The National Book Development Board (NBDB) officially launched the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) on June 2, 2023, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. The festival is the largest traveling book festival in the country, and it features a wide variety of books from Filipino authors and...
At first glance, it may seem like an odd analogy to compare Mara Sy-Coson and her new publishing venture to a gunslinger or sheriff in an Old Western. However, when you consider the similarities, the analogy becomes more apt. In Westerns, a hired gunslinger would enter a hostile town of criminal...
Three of the novels here deal with the lives of the super-rich, but with very different approaches to the subject. And then there are two Books of Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels that I really enjoyed. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, returns...
Two of these novels display how wry humor can be an add-on for great fiction. And there are novels that dare to expand the genre of Crime Fiction and Fantasy, with formidable results. Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Author Rupert Holmes is best known to baby boomers as the composer of Escape...
Vibal Foundation, in partnership with the Miguel de Benavides Library of the University of Santo Tomas, is set to launch Imprenta Ramírez y Giraudier: A Story of Late Nineteenth-Century Philippine Intellectuality, written by historian Lino L. Dizon, PhD, on 29 March 2023 at the Ground Floor of the...
It's that time of the year again. Veteran and aspiring writers now have the chance to submit and showcase their works to the Filipino public and the world, as The Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc. just announced it is now accepting entries to the 71st Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature...
Today, we have a set of books that wonderfully take liberties with reality, utilizing Fiction to create brighter, more imaginative worlds that beguile us and fascinate. These novels are reminders of how reality-bending can entertain and ‘educate’ in equal measure—three are especially...
Have you brought a child – perhaps yours – to an art gallery, theater, concert or music festival? It would be good to plan a trip like that soon as your way to celebrate National Arts Month, a special time for us to appreciate art, reflect on its significance, and pay tribute to our artists....
