tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post281308157358046867..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Lit Where You Least Expect Itbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-79520851885949562792007-02-20T22:54:00.000+08:002007-02-20T22:54:00.000+08:00chet - good idea ... but shopping complexes and bi...chet - good idea ... but shopping complexes and big open spaces don't lend themselves to readings. you need somewhere comfortable and intimate ...<BR/><BR/>anon - yeah i'll hit you! "lady of leisure" fat chance! and i do take the lrt several times a week tho' didn't see the poems on STARbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-68743828441935813882007-02-20T21:55:00.000+08:002007-02-20T21:55:00.000+08:00I realize that as a lady of leisure you've probabl...I realize that as a lady of leisure you've probably not set foot in something as common as a LRT train (just kidding, don't hit me :) ) but in the STAR LRT trains there are (or were) poems. That's where I got acquainted with Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" while I was pondering why old people have so much to say about things, and why they try so hard to be anti-establishment :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-10248974091377426502007-02-20T19:47:00.000+08:002007-02-20T19:47:00.000+08:00I think the lrt thing has been done in Singapore b...I think the lrt thing has been done in Singapore before, altho not actually inside the trains but at specific stations.<BR/><BR/>Actually, we forgot the one obvious place to hold readings - bookstores. Bookstores now have reading areas - comfy (or not so comfy) chairs - so why not public reading areas?<BR/><BR/>Also, when bookstores organise sales, whether on their own premises or a designated space at the shopping mall where they are located, readings can be held there, too. I know Popular Bookstore often holds sales on the ground floor of IKANO. Hey, they even have a stage and events, so why not have readings on the schedule?<BR/><BR/>Sorry for rambling ...Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-10982122172507272012007-02-20T11:39:00.000+08:002007-02-20T11:39:00.000+08:00parliament??? that would be funlrt stations - yes ...parliament??? that would be fun<BR/><BR/>lrt stations - yes love that. wonder if it's possible.<BR/><BR/>mamak stalls gets a seconding ... hmmm ...<BR/><BR/>a shopping mall is very big and words might get lost. we did organise something at klcc during the first lit fest and i don't think it worked v. well<BR/><BR/>thing is laundrettes are nice - warm and cosy and smell nicely of fabric softner and people are pretty bored watching their washing go round ... a very condusive atmospherebibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-86479109590207086682007-02-20T11:12:00.000+08:002007-02-20T11:12:00.000+08:00Govt depts are best! How about the Parliament lobb...Govt depts are best! How about the Parliament lobby?? That'll be cool don't you think?<BR/><BR/>For sci-fi writers, the best place to do their readings would be at places like Low Yat Plaza!<BR/><BR/>I fancy doing readings at mamak stalls as well, that would be really cool!<BR/><BR/>Children's readings are best done in toy stores and the children's sections of bookstores.<BR/><BR/>Other crazy venues I could think of would be at playgrounds, shopping malls, kopitiams, LRT stations (!) and maybe, just maybe wet/dry markets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-6737501696799996422007-02-19T14:28:00.000+08:002007-02-19T14:28:00.000+08:00y'know, i was thinking about the immigration depar...y'know, i was thinking about the immigration department! (abandon all hope all ye who enter within)<BR/><BR/>forgot to mention, francesca said they also took poetry into supermarkets but i bet people here would just think anyone walking up to them spouting verse was nuts!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-6391266993198747512007-02-19T14:07:00.000+08:002007-02-19T14:07:00.000+08:00Good point.Where people are trapped: NRIC centre w...Good point.<BR/>Where people are trapped: NRIC centre where people are waiting for their MyKads, passport offices, basically any government department :-))))Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-836809192318945442007-02-19T10:04:00.000+08:002007-02-19T10:04:00.000+08:00yes. except that in launderettes people have noth...yes. except that in launderettes people have nothing else to do but wash clothes. in the market most folks are passing through and there's a lot of noise.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-81159230218668414812007-02-19T09:59:00.000+08:002007-02-19T09:59:00.000+08:00How about open-air readings? A favourite mamak sta...How about open-air readings? A favourite mamak stall, or even set up a poetry stall at the pasar malam. That's our equivalent of the British laundrette, I humbly suggest.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.com