This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. We don’t use plastic bags for packaging. We carefully wrap your purchases in Manila paper, or on very busy days, we quickly put them into paper bags. If you buy a stack of books, we tie your [...]

This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. We proudly carry independently published, sometimes controversial books that chain bookstores will not carry for political and/or economic reasons. Our reasons for carrying them? Such books force us to question our preconceptions, they invite us to see [...]

Summer usually means “no more classes, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks!” But why not books? Summer is the best time for adventures: real or invented adventures, and even adventures read in books. Preferably books that are nothing like the textbooks kids have to lug around during the school year. According to the [...]

This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. We support local writers and publishers and actively seek out books that cover the people, land, culture, history, politics, economics, ecology, art, and stories of the mountains in which we exist. We may have our heads in [...]

This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. We’re the kind of bookshop where you stand at the counter waiting and you have to clear your throat because the staff have their noses buried in a book each. Sorry about this, folks! But like we’ve [...]

It’s Women’s Month! For a look into the life of a remarkable woman born and raised a hundred years ago and who paved a path for women in politics, we recommend the memoirs of a Filipina suffragist: A String of Pearls by Paz Policarpio Mendez, published by The Women’s Media Circle Foundation (1998). Here are [...]

This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. Mt Cloud Bookshop exists for the book-lovers of Baguio. We started with a love of books, a great respect (sometimes even awe) for writers and their craft, and a life-time of wistfulness for a unique, beautiful bookshop [...]

This grand volume has been in the making for almost fifty years. It began when Lee Ballard, his wife, and his two-month old baby arrived in Kabayan in 1961 to learn the language under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. He worked closely with his main collaborators, Chimcas Ameda

This summer! An evening with CNN Hero Robin Lim. A hot, hot, hot poetry slam. Mother’s Day for solo moms with Happy Even After author, Anna Santos. Creative writing workshop for kids. Story-telling and craft-making sessions for kids. Watch this blog for updates!    

Butterfly People is a novel from 2011 CNN Hero Robin Lim. Released by Anvil Publishing, the novel traces the saga of six generations of a Filipino family from the northern mountains. Robin’s novel draws heavily on her family’s history and the landscape of Baguio City with its myriad influences. The central character in the novel [...]