July 15 is National Children's Book Day!


2014 National Children's Book Day poster by Asa Montenejo

To celebrate National Children's Book Day, a special children's book fair featuring the country's major children's book publishers shall be held from 9 till 2:30 pm at the Museo Pambata. The fair shall be open to the public and admission is free.

There shall also be a special workshop for librarians called, The School Library as Avenue for the Development of Life Skills (An Echo and Workshop Session of the 42nd IASL Conference in Indonesia) from 9-12 noon also in Museo Pambata. The workshop shall be facilitated by Zarah Gagatiga, Librarian, Beacon Academy and PBBY Board Member.

This workshop session will help librarians integrate life skills and well-being indicators in library management. Ms. Gagatiga will also discuss concepts in planning, implementing and evaluating programs and services for children and teenagers. 21st century trends in school library management and administration will also be presented as well as information on professional learning networks, particularly the International Association of School Libraries.

Participants will be charged a workshop fee of P500.

For inquiries about the bookfair and the workshop, you may email pbby@adarna.com.ph or contact Lance at 3526765 local 120.

http://www.pbby.org.ph/links-ncbd-2014.html
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The Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series Launching

Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series Launching

Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series, Bookmark’s series for children’s books, will be formally launched on February 5, 2014, Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 p.m., at the Last Chukker, Manila Polo Club, McKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati City.
The series features nine new titles, namely: A Passion for Science (Dr. Lourdes Cruz and Dr. Baldomero Olivera, Jr.), A Time to Grow (Margarita Dela Cruz Santiago), A Voice of Hope in a Time of Darkness (Susan Fernandez-Magno), BROCKA: The Filmmaker without Fear (Lino Brocka), The First International Filipino Diva (Jovita Fuentes), The Pangat, the Mountains, and the River (Macliing Dulag), I Know Where My Heart Is (Bro. Richie Fernando SJ), My Father, the “Soldier” (Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos), and My Role Model (Vidal Lory Tan.)
The Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series aims to present role models for young people to emulate. Each story in the series contains a central theme that exemplifies a moral value or characteristic or an exemplary incident in the life of each principal character.
Also to be launched are Pages written by Javier T. Delfin, illustrated by Gabi Dimaranan, The Day of Darkness written by Gutch Gutierrez and Zig Marasigan, illustrations by Gutch Gutierrez.
Original illustrations will be exhibited and be up for sale. The authors and artists will be present for the book signing.


 
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The Bookmark Inc., Annual Book Sale 2013




The Bookmark Inc., Annual Book Sale 2013

The Bookmark Inc., Annual Book Sale 2013
Bookmark: The Filipino Bookstore is inviting everyone to its Annual Book Sale on September 9-14, 2013. Discounts of up to 50% will be given to various titles. Books on Arts and Culture, Environment, Food, Health and Fitness, History and Politics, Biography, Religion, Travel, Literature, Audio/Music and Video materials are available. 

Included in the sale are titles which won awards in the past such as Lub-dub, Lub-dub, one of National Children’s Book Awards’ Best Reads for 2010; Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo translations by Soledad Lacson-Locsin, winner 1996 National Book Award for Best Translation and Bone Tumors in Filipinos by Dr. Edward Wang and Dr. Ariel Vergel de Dios, winner 2007 National Book Award for Medicine. Also on sale in the Filipino Literary Classics are Nick Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels, N.V.M. Gonzalez’s The Bamboo Dancers and Bienvenido Santos’ Brother, My Brother. 

Children’s Book on the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s Great Men and Women of Asia–Children’s Series and Bookmark’s Modern Heroes for The Filipino Youth Series are offered.

Bookmark: The Filipino Bookstore is located at 264 Pablo Ocampo Sr. Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City. Store hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Inquiries are entertained at 8958061-65, fax: 8970824 or email us at bookmark@globelines.com.ph

For inquiries, call or email 
Donna Rayo, FBS Marketing Manager
Tel: 895-8061 to 65
Email: bookmark@globelines.com.ph
bookmark.mktg@gmail.com
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KALIDAD: Masining na Pagpapahayag © 2013 Rebecca T. Añonuevo, Teresita C. Cruz, J.I.E. Teodoro, and John Enrico C. Torralba


Inihahandog ng The Bookmark, Inc. at sina Rebecca T. Añonuevo, Teresita C. Cruz, Teresita C. Cruz, J.I.E. Teodoro, at John Enrico C. Torralba ang KALIDAD: Masining na Pagpapahayag © 2013.


Ipinagmamalaki ng aklat na ito ang ginamit na mga sanaysay mula sa mga obrang naunang naisulat o naibahagi sa alinman sa timpalak, panayam, mga antolohiyang nabigyang gawad o pagkilala ng mga kritiko at kapuwa manunulat, o mga tuwirang karanasan ng manunulat bilang guro, mananalumpati, tagamasid, o tagapag–ulat ng mga pangyayari sa kaniyang paligid. 

Sinadya ng mga editor ang iba't ibang lasa ng wikang Filipino: himig saliksik, himig homiliya, himig Kinaray–a, himig teorya, himig kuwento. 

Anuman ang anyo, mataas na pagpapahalaga para sa kasiningan ang sinikap ilangkap ng mga manunulat sa mga napiling akda bilang mainam na halimbawa ng mabisang pagpapahayag.

Nilimbag sa Filipinas

Karapatang–Sipi © 2013 Rebecca T. Añonuevo, Teresita C. Cruz, Teresita C. Cruz, J.I.E. Teodoro, at John Enrico C. Torralba at ng The Bookmark, Inc.

KALIDAD: Masining na Pagpapahayag © 2013 Rebecca T. Añonuevo, Teresita C. Cruz, J.I.E. Teodoro, and John Enrico C. Torralba
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MCBDOS © LAYOUT & DESIGN


MCBDOS © Layout and Design

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Book Design
Layout & Design: books, magazines, etc.
Graphic Design (Invitations, Posters, and other both for print and web)
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Blogging/Hackwriter
Freelance writer/contributor to online forums/websites

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Bookmark’s New Children’s Books Released

The Bookmark, Inc. is proud to present two new published books for Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series– Brocka: The Filmmaker Without Fear written and illustrated by Jose T. Gamboa and The First International Filipino Diva written by Lin Acacio–Flores and illustrated by Jomike Tejido.

Brocka: The Filmmaker Without Fear is a children’s book story on the life of multi-awarded film director Lino Brocka, presented how Brocka made movies that were truly Filipino, made movies that entertained, challenged, and made the audience think.
The First International Filipino Diva focused on Jovita Fuentes, the first female National Awardee in Music in the Philippines and was also the first Filipina to be acclaimed one of the best opera singers in the world in the early 1900s. Also released is Pages, written by Javier T. Delfin and illustrated by Gabi Dimaranan, a story of journal’s journey to discovery and the values of writing presented. The Day of Darkness story and illustrations by Gutch Gutierrez, co-written by Zig Marasigan and edited by Aurora Morealis is a story where in a faraway land, whenever the moon was full, a ferocious creature called “The Beast” emerged to terrorize villagers, until a curious boy sought to discover the truth about this monster.
For more information contact Bookmark at telephone nos. 8958061–65, fax: 8970824, email: bookmark@globelines.com.ph or visit the website www.bookmarkthefilipinobookstore.com and you can also go to our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheBookmarkInc
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Modern Tsinoy Plays: TIME WAITS and Other Plays Debi L. Tan



About the Playwright

Debbie Ann Tan has always experimented with different storytelling voices both in English and in Filipino. She has written different genres as well starting with essays and short story fiction, but for some years now, she has focused on playwriting. She is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner for “Time Waits” and second place for “Teroristang Labandera.” She has published under NCCA’s Ubod Writers Series in 2005 for “Fate’s Line.”  “Dragon Blood” published in “Stage Presence: The Philippine PEN Anthology of Drama,”  UST Publishing in 2008. And “Teroristang Labandera” in “Virgin Labfest 2005-2008: Unang Antolohiya” published by Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2009.

Aside from the ones mentioned above, other plays by Debbie shown in the Virgin Labfest were “Dragon’s Breath,” “Mga Babaeng Too Bright,” and the recent “Balunbalunan, Bingi-bingihan.”   
Debbie graduated Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at De La Salle University in 2002. She is a fellow of the 6th Ateneo-NCCA National Writers Workshop. She has written several commissioned plays and is currently teaching at Miriam College. Debbie is freelance writer, editor, graphic and web designer and amateur 3D animator.
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