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review 2017-05-28 11:25
Review Overdue Series– Whimsy Moon Bookmarks, Online Book Outlet Giveaways, Paperback Emporium, & Desi Writer Lounge’s Literary Open Mic Night

 

 

 

Whimsy Moon


 
 
 
 
 
 
Who doesn’t like a touch of whimsy in their lives? Click on the link and look at the designs on their page and you will end up ordering something or the other. The designs are quirky and just plain, whimsical. They delivered on time and the product arrived in perfect condition. I found the price a tad high but I abso-loved the bookmark. The quote on the bookmark is from the Malazan series. If you haven’t read any of it, then there’s something wrong with you!

 

 

 

Online Books Outlet Giveaway

I came across this post on the page and was the first one to share it. Five minutes later and the bookstore PM’d me, asking me for my address. I had the book within several days of that message. I had recently gifted my own copy to a friend and I won this one in the giveaway. How awesome is that! Here’s a look at the booty won:

 

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Paperback Emporium

 

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When I need a book delivered that I can’t find anywhere, these are the guys I go to. They are extremely responsive on Facebook and always deliver. If they don’t have the book, then they will have it imported for you, like the one pictured above. I found about them via Instagram when I saw these lovelies featured on their feed:

 

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As you can see, I was already drooling and promptly ordered both books, impatiently waiting for them to arrive. Oh, they arrived!

 

As it stands now, I am slowly buying the remaining books from them in this series so as not to break the bank. Give PE a chance; they won’t disappoint!

 

Desi Writer’s Lounge Literary Open Mic Night

 

DWL is always active and always doing something to promote reading and writing in different areas of Pakistan! Since I’d love it if they had more events in my city (Karachi), when I saw the post for Open Mic, I knew I wasn’t going to miss it.

 

A simple registration process through email later and I had signed up as one of the people who would be sharing their work at the event. I was to pay Rs. 350 at the venue. Besides that, they had only one other rule: the work shared must be original. Mine was.

I read something that I had written for Wringo Ink. You can find it here.

 

 

The recital was well received because I was reading in a supportive environment. Whether it was poetry or prose and in English or Urdu, that was being shared, everybody was appreciative.

 

We were seated comfortably and munched on delicious bun-kebabs provided by Sattar Bakhsh while sipping Pepsi. In short, a good was had by all! DWL has promised to share videos and pictures of the event here, so be on the lookout.

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review SPOILER ALERT! 2016-11-06 12:47
Much Fun Was Had at British Council’s #ShakespeareLives but My Heart was Won Over by Puck’s Farewell Speech!

 

So, I got to go British Council's event that was a part of their initiative known as Shakespeare Lives. From what I understood, Shakespeare Lives is based on an attempt to re-imagine the Bard's works for a modern audience. To that end, they chosen emerging artists from UK and had them reinterpret a play. What I found to be even more effective, than choosing people who the younger generation would identify with, was limiting each interpretation to under 4 minutes or so. After all, asking people to focus on most things for much longer than this is a bad idea these days.

 

Even though, I haven't read a lot of the plays, I enjoyed the evening.They started with a discussion on all things Shakespeare and it was entertaining to listen to. Before the event, while I had known that no manuscript written by the playwright himself had ever been found, I had never thought about its implications. An obvious effect would be that whoever compiled the plays for a particular version would undoubtedly leave their own  The triumvirate panel expounded upon how this meant that no two manuscripts would be completely identical. 

 

We were shown four clips of the re-imagined works during the session:

 

 

Clip 1:

 

Inspired by The Tempest, this clip focuses on there being quite a few missing mothers within Shakespeare's plays. The mother in this clip died before she could watch her daughter grow up.

 

Clip 2:

 

This clip is loosely based on the play, Hamlet. The events in this one were presented in a comical way with a bawdy joke slyly hinted at in the clip. Needless to say, I loved it!

 

Clip 3: 

 

Based on Julius Caesar, parts of this clip were shot in the Foreign office. There was a sense of urgency and premonition in it that reminded me of the movie, Equilibrium

 

 

Clip 4:

 

Anjana Vasan's original composition shown in this clip was inspired by As You Like It. Out of all the clips shown, this triptych was my favorite.

 

Rosemary Hill, one of the people on the panel mentioned that there were more such clips on British Council's website.

 

After a brief Q&A, the panelists gave way to actors who would be reciting parts of Shakespeare's plays but in Urdu! The entourage consisted of four students from NAPA and led by Khalid Ahmad. As soon as I saw him, I knew we were in for a treat. I was right! They kicked off the recital with the first scene of the first act from King Lear. I was amazed at how good they all were. But, the actor who played the role of the Lear's illegitimate child stole my heart with his foul-mouthed performance! The other performance was based on the opening act from A Midsummer Night's Dream , which was done well, too. 

 

The recital ended on Puck's monologue from the play presented by the same actor who had played Lear's bastard. His lively performance stole my heart once again!

 

Stanley Tucci's Puck from the movie adaptation

 

 

More information on Shakespeare Lives.

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