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Henna Rose Geronimo has a degree in Broadcast Communication. She loves to read and write.






Filipino Readers' Conference 2013
written on Sunday, December 8, 2013 @ 11:55 PM ✈

Hello! This week had been a tiring week for me and I feel that the remaining weeks before Christmas break will also be. Anyway, I decided to pinch some time away from busy acad works. And right now, I'd be so glad to share to you my very first ReaderCon experience.

Carmella and I arrived at the Rizal Library of Ateneo by 8:30 am. The registration process wasn't that stressful, opposite to my expectations. After registering, the staff gave us the kit, then we went right away to the 5th floor to check the activities. There were a number of booths from different publishing houses. Also, some book clubs were given booths to recommend readers good books to read.

Meet my blockmate, Carmella. :)
Readers' Kit
Precious Hearts Romance's booth
Adarna Publishing House's booth were flocked by kids
Anvil Publishing House's booth. They gave free books to those who liked their Facebook page.


Visprint's booth
Bargain books!
Blooey Singson's booth. She was so generous to give free bookmarks and pins.
After roaming around the place, we attended the first session at the 4th floor. The speakers were Aly Almario, Eros Atalia and Angel Evangelista. Their topic was entitled "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Popular". We were just laughing the whole time -- that's how light the series of talk went. Of course, the best lines were from THE Eros Atalia. He even asked me about my zodiac sign and gave me a horoscope which he said will appear again on Capricorn next week. That's how he worked before on tabloids. Aly shared her journey, from writing online through Wattpad to finally had her works published by Summit and Psicom. Angel Bautista discussed how she got into writing from being a concert prod staff. The next session we attended was past lunch, again with Sir Eros Atalia and Kate Evangelista. They talked about the books that they currently read and those that they already have read.

The moderator for the first session -- Bebang Siy





Photo Op with Sir Eros! :)
Readers can write their favorite authors and books!




I also brought home a lot of freebies like bookmarks and pin. I also won a free book from the raffle. I was just sad because Ramon Bautista was not able to attend. But still, it was a fun Saturday! :)


The Gary Lising book was from Anvil; An Appetite for Wonder was from the raffle and I bought The Undomestic Goddess for just P20.

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