Whether moving back in time to provide engaging historical fiction, or traveling at warp speed to an alternate near future or present, and throwing cautionary tales our way—these four novels know how to elucidate, teach us something new, and entertain. Plants and highway men ‘The Plant...
And neither is this book history, though someday it might well be “Chinatown is not a place,” declared journalist-author Jullie Yap Daza to her friends. Now that sentence is the title of her latest book. Technically, Chinatown is one square kilometer in size, an area surrounded by streets whose...
And it became a worldwide project PANDEMIC EDUCATION Q is for Quarantine cover ‘It was very scary, and it made me think about how I would explain this to my son—and how other parents and children must be trying to understand this really confusing time.’ The Covid-19 pandemic drastically...
Día del Libro is back! Did you know that Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes and English playwright William Shakespeare both died on the same day? Two of history's greatest writers coincidentally passed away on April 23, 1616. And this prompted UNESCO to declare in 1995 that from then on April 23...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: Two of the novels reviewed here are brilliant examples of where sci-fi today is taking us; and there are two detective mysteries that similarly show the broad range of the genre Sci-fi tales in fantasy worlds ‘Mickey 7’ by Edward Ashton The first big news about this...
Celebrate winning Indian, Chinese, and Filipino recipes from 60 passionate home cooks in this new book Whether it’s on the dining table, over meals, or in the kitchen, maybe even in a healthy cook-off, food binds us. “Many of our most treasured moments involve sharing a meal with loved ones,”...
Poet Pablo Tariman launches Love, Life, and Loss during the Pandemic in a concert MUSIC AND LYRICS Classical guitarist Aaron Aguila with poet Pablo Tariman Classical music goes live once more in the coming launching of Pablo A. Tariman’s Love, Life and Loss – Poems during the...
Aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan turned sentimental on Sunday, April 3, as he recalled the "lonely" road leading to his current bid to be elected as the country's next vice president. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan during a mini rally in Jagna, Bohol on April 1, 2022....
The Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Department (BLPD) has launched an electronic book (e-Book) called “From Long Lines to Online” which contains automated information and various processes implemented by the city government. “We have always envisioned this great city founded by...
‘The world deserves our stories.’ After their presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 , Filipino literary creations are heading to the London Book Fair (LBF). Dubbed as one of the largest international rights trade fairs in the world, the fair is happening from April 5 to 7 in Olympia at...
Just launched at the Manila Hotel was the legacy book of the 1971 ConCon delegates By Pablo S. Trillana III PORTRAIT OF RICARDO During the book launch, the delegates surprised the publisher, Ricardo Quintos, with a pastel portrait of his younger self. Delegates (from left) Amado S. Tolentino, Jr.,...
If You Could Read My Mind: Today we review three brilliantly rendered mysteries, each deserving of our attention for different reasons. And the fourth novel is a hilarious but pithy satire set in medieval times—but all about today. Modern mysteries ‘The Twyford Code’ by Janice Hallett Just as...
