With the mission to reach out to wider audiences, the CCP Performatura Festival 2023 will go beyond the complex and hold events online and offsite in various venues.
The Flips Flippin’ Pages Book Club, in partnership with Milflores Publishing, will hold an online book discussion on The Reddest Rose Unfolds, a comic book by Swedish artist and writer Liv Stromquist, slated on April 15, 2 pm, via Zoom. Those who are interested in joining and listening to the discussion may email: info@milflorespublishing.com.
Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books Book Club honors and celebrates the life of Lualhati Bautista, 2020 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining awardee and one of the foremost Filipino writers in the history of contemporary Philippine literature. There will be a book discussion on her self-published book Sixty in the City on April 22, 1 pm, at the Holy Cross Memorial Park, Novaliches, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public. Get in touch with the PRPB Book Club through their Facebook page.
The Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association, Inc. will hold the second installment of the Caloocan Writers Workshop on April 22 to 23 online. The workshop director is Mark Angeles, the author of the short story collection Gagambeks at Iba Pang Kuwentongs Waratpad and dagli collection Ang Huling Emotero. For further details, visit the Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association Inc. Facebook page.
Poesia, a poetry reading event will be held on April 26, 3 pm, at the Zaguan of Museo de La Salle in Dasmariñas, Cavite. The activity aims to promote the museum as a space for people’s creativity and self-expression. Featured poems are from the 41st issue of the CCP Literary Journal Ani.
For those interested, donating a book is an option to get into any CCP Performatura remote events. Collected books will be donated to CCP’s partner libraries.
For inquiries, email the ccpintertextualdivision@gmail.com, call 8832-1125 local 1706 or 0919-3175708. Follow the official CCP and the CCP Intertextual Division Facebook pages for updates. Check out the official CCP Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.
