Tag: #FilipinosCreate
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Balay Sugidanun (House of Storytelling)
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Genevieve Asenjo, of indie Hiligaynon publisher Balay Sugidanun (House of Storytelling). She published a beautifully illustrated children’s book, “Si Bulan, Si Adlaw, kag Si Estrelya” by Early Sol Gadong in Hiligaynon (a Visayan language).If you’d like to order a copy, you can contact Genevieve at vvasenjo(at)gmail(dot)com. The book sells for…
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Sneak Peek: “Melo the Umang-Boy”
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I’ve just returned to urban Manila after 10 days with the blue skies and sun-drenched (read: HOT) cliffs of Batanes (a cluster of small islands near Taiwan). Batanes is the most remote northern corner of the Philippines. It was a gathering of loose ends for the Ivatan children’s story, including…
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Cebuano Poetry: Jeremiah Bondoc reads “sa menteryo sa carreta dihang nangutana ka og unsaon ang balak sa pagbasa”
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Welcome to Poetry Wednesdays on the Sari-Sari Storybooks blog.As I travel around the Philippines to work on this children’s book series, I’d like to share some of the poets I meet, writing in Cebuano, Waray, Meranao, Hiligaynon, Tagalog and other Philippine languages. I hope you’ll enjoy hearing the multiplicity of…
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The Siliman Writers’ Workshop
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The Siliman Writers’ Workshop is the oldest of it’s kind in Asia. Every year it attracts a new batch of writers. They spend 3 weeks discussing their work with established writers in Dumaguete, at a mountain retreat. As coincidence would have it, one of the workshop fellows this year is…
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Maan Chua at Matina Town Square
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Maan Chua (one of the members of Mebuyan, a Mindanao-rooted band made up of mostly female musicians), performs solo at Kanto Bar, Matina Town Square, in Davao.
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Michael Bacol and Siete Pesos
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The talented Michael Bacol in his studio, Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao. It was interesting to visit Michael’s studio and see the neighborhood kids practically invite themselves in to play with his art supplies. His paintings are populated with children (and doorways), and after visiting his workspace, it felt like seeing…