The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is expected to unveil its Science for the People (SFTP) Book series that features how science, technology, and innovation benefit the Filipino people. (DOST-Science for Change Program's Facebook page) The five SFTP books featuring research and...
BOOK LOVER'S PARADISE The Manila International Book Fair from last Oct. 2019 The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the biggest and longest running book fair in the country, returns for another online edition from Nov. 17 to 21 at www.mibfonline.com , right in time for the holiday season. For...
ICYDK, November is National Reading and Book Month How would you define a good companion? Someone who is easy to be around? Someone who is interesting? Someone who shares wonderful stories? Someone who is there whether the going gets good or rough? Though inanimate, we guess we can all agree that a...
Science for community project Publiscience has evolved from a comprehensive student-research journal to a story coloring book on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Kids Against COVID-19, A Story Coloring Book (DOST) Behind this online publication is the Philippine Science High School in Western...
An insight on our primal roots Vibal Foundation, Inc. will be launching Narciso C. Tan's book, “ Púgot : Head Taking, Ritual Cannibalism, and Human Sacrifice in the Philippines,” at VFI’s monthly virtual tertulia. Encyclopedic and analytical in its approach, this scholarly book dissects the...
The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) condemned the banning of subversive books and literature in libraries. In September, Kalinga State University, Isabela State University, and Aklan State University pulled out books authored by or related to the National Democratic Front of...
A strong opposition was expressed by the System-wide University Library Council of the University of the Philippines (UP) to the removal and banning of "subversive" books and materials from libraries not just in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) but anywhere else in the country. (Photo...
By Pablo A. Tariman In December 2021, my first book of poetry, Love, Life, and Loss : Poems during the Pandemic , will be off the press. This month, I will debut as a contributing poet in the Singapore-published anthology called The Best of Asian Poetry 2021 . I can’t believe I will finally be a...
Student regents, councils and governments of various colleges and universities on Wednesday, Nov. 3, strongly condemned the continued “book purging” in state universities. (Photo from Unsplash) In an open letter, the National Union of Students of the Philippines urged the Commission on Higher...
Filipino teachers, researchers, school administrators, and other education professionals called out Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Popoy De Vera for “justifying” the removal of so-called subversive books from libraries of various universities nationwide. (Photo from Unsplash)...
if You Could Read My Mind: The four novels today take us around the world, and beyond It’s always interesting to note a new Colson Whitehead novel, while Miles Jupp has been called one of the funniest men in England. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican writer turning people’s heads, and TJ Klune...
Its mural inspired renowned author and MB’s Yvette Tan to write an NFT story With over 1, 700 islands, the Philippines is home to various ethnic groups that give it a uniquely rich and diverse culture. This identity was the inspiration for TeamManila to design the National Book Development Board...
