With over 25,000 posts under the hashtag #bookstagramphilippines, it’s evident that this social media phenomenon has transformed how people in our country engage with books—whatever genre it is—in this digital
It certainly feels right to end the year with Christmas. It doesn’t seem like an ending at all, but rather, another beginning. Christ is born! As we prepare for His
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Of all of the world’s bestseller lists, the single most prestigious list is the New York Times Fiction Print Hardcover, which enumerates the most sold copies of any novel, regardless
Who is Jose Rizal beyond history books, and why should we continue to listen to him today? Veteran journalist John Nery answers this question no less than 55 times in
What does it take to be a queen? Is it by having a shining, shimmering, bejeweled crown? Or is it by connecting to many people through advocacy, and using your
If you’re into travelogues, then the essays in Paolo Mangahas’ “From Manila to the World: 10 stories, 10 cities, one accidental globe-trotter” may not be quite what you’d expect. The
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999, the historic city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur is noted to represent “a unique fusion of Asian building design and construction with
Veteran artist Al Pérez, who has memorialized through his art the country’s heritage churches, fittingly gets a coffee-table book memorial and fond tribute all his own through “Sacred and Profane,”
A delightful read-aloud children’s book with cartoon-like illustrations, “Out of the Blue” is about a reticent, vertically challenged girl who reclaims her confidence after meeting a minuscule octopus in an
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