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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We are currently in love with this charming book of poetry by Simeon Dumdum. Each poem is about a Philippine bird and is written in a different form of verse.