The Wild Detectives – The Wild Detectives https://thewilddetectives.com Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:57:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewilddetectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-wd-icon-150x150.png The Wild Detectives – The Wild Detectives https://thewilddetectives.com 32 32 Possessed Books: A spooky spin on your favorite classic books https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/possessed-books-a-spooky-spin-on-your-favorite-classic-books/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/possessed-books-a-spooky-spin-on-your-favorite-classic-books/#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:34:42 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=9297 Halloween is a beloved holiday with many long-standing traditions. However, many people find themselves repeating the same activities each year: trick-or-treating, visiting haunted houses, dressing up, and watching scary movies. One tradition that isn’t common this time of the year is reading.  This October The Wild Detectives will give people a new, spooky spin on their favorite stories for them to read.

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How? We asked an A.I. to revisit iconic books like The Wizard of Oz, Romeo & Juliet, and The Great Gatsby and rewrite them with a sinister twist: the horror genre.

This year, the classics we all know will be taken by dark forces and their ink will be stained with blood. Zombies, werewolves, vampires, and other monsters will roam the pages of these books, haunting any soul who dares to take a peek.

When people purchase a regular copy of any of these novels from The Wild Detectives, they’ll also receive the digitally possessed version of the story as a treat. That’s right, no trick, just treat.

Join The Wild Detectives in reimagining your favorite stories into the new horror classics. Get your brooms out and get here ASAP. But if you prefer to stay home or need to protect yourself from the full moon, just order it from our online store.

Go get yours and do not worry, books are meant to be possessed. By you.

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BOOOOOOK COVERS: The best disguises for this Halloween. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/booooook-covers-the-best-disguises-for-this-halloween/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/booooook-covers-the-best-disguises-for-this-halloween/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:33:01 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=8989 This October, The Wild Detectives present a frightfully good campaign with a mission to help young readers avoid library and school bans on books.

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How? The answer is hidden in plain sight. In the spirit of spooky season, we’ve devised a clever, seasonally relevant, and never-before-seen way to disguise banned books with sleeves that serve as costumes for banned books.

Readers can choose between their favorite Halloween characters, including a werewolf, a ghost, a witch, a monster, or a zombie. While each Booooook Cover tricks the outside world, the playful titles treat the reader with delight and spread a subtle yet effective message against the institutions that want these books banned.

Libraries and schools around the country have banned or are trying to ban hundreds of books that tap into topics like sexual orientation and racism.
As an independent library, we feel the obligation to fight back, defend these topics, and protect freedom of speech. Booooook Covers are the perfect way to trick the system and treat all readers across the U.S.

A world where reading is censored is a horror story scarier than any Stephen King novel. Those who work to sensor our freedoms show us that monsters are not only found in fiction. All stories and points of view deserve to be told and to be read. This campaign covers banned books but opens worlds of access and inclusion.

Join The Wild Detectives in giving this horror story a happy ending.

Choose and download your favorite booook cover HERE

 

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BOOKBALL NATIONS: The Cup every book reader should be watching. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/bookball-nations-the-cup-every-book-reader-should-be-watching/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/bookball-nations-the-cup-every-book-reader-should-be-watching/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:30:18 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=8970 The World’s biggest soccer tournament is gone and fans are experiencing withdrawal now that there’s not four games a day. Which is why we decided to surprise them with our very own tournament, with a very unique touch.

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Imagine if Wonderland had a Soccer National Team, led by Alice and the Mad Hatter. Now, imagine that they played against The One Hundred Acre Wood Football Team, or maybe against Lilliput. That’s exactly what we did. We’ve created the first online soccer tournament where fictional nations from books face each other to come out as champions of the first edition of the Bookball Nations Cup.

Meet your contestants: Camelot, Troy, La Mancha, Wonderland, Utopia, Lilliput, Oz and The Hundred Acre Wood.

How does it work?
8 teams, 7 games, 1 winner. Starting off with the quarter finals, these teams will face each other and fight for a place in the final. The quarter finals and semifinals will be audios narrated by two hosts and commentators who talk you through the best highlights of the games. Each highlights audio will mix elements, easter eggs and characters from each book with the thrill of soccer. Making it appealing not only for soccer fans, but for book lovers too.

And what about the final?
The final will be a full 5-minute-long narration of the game, commenting on everything in real time. You’ll feel like you are listening to an actual game between these two teams, and how their characters use all their abilities to fight for the championship.

All the highlights and the big final will be posted and shared on The Wild Detectives social media, and on their Spotify Channel.

The beautiful game has now started a new chapter that is yet to be written. Who will come out as Champion? Stay tuned to find out.

Bookball Nations, where literature plays for the cup.

 

 

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Banvertising: Using Hate to Save Books https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/banvertising/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/literature/banvertising/#respond Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:30:57 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=8770 Banvertising - A campaign that takes real, negative quotes from the people who are trying to disqualify books and uses their hateful words to promote those same books they’re trying to ban. In a few words: we will turn these books’ worst critics into their best reviews.

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Why do we care?

Hundreds of books that revolve around themes crucial to the human experience such as race, sexual orientation, and gender identity are being threatened to be or are actively being banned from schools and public libraries. Though the constitution protects freedom of speech, school administrators and librarians are facing growing pressure from politicians and parents alike, and are even threatened with criminal charges. 

Access to diverse stories and points of view are under attack. 

We’ve had enough. Together, we can save these books.

The best way to protect them is reading them. The best way to save them, is to promote them. Help us transform the negative words into positive action by turning our loudest enemies into our strongest allies.

And if you want to learn and do even more in your community to help save these books from getting banned, click on any of the links below: 

https://texansfortherighttoread.com/

https://www.ftrf.org/

 

 

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Gift Cards and More…. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/join-the-wild-detectives-gift-card-and-membership-program/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 21:08:00 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=8054 Gift the perfect evening in Bishop Arts!

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Books, records, cocktails, pinchos, wine, paellas, beer, shows, tastings, plays, you name it!

 

Welcome to our new digital gift card program, now you can add whatever value you want to your gift card  and send it to a friend with a message, they will get the gift card on their email and they can use it at anytime, they never expire. Additionally, all our gift cards are also valid for our sister restaurant Sketches of Spain, so you can pretty much gift them the perfect evening in Bishop Arts 🙂

And for the die hard fans, here is our membership program, which allows you to enjoy all those things you love at a more affordable price. Once you join, you’ll get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at our both establishments: The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain. It will also give you special access to tastings, shows and other activities that we program at both locations.

You can select a six months or one year membership period. It’s very easy to join and enjoy, select the membership period you would like to get, once you do it, you will receive a code, just give us that code when you make a purchase at any of our establishments and you’ll get 10% off automatically. You can use it for as many times as you want at both spaces during your membership period. Another great gift!

¡Hasta pronto, amigos!

 

 

 

 

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Gift Cards & More https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/initiatives/gift-cards-more/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 03:55:19 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7962 Select your gift card amount or choose one of our membership plans, all valid for both The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain!

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Books, records, cocktails, pinchos, wine, paellas, beer, shows, tastings, plays, you name it!

 

Welcome to our new membership program, which allows you to enjoy all those things you love at a more affordable price. Once you join, you’ll get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at our both establishments: The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain. It will also give you special access to tastings, shows and other activities that we program at both locations.

You can select a 6 month or a one year membership period. It’s very easy to join and enjoy, select the membership period you would like to get, once you do it, you will receive a code, just give us that code when you make a purchase at any of our establishments and you’ll get 10% off automatically, the only thing we ask is that the membership holder´s name matches the person making the payment. You can use it for as many times as you want at both spaces during your membership period.

Also find our gift card program, you can select the value you want on your gift card and send it to a friend or to yourself 🙂 All gift card are valid for both establishments Sketches of Spain and The Wid Detectives

¡Hasta pronto, amigos!

 

 

 

 

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Buy on Our Online Store https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/initiatives/buy-on-our-online-store/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 04:00:51 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7955 While the small size of our humble shop limits the number of books we can have in stock, there is no limitation to the number or kind of books we offer through this ordering service.

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We invite you to visit our new virtual shop hosted by our friends at Bookshop. You’ll find any title you’re looking for, you’ll get a 10% discount and we’ll be forever grateful for the help provided during these difficult times.

Visit our virtual shop here

¡Salud!

 

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The Wild Detectives Launch a Travel Agency https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-wild-detectives-launch-a-travel-agency/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/the-wild-detectives-launch-a-travel-agency/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 16:13:14 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7916 Travelling now is easier than ever!

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We know that during these trying times, discover new places is one of those activities that we miss the most, among many other things. Since we can’t offer you yet our regular doses of books, drinks and programming, we decided to at least serve you with that other activity that we all wish to do nowadays: TRAVELLING

Check our new travel website, escape to a remote destination or to a local place you’ve been wanting to visit -all at unbeatable prices. And stay tuned for new packages and deals coming every week.

Book your next trip here!

 

 

 

 

 

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Gift Cards & Membership Program https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/new-membership-program/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:09:35 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7883 Customize any gift card with the amount you want and a personalized message or join our membership and Get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at both The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain!

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Books, records, cocktails, pinchos, wine, paellas, beer, shows, tastings, plays, you name it!

Go to the link below and select the amount of gift card you’d like to purchase, it’s a digital card , it does not expire and it’s valid for both The Wild Detectives and our sister spanish restaurant Sketches of Spain. You can send the card directly to you or to a friend with a personalized message.

You can also join our membership program, which allows you to enjoy all those things you love at a more affordable price. Once you join, you’ll get unlimited 10% off on every purchase you make at our both establishments: The Wild Detectives and Sketches of Spain. It will also give you special access to tastings, shows and other activities that we program at both locations.

You can select a 6 month or a one year membership period. Your period of membership will kick in only when both establishments are open to the public (we hope soon!) however, by joining now, you’ll start today getting 10% off in any pick up order you make at our Spanish restaurant Sketches of Spain -in addition to the membership period that you select.

It’s very easy to join and enjoy, select the membership period you would like to get, once you do it, you will receive a code, just give us that code when you make a purchase at any of our establishments and you’ll get 10% off automatically, the only thing we ask is that the membership holder´s name matches the person making the payment. You can use it for as many times as you want at both spaces during your membership period.

¡Hasta pronto, amigos!

 

 

 

 

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Buy a Book. Get a Drink. https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/buy-a-book-get-a-drink/ https://thewilddetectives.com/the-wild-detectives/articles/own-horn/buy-a-book-get-a-drink/#respond Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:30:12 +0000 https://thewilddetectives.com/?p=7862 We might be physically closed, but we're still providing great reads through our ordering service.

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Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances concerning the COVID-19, we can not longer offer you our house drink for every book order. Nevertheless, we invite you to visit our new virtual shop hosted by our friends at Bookshop.

You’ll find any title you’re looking for, you’ll get a 10% discount and we’ll be forever grateful for the help provided during these difficult times.

Visit our virtual shop here

¡Salud!

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