THE PHILIPPINE Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) will hold the Davao leg of its literature-teaching training workshop series, “For Love of the Word: Workshops on Teaching Philippine Literature in High School and College,” on Aug. 22 and 23 in Davao City

PEN’s partners in the workshop are Ateneo de Davao University and the literature teachers’ organization, Samahan ng mga Guro ng Panitikan sa Davao.

The Davao workshop will focus on 21st Century Literatures from the Philippines. It will be held at F213, second floor, Finster Hall, Ateneo de Davao, Roxas Avenue, Davao City.

Resource speakers and workshop facilitators include: Ricardo De Ungria, poet and professor of literature at University of the Philippines-Mindanao; Isidoro M. Cruz, prize-winning writer and dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Education at University of San Agustin-Iloilo; and Pamela Castrillo, scholar of Mindanao culture and professor of literature and language at Ateneo de Davao University.

A writers forum will feature award-winning Davao- based intellectuals and writers who will read their work and talk about the topic “Writing to Sustain our Home, our Habitat.” They include Macario Tiu, Jhoanna Lynn Cruz, and Dominique Cimafranca.

There is no registration fee. Workshop materials and a certificate of participation will be given to each participant. Participants will have to take care of their own travel arrangements, accommodation and meals.

Deadline for registration is Aug. 15. E-mail names of participants and their institution to [email protected] or text Shirley Lua at 0906-5267201.