“Great booksellers are a bit mad.” — Robert McCrum From a Guardian article shared by Babeth Lolarga (whose book, Catholic and Emancipated, is available in Mt Cloud Bookshop). Given the milieu in which we learned to love books, we take this statement to be a compliment of the highest order. Great madness —

Christmas is about love, sharing, happiness, and celebration! On December 18, Sunday, at 3PM in Mt Cloud Bookshop, children of all ages are welcome to listen to stories about the things that make Christmas Christmas, even when it’s not Christmas! Special prizes for little Elves who read or recite their own Christmas poems!

Friends, this Christmas you can give the gift of entire worlds, just by giving the gift of books! In Mt Cloud Bookshop we have: New and Used Books Books by Baguio Authors Books on the Cordillera Ilokano Books Children’s Literature Poetry Novels and short stories Cookbooks Art, Film, Theater and Music books Books on Asia [...]

On July 3, at 4PM, poet Luis Francia will read new work and excerpts from his book, Beauty of Ghosts, a theater of poetry in five voices. The works in the book “examine the immigrant’s life as seen through the eyes of various individuals, ranging from a manong to a teenage rapper, from a nurse [...]

When you love books the way Diego does, sometimes anything you can get your hands on will do!

Larysa Voss (now in her 20′s and a pastry chef) reading beside James Fairhead (then an anthropology PhD student, now an oft-referred to author of some of the best studies on contemporary societal-environmental relationships). This was taken in Rwanda when Larysa’s parents, Joachim and Villia, were doing fieldwork there.

Whenever we see kids loving books it thrills us no end! So we’re starting a blog collection of candid snapshots of kids reading books. This is Noah with his mom and a book. We love how engrossed he looks. When Noah starts to complain, sit with him with a book and he’s a contented baby. [...]

New in the Cloud! Longhouse Days by Jainal Amambing is a beautifully illustrated book which describes in simple words a childhood spent in a Rungus longhouse, in Sabah, Borneo.

Your independent Baguio bookshop is all fired up to host a second poetry slam this Friday, April 15, at 8PM! This time around local poets and lovers of the spoken word will be joined by the fellows and panelists of the 50th U.P. National Writers Workshop. Registration Fee: PHP 100 to compete and get a [...]

Marites Dañguilan-Vitug will speak on probing the Philippine Supreme Court and writing her controversial book, Shadow of Doubt, on March 5, 2011, at 10 A.M. in the U.P. Baguio Bulwagang Juan Luna. Join us and meet a woman who, in our humble opinion, defines the cutting edge of Philippine investigative journalism.