Month: March 2013

Bookish Shoes!

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I’m officially on vacation for the coming week — no work, no tutoring — and I’m basically filling the week with all the things I don’t have time for during the work week, including blogging.

Ajie, my very talented FFP ‘seezter’ (you may have seen her work here and here) has been running a successful arts and crafts business for some time now, and she does customized sneakers (among other things). I finally found a plain white pair of sneakers I liked, so I decided to get Ajie to do them (those are her preliminary sketches above).

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Tahereh Mafi + Ransom Riggs in Manila!

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I was scheduled to interview Tahereh Mafi (author of “Shatter Me,” “Unravel Me”) last Saturday prior to her bloggers’ forum at Powerbooks, and was delighted to find Ransom Riggs (author of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”), who had flown in with her, had come along to check out her events as well. When I asked if I could interview him with Tahereh, Ransom graciously agreed, so I had a lovely hour chatting with these two YA authors!

Doing a joint interview was a great idea, not just because of the limited time before the start of the bloggers’ forum, but also because Tahereh and Ransom are friends, so they were very candid the whole time! From their books to their writing, down to what they’ve experienced of the Philippines so far, we certainly had a lot to talk about, and it was an amazing experience.

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