Romance doesn’t always have to be a couple in love. It can be about grand gestures, affinity to an era, and making things count in a larger than life manner. These novels “bleed” romance—and in good ways. 'The Bleeding' by Johana Gustawsson; 'Or What You Will' by Jo Walton; 'The Whalebone...
There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth. —Doris Lessing May I go out on a limb here and declare that I am happy? Yes, I am, which is not to say I have no problems because I have plenty. I can’t say, either, that I am fulfilled. My days stretch out and I’m constantly...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary and former Build, Build, Build committee chair Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo has released the second edition of her book, "Night Owl," which includes a new chapter on the present administration's Build Better More thrust. "Night...
A love letter to the art of handwork WRITE THEN AND THERE Displayed in the National Museum of the Philippines is this Ambahan made by Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee, the Mangyan poet, Ginaw Bilog. The Ambahan is a metaphoric poem with seven-syllable lines using the surat mangyan etched on bamboo...
Everyone has left Babino, North Macedonia, yet it remains to be a ‘village of enlightenment,’ attracting up to 3,500 visitors a year By Darko Duridanski Photos by Robert Atanasovski/AFP KEEPER OF FLAME Stevo Stepanovski in the remarkable village library that has 20,000 books in Babino, North...
Angelo R. Lacuesta’s first novel is a deeply personal story that spans decades of changes—political, social, economic, technological—in the Philippines HAPPINESS IN TEXT Joy , in its synopsis, is a story of joy—lived forward, backward, sideways, and upside down, in lives and loves that...
And how this campaign attempts to revive one of the most essential forms of entertainment Many believe that reading, especially critical reading, is on the decline. Thanks to technology, life holds more distractions today and social media has in various ways destroyed the far more useful and...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated over P36-million worth of books on Thursday, Sept. 8, to selected schools in Western Visayas. USAID Philippines Resident Legal Officer Michelle McLeod (third from right) and DepEd-6 Director Ramir Uytico (third...
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) denounced Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino’s (KWF) order to stop the production and distribution of “political,” “subversive,” and “anti-government” books in schools and public libraries, calling it a bold and clear violation of every Filipinos' right to free press....
Language, culture, and educational departments or organizations issued a unity statement on Friday, Aug. 12, condemning the red-tagging of authors and some Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino/Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) commissioners’ purported order to pull out or stop the publication of...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: A lot of impressive crime fiction comes from the pens of female authors—just think back to Agatha Christie Here are two contemporary writers carving out their own names. Plus we have two male writers, one steeped in wry humor and one who gives the sub-genre of LA noir...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: If you’re looking for books that can serve as traveling companions, here are four new novels that take storytelling to new heights. Garmus’ novel is historical women empowerment, while Goddard’s is dependable crime fiction. Chao has her own take on the immigrant...
