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Discover the countryʼs treasure trove of literary gems as the NBDB fills this November with a long-list of activities that will inspire Filipinos to read more Philippine-authored books in this yearʼs Read Pinoy!: The 12th Philippine Book Development Month celebration. The NBDB invites all publishers and authors to participate in different lectures and forums for stakeholders of the book publishing industry. On November 7, the NBDB will hold Textbook R and D, a forum for publishers on how to improve the quality of textbooks that they publish. On November 10, publishers who want to venture into translating new and existing regional works are invited to attend Lost in Translation, where issues on specific language to use and the presence of a bilingual/trilingual market outside NCR will be discussed. The forum Writerʼs Rights on November 12 aims to educate authors on issues concerning copyright, fees, royalties, and other compensations from publishers. Market-Based Selling for Publishers...

THE AWARDING CEREMONIES for this year’s winners in the Gawad Surian sa Sanaysay-Gantimpalang Collantes were held last August 29 at the Philippine Columbian Association Building at Plaza Dilao in Manila. For writers in Filipino, this annual contest in essay writing is a high test for excellence in craft and critical thinking, centered as it is on a specific stipulated subject. At the same time, the roster of past winners includes the best writers of the country. For this year, participants had to focus their entries on the topic, "Wika Mo. Wikang Filipino. Wika ng Mundo. Mahalaga." The topic has a relevance to the current drive of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), sponsor of the contest to help clarify the pedagogical situation in the country. The problem of educating people in a society like ours continues to be a big challenge because of linguistic and cultural factors. The national language matter remains to be a thorny issue and stands in the way of promulgating sensi...

LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) is now accepting applications for the 48th UP ICW National Writers Workshop to be held in Camp John Hay, Baguio City, from April 12 to 18, 2009. UP ICW Director Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr., also announced that four fellowships are available for open competition and that these are open only to advanced writers. Following the “Kumustahan” workshop concept, the other eight slots will be awarded by the ICW by invitation only to qualified, highly meritorious writers in mid-career. The ICW reserves the right to reapportion the number of reserved and open slots, depending on the responses and the quality of applications received. The 2009 workshop will be chaired by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario. Almario also announced the submission guidelines: QUALIFICATIONS – To qualify, applicants: (1) must be writers in English or Filipino; (2) must have attended at least one creative writing workshop (national/regional, including the U...

tan pinmawil ka ed nanlapuan - dia'd sinubula'y daan ya dalam bangta panon mon angoba'y dalin no iner dinmabuk ira'y baknang tan kabulenga'y anakbanua? panon mon lakapen so amian ya amaugip ed amagaan tan narasan ya kamarerua da? uliran labat la'y angarian ya pilatek da'ra'y toon-daan anggan say luyag na Caboloan sakey labat lan kugkugip natan tuldek ed beneg na kanonotan maamot so liknaa'y kuritan maatap so katuaa'y awaran malayug a lingayen so banwan ompopokuk la'd obong to'd taew kawalaan da la'ra'y danayan limgas na dayat tan kaumaan? kawalaan da la'ra'y marilag - saray musia ya mangalimpana ed pugaro da'ra'y umaanlong? kawalaan da la'ra'y tanila tan un-uni'd saray malaboyong ono ampasiseng ya kakiewan? kawalaan da la'ra'y talinan dangoa'd maaldeg ya katakelan? onia 'ra'y tepetepet na matam nen aparlasan da'y kabanuaan no iner inmooong so lambak na maalindaway ya ayaman tan k...

Dalityapi is one of the 5 finalists who made it to the Best Blog: Culture & Arts category of the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards . Culture & Arts category is about a blog that focuses on the different forms of art whether they be literary, visual, performance and musical art. The posts found in this blog could be a feature of a play; a post reporting on a cultural event, a review of a book or a critique of a play. Other finalists for Best Blog-Culture and Arts are Gibbs Cadiz , pamatay homesick , Perlas Design Studio and Pinoy Power . The winner will be announced during the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards night at One Esplanade near SM Mall of Asia on September 21, 2008.

The third Pistang Panitik will be held during the 29 th Manila International Book Fair at the SMX Mall of Asia. This year's format should prove to be quite unique. On September 12, 14, 15 and 16, writers/artists/performers will have morning and afternoon sessions dedicated to them, wherein their works will be discussed and presented. Critical discussions, storytelling sessions and poetry readings will add spark to this literal literary fiesta. The premiere writing institution in the country, the UP Institute of Creative Writing counts the College of Arts & Letters of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Primetrade Asia as its partners for the week-long event. Fresh from the success of the Gawad Likhaan: the UP Centennial Literary Awards, the UP ICW initiated Pistang Panitik in 2006 with the help of Anvil Publishing House, National Book Development Board, and Book Development Association of the Philippines. Pistang Pani...

Avid followers of Philippine literature will rejoice in the publication of Jose Garcia Villa’s Doveglion-Collected Poems (New York: Penguin Books, 2008). Editor John Cowen writes that "this Centennial Edition celebrating the birth of poet Jose Garcia Villa, aka Doveglion, on August 5, 1908, collects the best poems written and published by Villa in his lifetime, including the complete 1942 publication of Viking/Penguin’s Have Come, Am Here, the poet’s first U.S. book of poems. All of the poem from Selected Poems and New (1958), appear here, including Villa’s designated poems from Volume Two (1949) and thirty-one previously unpublished U.S. poems from Appassionata: Poems in Praise of Love (1979). Also appearing for the first time are Villa’s versification innovation (Duo-Technique), his new adaptations, and witty, brilliant aphorisms (Xocerisms) on sex/love, God, poetry, et cetera..." Indeed, this is a feast, offering Villa at the height of his genius. As Luis Francia says ...

Ang Gawad Komisyon 2008 sa pagsulat ng tula at maikling kuwento sa wikang Pangasinan ay idinaraos bilang bahagi ng taunang pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa. Ang timpalak ay pangangasiwaan ng Panrehiyong Sentro sa Wikang Filipino na nakabase sa Pangasinan State University, Bayambang Campus, Bayambang, Pangasinan sa pagpatnubay ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Ang mga gantimpala naman ay sasagutin ng Don Jose De Guzman Tamayo Foundation na nakabase sa Perpetual Help College, Malasiqui, Pangasinan. Mga Panlahat na Tuntunin: • Bukas ang timpalak sa lahat ng mamamayang Pilipino maliban sa mga pinuno at kawani ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, Panrehiyong Sentro sa Wikang Filipino, Don Jose Tamayo Foundation at sa mga nanalo ng unang gantimpala sa Gawad Komisyon 2006 at 2007. • Ang lahok ay kailangang orihinal, hindi pa naisasali sa ibang timpalak at hindi pa rin nailalathala. Hindi rin tatanggapin ang mga lahok na recycled lamang. • Ang lahok ay hindi dapat magtataglay ng anumang pagk...

MANILA, September 1, 2008 – Continuing its tradition of honoring Filipino writers and promoting literary arts in the country, the Carlos Palanca Foundation Inc. honored the winners of this year’s Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. On in its 58th year, the Palanca Awards remains one of the most prestigious and sought-after literary awards in the Philippines, with this year’s roster of winners almost equally distributed among Palanca veterans (57%) and first-time winners (43%). Done every other three years, the “Novel” was once more part of the 20 categories in this year’s competition. The awarding ceremony held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati had for its guest speaker, Secretary Jesli Lapus of the Department of Education, the largest department in the government sector, accounting for one-third of the entire Philippine bureaucracy. Under his watch, the Department of Education registered unprecedented achievements such as: the highest public approval rating among government...