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Works of local authors to be translated into English under the National Book Development Board’s Translation Subsidy Program
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — THE National Book Development Board (NBDB) announces the 20 grantees selected for its Translation Subsidy Program (TSP) this year “for local authors who wish to have their works translated into a foreign language.”Out of 32 proposals submitted to the...
New book “Are You Still Watching?” from the Ateneo Press offers an intimate look into the world of Philippine television and film
The entertainment industry is an often wild and sometimes wondrous arena. A lot goes on behind the movie and television magic. A new release from the Ateneo University Press, Are You Still Watching? Dispatches and Essays on Filipino Cinema and TV by Don...
New book paints an unflinching portrait of power, pain, and protest
In Kuwentong Butsero, author J.L. Chua takes readers on a visceral journey through 10 Filipino short stories that weave violence, social critique, and psychological torment. On the surface, this book presents gritty, graphic, and unapologetic tales of contemporary Filipino life. But underneath its raw...
Jim Pascual Agustin’s Waking Up To ThePattern Left By A Snail Overnight: Poems
Poems that meditate on joy and loss with wonder
In a fast-paced, ever-changing world, is there still time to meditate on the joyous, the tragic, the present, and the past echoing in the present?
Walking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight by...
Echoes from the Woodwork
Entitled Echoes from the Woodwork, Juan P. Dayang’s first book is a compilation of columns covering two decades, providing insights into the most significant events in the country that transpired from 1990 to 2010.
The book affords history aficionados with incisive viewpoints from the...
Sa Batis ng Tula
A memorial book featuring the poems of Rogelio Mangahas Compiled by his wife Fe Mangahas
| Photos Courtesy of Alma Miclat
It was towards Christmas in 2005, when my sisters and I had a pre-Christmas dinner with Fe Mangahas and her husband Roger.
“Dumating ka (Come),”...
