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How to hold the world's largest book fair in a pandemic

Michelle Fitzpatrick, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 08:09 PM

The Frankfurt book fair, the world's largest, is going ahead this week even after a spike in coronavirus infections turned the German city into a high-risk area.  Read more »

Book review: Cho Nam-joo’s 'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' is as popular as it is polarizing

Johanna L. Añes- de la Cruz
Posted at Oct 11 04:17 PM

The author takes us through Jiyoung’s everyday struggles with gender discrimination across every phase of her life in modern-day South Korea. Read more »

Hungary PM urges gays to 'leave our children alone'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 11:11 AM

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that homosexuals should "leave our children alone" when asked about a children's book containing gay characters that was publicly shredded by a far-right politician. Read more »

Sariling office building, hiling ng National Council for Children's Television

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 12:02 AM

May hiling na P108,250,000 additional proposed budget ang National Council for Children's Television. Ayon sa ahensya, mas magagampanan nila ang mandatong pag-monitor sa child-friendly programs ng broadcast networks kung may sariling monitoring equipment at opisina. Read more »

Rex Book Store limits bulk orders amid overpriced resale of law books

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 05:38 PM

Rex Book Store is limiting bulk orders amid reports that resellers are hoarding their law books and selling them at a much higher price.  Read more »

PH Readers and Writers Festival 2020 to go online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:00 PM

Heads up, book lovers: The Philippine Readers and Writers Festival is going online. Read more »

Dr. Edberto Villegas, a retired UP professor, book author and Malvar descendant, dies at 80

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:47 AM

Dr. Edberto Villegas, a retired UP Manila professor and book author, has passed away, the IBON Foundation said Wednesday. He was 80.   Read more »

HK-based Pinoy publisher hopes to refocus lens on Filipino achievements in new book

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 11:28 PM

Hong Kong-based Filipino author Noel De Guzman hopes his recently published book "100 Filipinos", will reframe how Filipino achievements are celebrated and commemorated in everyday life and in schools. Read more »

Fully Booked beefs up digital drive after 'catastrophic' book sales due to pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 12:26 PM

Popular book store chain Fully Booked said Monday it is ramping up its digital channels following "catastrophic" months of sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns.  Read more »

National Book Store denies closure rumors

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 06:30 PM

National Book Store on Monday denied social media rumors that it is "closing branches in expensive malls" amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

National Book Store denies it’s closing stores in ‘expensive malls’

ANCX
Posted at Aug 24 05:33 PM

That thing you passed on earlier today was nothing but a bit of fake news. Read more »

Manila International Book Fair to go online in November

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 02:10 PM

"You spoke, we listened."  Read more »

Pinoy na 'World's Shortest Man', pumanaw na

Dynah Diestro, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 09:50 PM

SINDANGAN, Zamboanga del Norte - Pumanaw na si Junrey Balawing, ang pinakamaliit na lalaki sa buong mundo, noong Martes, Hulyo 28, sa edad na 27.   Read more »

The shared culture of police brutality between the PH and US has a deeper history than you think

ANCX
Posted at Jul 13 05:10 PM

A timely book, ‘The End of Policing’, reveals the dark side of an institution we were taught to believe serves and protects. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Online activities to mark National Children's Book Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 05:17 PM

A series of online activities will be held this July in celebration of National Children's Book Day (NCBD).  Read more »

Judge lifts ban on 'tell-all' book by Trump's niece

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 06:26 PM

The ruling issued Wednesday allows publisher Simon & Schuster to print and distribute the 240-page book by Mary Trump, who dubs the US president "the world's most dangerous man." Read more »

The ANC Brief: WHO assessment PH response to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:02 AM

The WHO had an unflattering assessment of how the Philippines is dealing with COVID-19. Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today. Read more »

Book designer Ige Ramos on why the best book designs aren’t always the ones you’ll notice

ANCX
Posted at Jun 28 12:31 PM

This born-and-bred Caviteño may be a multi-awarded food writer and book designer, but admits his first ever book design project more than 30 years ago was a complete failure. By DATU SHARIFF PENDATUN Read more »

LOOK: Meet Matay, the first Pinay vampire slayer

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 03:15 PM

From shape-shifting demons to tobacco-smoking tree giants, the Philippines has no shortage of mythical creatures that are said to haunt rural villages and even urban dwellings. Read more »

Ex-aide Bolton says Trump unfit for office

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 09:06 PM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has no guiding principles and is unfit to be president, his former national security advisor John Bolton said in an interview released Thursday to promote his explosive book. Read more »