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July 10, 2020
Watch the classic film The Holy Innocents for free online this weekend, then join our Cinemaclub discussion on Sunday at 5pm
This is last Sunday’s Cinemaclub Pelikula discussion of The Spirit of the Beehive by Victor Erice. To watch The Holy Innocents by Mario Camus today and tomorrow, go to the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo page. Password: clasicoscontigojulio10 To join the Cineclub Pelikula discussion tomorrow at 5pm, go to https://zoom.us/j/96949757066
July 7, 2020
Utopia Avenue arrives this month. It’s David Mitchell Books Week! Read our review.
It’s called Utopia Avenue and it’s set in the late 60s music scene. Dr Marinus shows up again. Is he the Nick Fury of the Mitchellverse? And the guitarist’s name is Jasper de Zoet. While waiting for Utopia Avenue to arrive in local bookstores, review Mitchell’s earlier novels. My favorite David Mitchell books 1. Cloud […]
July 6, 2020
Book Club discussion: N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season is essential reading for these apocalyptic times.
I am in my library, the Klementinium in Prague. Virtually. Not in photo: Jean and Jay, who had to leave before the picture-taking. We had our Bibliophibians Book Club discussion of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Thanks again to Honey de Peralta who hounded me, very nicely, to read N.K. Jemisin. The Fifth Season […]
July 2, 2020
The Spirit of the Beehive film review: Some monsters you imagine, but horror is real
Watch The Spirit of the Beehive (in Spanish with English subtitles) online for free this weekend only. Details at www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesMa.... Some monsters you imagine, but horror is real By Jessica Zafra The first thing you notice about The Spirit of the Beehive is its silence. It has a physical presence. You are always aware of […]
Watch Spanish film classics online for free, then join us at Cineclub Pelikula
Jessica Zafra presenta «El espíritu de la colmena» (audio en inglés) from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo. Instituto Cervantes de Manila and the Embassy of Spain invite you to enjoy Spanish film classics with «Clásicos contigo / Classics with You». On the weekends of July, enjoy free online screenings of selected masterpieces from Spain through the […]
July 1, 2020
Journal of a Lockdown: And suddenly, it’s July
Half the year gone, and one-third of the year so far spent in isolation. The inconceivable has become the usual: we are living in science-fiction times. My friend pointed out that if you’re writing science-fiction, you don’t even have to imagine the future. Write about the now. He’s holed up in his apartment with a […]
June 24, 2020
On our Podcats podcast: Jessica Zafra’s Irwin Memorial Chair lecture at Ateneo in March 2020
Two weeks before lockdown began, I delivered the Fr Henry Lee Irwin, S.J. Memorial Lecture at the Ateneo. My lecture was entitled Fiction Vs. The Apocalypse, and I dedicated it to my late friend, Uro Q. de la Cruz. I talked about how I became interested in writing, how I found my voice, my influences, […]
June 21, 2020
Life Stories and Family Dramas, our next Writing Boot Camp in August
You’ve been doing a lot of thinking in isolation. About who you are and the face you show the world. About your old life and what your new life might look like. About how you got to this point, and where you want to go next. About the times when you were happy or miserable […]
June 17, 2020
Journal of a Lockdown, 18 June 2020
Photo of Mercury from the National Geographic. Have been feeling particularly useless since Monday. Nothing like an official confirmation of powerlessness to bring on the gloom. A burst of righteous anger would’ve perked me up, but I’m too tired. I figured I’d read, sleep, and watch videos until the black cloud passed. (Always bear in […]
June 15, 2020
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