lb. Ever since it was made public that the Philippines will be Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2025, Annette Hug’s world has been spinning even faster. It turns out that many in the German-speaking book scene hardly know anything about the Philippines, the Philippine book market or Filipino/a authors at all. … Read more
ah. Between Zurich, Paris and Milan, train trips take only a few hours. Flights to Manila are becoming cheaper and more frequent again. But how the supply chains for printed books and the distributors for e-books work remains a mystery. In Europe, there would certainly be a market for Filipino books published in English – … Read more
The former ‘suitcase library’ (maletaklatan) of KuwentuhangSabado.com has found a new home last October 2022. Their children’s books from the Philippines are now accessible for children and their families anytime and can be borrowed free of charge. Towards this end, the intercultural library Kanzbi, which has been housing children’s books from all over the world … Read more
ah. They come on a platter: eleven novels and graphic novels. Recent publications. The National Book Development Board of the Philippines has commissioned the German organization Litprom to beat the advertising drum. The brochure itself is worth reading. “In most novels, nature plays an active, decisive and threatening role, but it also entails a deep … Read more
Sheree Domingo’s Comic «Ferngespräch» tells about the Consequences of Migration lb. «Global care chain» describes the phenomenon when duties of familial care are shared across borders. Even back in 2016, The New Yorker wrote about women who leave their children in the care of their grandmothers in the Philippines in order to pursue jobs as nannies … Read more
ah. LIKHAAN is a journal of the «Institute of Creative Writing» at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. For the year 2020, Rolando B. Tolentino has directed a special edition with texts coming out of the present pandemic. The range is wide: From angry poems, to a a short dramolet (“frontliner”) to a critical essay … Read more
