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The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) announced the winners of the 28^th National Book Awards last November 14, during the awards ceremonies held at the Ayala Museum in Makati City.

Anvil Publishing, Inc. bagged this year's Publisher of the Year Award for having published the most number of winning books this year.

Former Inquirer journalist Candy Quimpo Gourlay this week sold her novel TALL STORY to David Fickling Books (DFB), joining a prestigious list that includes John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) and Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass). DFB praises the book as “an outstanding and highly orginal novel”.

The NBDB and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) are pleased to announce the finalists for this year's National Book Awards. The winners will be announced during the awarding ceremonies that will be held on November 14 at the Ayala Museum.

The NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD &

The MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE

28^th NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

FINALISTS

LITERARY DIVISION

Fiction

1. The Trail of the Chop-Chop Lady of Makati, Wilfredo Garrido (Giraffe Books);
2. Awit ni Kadunung, Abdon M. Balde, Jr. (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
3. Soledad's Sister,  Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
4. Stories From Another Time, Benjamin Bautista (Ateneo De Manila University Press).

Literary Criticism/Literary History

1. From Globalization to National Liberation: Essays of Three Decades,  Epifanio San Juan, Jr. (University of the Philippines Press);
2. Our Scene So Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905 to 1955, Gémino H. Abad (University of the Philippines Press);
3. Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines, Patricia May B. Jurilla (Ateneo De Manila University Press); and
4. The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature, Roderick G. Galam (Ateneo De Manila University Press).

General Nonfiction 

1. Everyday Warriors: The Faces and Stories of Breast Cancer, eds. Cathy Paras-Lara and Jay Lara (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
2. Ah, Wilderness! A Journey Through Sacred Time,  Simeon Dumdum, Jr. (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
3. A Taste of Home: Pinay Expats and Food Memories, eds. Edgar B. Maranan and Len S. Maranan-Goldstein (Anvil Publishing, Inc.);
4. Belonging: Stories of Relationships,  ed. Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
5. The Flip Reader: Being a Greatest Hits Anthology from Flip: the Official Guide to World Domination, ed. Jessica Zafra (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Graphic Literature

1. Trese: Unreported Murders, story by Budjette Tan and art by Kajo Baldisimo (Visual Print Enterprises).

Poetry 

1. Kalahati at Umpisa Mga Tula, Rebecca T. Añonuevo (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
2. Chiaroscuro: Poems,  Joel M. Toledo (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
3. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door, Bino A Realuyo (Anvil Publishing, Inc.); and
4. The Proxy Eros, Mookie Katigbak (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Autobiography/Biography  

1. The Cinema of Manuel Conde,  Nicanor G. Tiongson (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
2. Afro-Asia in Upheaval: A Memoir of Front-line Reporting, Amando Doronila (Anvil Publishing, Inc); and

3.  A Country Not Even His Own, Steve E. Psinakis (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

NON-LITERARY DIVISION

Science 

1. Diabetes is BitterSweet: A Guide to Understanding Diabetes, ed. Dr. Estrellita V. Fernando-Lopez, et. al  ( SweetStar Publication);
2. Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practices, Filemon A. Uriarte, Jr.  (University of the Philippines Press); and
3. Selected Essays on Science and Technology for Securing a Better Philippines, Volume I, eds. Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion, Eduardo A. Padlan, and Caesar A. Saloma (University of the Philippines Press).  

Professions

1. Sine Gabay: A Film Study Guide, Nick Deocampo and the Center for New Cinema (Anvil Publishing, Inc.);      
2. Running A Bureaucracy:  A Guidebook for Local Government Unit Admistrators, Other Public Managers, and Elected Officials, Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita (Center for Local & Regional Governance and UP); and
3. Becoming A Guru: An Introduction to Advanced Research, Ramon K. Katigbak (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Social Sciences

1. American Empire and The Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism,  Julian Go (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
2. Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform, Volume I: International Perspective and Volume II: Philippine Perspective, Saturnino M. Borras, Jr.  (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
3. A Lemery Archaeological Sequence ,  Cecilia Y. Locsin, Maria Isabel G. Ongpin and Socorro Paz P. Paterno (Ateneo De Manila University Press);
4. People of the Middle Ground: A Century of Conflict and Accommodation in Central Mindanao 1880s-1980s,  Ronald K. Edgerton (Ateneo De Manila University Press);  and
5. Halo-Halo, Hardware and Others: The Story of the Japanese Commercial Community of Manila 1900-1945, Augusto V. De Viana (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House).

Arts

1. The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines,  Grace Nono (Anvil Publishing, Inc. and Fundacion Santiago)

Leisure     

1. Café by the Ruins: Memories and Recipes, Lia Llamado, Adelaida Lim and Feliz Perez (Anvil Publishing, Inc.);  and
2. Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine, ed. Michaela Fenix (Anvil Publishing, Inc.).

Design

1.      Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine, Guillermo Ramos, designer Anvil Publishing, Inc.);

2.      Elsewhere Held and Lingered, Adam David and Oliver Ortega, designers ( High Chair);

3.      Herencia: A Legacy of Art and Progress:  Appreciating Art Through the BPI Art Collection, Dopy Doplon, designer (BPI Foundation, Inc.);

4.      Everyday Warriors: The Faces and Stories of Breast Cancer,  Rachel and Sheree Ti, designers (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House); and

5.      The Philippines Through European Lenses: Late 19^th Century Photographs from the Meekamp Van Embden Collection, Karl Frederick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo De Manila University Press).