The Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) will hold its 56th annual literature conference on Dec. 3-4 at the Multipurpose Room, 4/F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Ave., Manila.
Aspiring writers must remember that more than anything else writing is a social responsibility.
The first thing I did when I got home from my three-week trip to Dumaguete, where I was one of 15 fellows to the 53rd Silliman University National Writers Workshop, was create a playlist
I’VE NEVER thought of myself as anything but young, especially when it came to writing. While I’m already in my mid-thirties, I’m just starting out compared to other writers my age, many of whom have already come out with a book or two. But this personal delusion was pleasantly shattered during the recently concluded UST National Writers Workshop held July 24-30 at Ridgewood Residence Hotel in Baguio City.
I was curious to find my own place among all the sorts of “Writers’ Wives” described by author and literary critic Malcolm Bradbury in his piece “The Spouse in the House.”
You will now be punished with the keynote speech I gave on Palanca Awards night this September.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The book is officially fiction: the story of a president who disappears as he tries...
I am quite a contented married woman with a broad-minded husband and three in-college children. Until two years ago. I read a well-written article in a Filipino magazine published in the United States and sent my feedback to the writer. I was surprised when he answered me. That started regular e-mails between us, where we talked about everything under the sun.
For Sonia Ner, life began after 60 when she left the office environment and worked at home on her dream projects. “I’m proud to be 72,” she declares. “What’s wrong with growing old? Age brings with it a certain freedom. You’re free from angst and desires. You take things as they are. As they say, go with the flow. There’s a certain pride that I’ve seen it all.”
Every week, my challenge is to find a theme that my target audience can relate to. I go for the high involvement of my readers when they read my column. I choose themes with a sense of originality.
