All lovers of Philippine literature need not continue to wonder whatever has happened to the yearly National Book Awards, a collaborative endeavor between the Manila Critics Circle and the National Book Development Board.
Published April 8, 2021, 10:00 PM
The Philippine International Literary Festival happens this month and onward
Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa describes literature as “the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” Simply put, it’s the best kind of distraction. If so, then literature could easily be considered an “essential need” amid the pandemic.
In these turbulent times, the health emergency had not hindered the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Filipino Language Commission or Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), and the National Book Development Board (NBDB) from commemorating the National Literature Month this April.
Being launched is the 12th Philippine International Literary Festival, an annual gathering of readers, storytellers, and publishers. With our circumstance today, the online event themed “Limandaang Taon ng Pagsulat sa Kalibutang Filipino (Reclaiming our narrative: 500 years of Filipino storytelling)” coincides with the quincentenary
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