The National Book Development Board (NBDB) said the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) 2025, the country’s largest all-Filipino book festival, concluded on a high note amid a highly festive atmosphere after four exciting days. The free four-day event attracted more than 40,000 visitors,...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB), the country’s book authority, sees the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) as a burgeoning marketplace for Filipino-authored books. “We created a marketplace for Philippine books because it’s difficult for Filipinos to easily access them. We sat...
The Philippine Book Festival (PBF), the country’s largest all-Filipino book festival, is back, this time, at the Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, from March 13-16, 2025. The free four-day festival by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) puts Philippine books...
It’s an understatement to say that the Philippines is teeming with great authors. These literary creatives from across the country have diverse stories to tell, lessons to share, and worlds of pure imagination where readers can get lost as they turn from one page to the next. Unfortunately, their...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, April 25 pushed for the integration of arts and culture into the teaching of various general education subjects to make it more engaging for learners. In her keynote speech at the Philippine Book Festival held at the World Trade Center...
The Philippines will be Guest of Honour of the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse on Oct. 15 to 19, 2025. Today, the book fair’s Director, Juergen Boos, and the officials of the Philippines’ National Book Development Board (NBDB) signed the official Guest of Honour contract at a ceremony in Davao,...
DAVAO CITY – The National Book Development Board (NBDB)-Philippines announced during the three-day Philippine Book Festival here that the country will be a guest of honor in the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse from October 15 to 19, 2025. Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos and representatives...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte lauded the final leg of the inaugural Philippine Book Festival at SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang here on Friday, August 18. “We are fortunate to host this event in our beloved city in time for the (38th) Kadayawan Festival,” Duterte said as she...
Coming off its well-attended run in Manila from June 2 to 4, the National Book Development Board’s (NBDB) Philippine Book Festival (PBF) is back—this time in Davao, where it’s part of the 38th Kadayawan Festival. The latest edition of the all Filipino book experience will be held at the SMX...
DAVAO CITY – The National Book Development Board (NBDB) targets more than 40,000 readers and visitors from the Davao region and other parts of Mindanao in the three-day Philippine Book Festival at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang here from August 18 to 20. Speaking at the media conference...
The Department of Education (DepEd) participated in this year’s Philippine Book Festival to reiterate its commitment to promoting access to quality reading materials. “We have been considering the need to more effectively streamline our book and educational material purchases for many years,”...
