What do I expect from the ReaderCon? (The last ReaderCon Filipino Friday)

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It's 11 hours to the ReaderCon. I'm awake because I'm cramming for the event, and what better time to cram when everyone is asleep?

Since I didn't make it on a Friday again, I promised that I'd at least post this before the ReaderCon. So I'm abiding by my promise.

The last ReaderCon Filipino Friday topic is
What do you hope will happen in the ReaderCon? What are you expecting from the event?

I will try to answer this as best as 2AM and my sleep-deprived brain will let me.

I hope it'll start on time, that's for sure. I hope all the little details fall into place. I hope the food's good and sufficient. I hope it'll be a success.

But let me veer away from speaking as a volunteer and organizer. What I hope for the ReaderCon is what I've always hoped: that more and more people will realize that reading is something many Filipinos engage in and are passionate about. As a corollary, readers will find other readers or will give birth to other readers. And, in the end, I hope that no one says that "we don't read" anymore.

I know these are big hopes. I like big hopes. But not to lose sight of the small though, here's a more concrete set: I hope that I meet the other Filipino bloggers I've been seeing and interacting with online. I hope that the planned directory of book blogs and book clubs will be of great help to other readers, writers, and publishers. I hope that book blogs don't get lumped under the Arts and Culture category again in the Philippine Blog Awards. Don't we merit our own category already? Because that would be quite a statement, for the benefit of reading and readers in the Philippines.

I expect to have another ReaderCon next year. And I expect I'll do everything I can to make it happen. In fact, I've already asked a few people what topics they'd like for next year's ReaderCon, and I've thought of a few myself. How 'bout you? Any ideas? I know we're only about to embark on the first, but let's make this happen again.:)

See you in 10 hours!

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dementedchris said…
Thanks so much for all your hard work for the ReaderCon, Honey! I'm really looking forward to next year.
September 17, 2011 at 12:39 AM
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