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The popularity of book fairs
It was my first time, some three years ago, to attend the Manila International Book Festival (MIBF) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. I was with a good friend then. Metro Manila still carried the bite of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the...
The Asian Rights Fair-Manila Returns For Its Second Edition, Urging Stronger Regional Ties In Publishing
Manila, Philippines – The National Book Development Board (NBDB), the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), and Primetrade Asia, Inc. opened the second Asian Rights Fair–Manila (ARF-MNL) 2025 today, 8 September, at the SMX Convention Center.
Under the theme Archipelago of Stories, the ARF-MNL is the...
Imagination Peoples the Air: PH Brings Unique Narratives to the Biggest Global Book Fair
Manila, September 4, 2025 – Over 400 Philippine delegates—official and independent authors, illustrators, artists, creatives, and publishers—will travel to Frankfurt, filling the halls of the world’s most important book fair with a Philippine perspective rich in unique stories and imagination.
The 2,000-square-meter Philippine Guest...
Nominations Are Now Open For The 43rd National Book Awards
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Filipino Critics Circle (FCC) are now accepting nominations for the 43rd National Book Awards (NBA).
First administered by the Filipino Critics Circle or the FCC (formerly known as the Manila Critics Circle) in...
Multi-Awarded Writer Irene Sarmiento Makes History As First Filipino Author At Germany’s White Ravens Festival
Irene Sarmiento, award-winning writer of children’s book Tabon Girl and young adult novel Stray Cats, is the first author from the Philippines to be invited to this year’s White Ravens Festival, held from July 13 to 17 at the Blutenberg Castle in Munich, Germany.
A native of Quezon...
The Bullet Wakes from Its Cruel Shell
I dance through air with a deadly grace.
Yet mourn the lives I cannot replace.
Once a vessel of power, now burdened with guilt,
I pierced through dreams, where innocence wilt.
A mother's love fades into the night,
Leaving children alone, lost in their light.
A father’s laugh, now...
