Kape @ Pandesal sa Isla Series No: 2

Date: Saturday, March 8
Time : 3 to 5 PM
Venue: Kape Isla Serendra
Resource Person: Professor Butch Dalisay

Jose Dalisay Jr., aka Butch Dalisay is a Palanca Hall of Fame
Awardee, UP professor, and owns a blog at Pinoy Penman
(http://penmanila.net/)

Butch Dalisay views blogs as a form of literature. Anything that is
written is literature. The quality varies. Some are good. Some are
bad. Blogs fail as literature when there is barely any editing. Never
mind the grammatical and mechanical mistakes. The organization, the
material, the way it is approached, other things you could have
brought in instead but didn’t. In other words, it’s not really thought
out because maybe it wasn’t designed that way. It is exciting because
it empowers ordinary people to be authors and publishers. Over time,
it’s going to change how literature will look. There is this move from
text to the internet and the hypertext moving back to print. It won’t
be far before there will be a compilation of “Best of Blogs”.

Butch Dalisay graciously agreed to hold a short talk on Creative
Non-Fiction for Bloggers for those who want to get more tips on
creative writing.

You can bring your laptops to the venue. If you have questions that
need special attention, please give suggestions.

Limited slots available. You wish to join? Please tell us: Leave a comment and your intent to join the conversation.

What is libel?
Can we libel if we do not moderate our comments?
Does the Supreme Being have an ass or not?

These are just bust a sample of the questions and topics discussed during the First Kape @ Pandesal Series: The Libel Talk with Atty Butch Dado. It was an interesting, informative and entertaining.

Watch for the next talk in March

Related Blog Posts:

Blog Ethics and Libel Discussion by Blog and Soul
On Juicy Gossip and the Libel Law
Libel, Prison Love, Jokefest and How life can screw us over
‘Selda’: but wait, there’s more!
Kape @ Pandesal sa Isla

Blog & Soul had a busy first month despite the hibernating state of our blog. Several meetings and exchanges were done to prepare for the following activities this year.

All I can say is that is turning out to be a very active year for all Blog & Soul Volunteers and friends, this means YOU!

To start things of we are launching the KAPE sa Isla series: Kape Pan de Sal at Etc sa Isla. Hopefully a series of monthly roundtable talks open to all bloggers and would-be bloggers.

The 1st Topic for KAPE sa Isla:

Blog Ethics and Libel

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2007
Time : 10:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Venue: Kape Isla, Serendra, Across Market Market
Moderator : Atty. Luis (butch) H. Dado

And its for free.

Well, you do have to pay for your drinks and food.

And its also a book fund raising drive - each participant is encourage to bring old and new books in support of the BookBigayan project of Rock Ed Philippines.

Nine (9) Seven (7)slots Six (6) slots are still available.

See you on the 16th of February.