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| NBDB Book Club presents Venus in Orbit |
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The NBDB Book Club and Bigkas Pilipinas present Venus in Orbit, a night of spoken word poetry and music by women on November 13, 9PM at Bacci Ristorante in Makati City.
For details, call Bacci at 828-2235. Entrance is free and there's an open mic session after the program.
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| Acclaimed international authors and the country's top writers join LOL:Lit Out Loud |
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If you love books and literature, there's no way you should miss next week's Manila International Literary Festival from November 18 to 20 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City. Acclaimed international authors and literary agents and many of the country's literary greats will be in attendance to talk about reading and the writing craft in the country's biggest literary event. (Download Festival Syllabus Here)
Below are the 55 reasons why you should call up 892-1801 and register now!
Foreign Speakers Christopher Cheng (Australia) Award-winning children’s book author Mita Kapur (India) Founder of Siyahi Literary Agency, the leading literary agency in India Organizer of the Jaipur Literature Festival Andy Mulligan (UK) Acclaimed author of young adult novels Ribblestrop and Trash David Parker (Hong Kong) Chairman of the Man Asian Literary Prize Vikas Swarup (India) Bestselling author of the Academy award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire and Six Suspects Jayapriya Vasudevan (India/Singapore) Literary agent of the literary agency Jacaranda Press Local Speakers Gemino Abad (Manila) Poetry Gerry Alanguilan (Laguna) Graphic Literature Dean Francis Alfar (Manila) Speculative Fiction National Artist Virgilio Almario (Manila) Poetry Merlie Alunan (Tacloban) Regional Literature Roberto Añonuevo (Manila) Filipino Poetry
Rino Balatbat (Manila) Trade Books Marketing Abdon Balde, Jr. (Bicol) Regional Literature Karina Bolasco (Manila) Trade Books Marketing Oscar Campomanes (Manila) Literary Criticism Jose Wendell Capili (Manila) Literary Criticism Michael Coroza (Manila) Poetry Isagani Cruz (Manila) Literary Criticism Jose Y. Dalisay (Manila) Fiction Karl de Mesa (Manila) Genre Fiction Ricardo de Ungria (Davao) Translation, Poetry Marjorie Evasco (Manila) Translation Ralph Galan (Manila) Travel Writing J. Neil Garcia (Manila) Poet and Literary Critic Jerry Gracio (Manila) Screenwriting and Poetry Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (Manila) Creative Non-fiction Carljoe Javier (Manila) Genre Fiction Cyan Abad-Jugo (Manila) Young Adult Fiction Patricia May Jurilla (Manila) History of the Book Luis Katigbak (Manila) Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Marne Kilates (Manila) Poetry and Translation Jose F. Lacaba (Manila) Poetry and Screenwriting Troy Lacsamana (Manila) Library Appreciation Angelo Lacuesta (Manila) Fiction Susan Lara (Manila) Fiction National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera (Manila) Poetry Resil Mojares (Cebu) Regional Literature Charlson Ong (Manila) Fiction Elbert Or (Manila) Graphic Literature Maritoni Ortigas (Manila) Library Appreciation Carla Pacis (Manila) Young Adult Fiction Mailin Locsin (Manila) Reading Appreciation Eric Ramos (Manila) Screenwriting Danton Remoto (Manila) Poetry Ana Rodriguez (Manila) Reading Appreciation Erwin Romulo (Manila) Literary Journalism Tara FT Sering (Manila) Fiction and Travel Writing Angelo Suarez (Manila) Poetry and New Forms Ramon Sunico (Manila) Children’s Literature Yvette Tan (Manila) Genre Fiction Rose Torres-Yu (Manila) Literary Criticism Carlo Vergara (Manila) Graphic Literature Criselda Yabes (Manila) Literary Journalism Tony Yanza (Manila) Storytelling Alfred Yuson (Manila) Poetry
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2009 Annual Report and 2002-2010 Period Report
IRR on the National Book Development Trust Fund Act (R.A. 9521)
How to Apply for Duty-Free Importation of Books
Awardees - Quality Seal Awards
2nd National Children's Book Award
2007 Readership Survey Highlights
Download LOL: Lit Out Loud tarpaulin layout here
Download 2011 Manila Literary Festival tarp layout here
Invitation to Bid - Janitorial Services for CY 2012
Invitation to Bid - Security Services for CY 2012