuously to create a better culture for legitimate use of copyrighted materials and help develop the copyright industry with international help from copyright organizations all over the world as a global copyright organization.

Photocopying books hurts Pinoy authors and writers

Check the article here:

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/257589/lifestyle/literature/photocopying-books-hurts-pinoy-authors-and-writers

Thank you to our PR Consultant Ms. Claire Agbayani and to the writer of the article Mr. Ralph Go.

You may also check the article here:

http://pinoyown.com/?p=64094