Books Philippines 2023 Fiction Web

Rights Catalog 2023-2024
Fiction
National Book Development Board
The Philippines at a Glance

The Philippines is a country of 7,641 islands in Southeast Asia. It has a population
of 109 million, speaking 182 languages. Its vibrant history is Austronesian in
heritage, with its indigenous culture influenced by Europe through Spanish
colonialism and America through the English language, the public school system,
and popular culture. The country is known for its biodiversity and marine life, which
is unparalleled compared to the rest of the world. The island nation is highly literate,
with a per capita GDP of USD 3,548.8. The most outstanding contribution of the
Philippines is its service industry and creative capital.
As 12 million diasporic Filipinos live and work in countries other than their home,
they go out there and assert their space, build new communities, and enrich
subcultures. Fired by imagination, we shape and produce knowledge and ponder
its many meanings; we create stories and poetry; we dream of what could be
possible; and we retrieve our memory of us and people of the past.
We aim to showcase the books written out of, and from, a diverse and multicultural
range of cultures and languages. These are the books that carry the collective
knowledge, wisdom, and imagination of the centuries and of our people. These are
the books that speak of all the other aspects of the cultures that contextualize the
literature, and at the same time, are portrayed by it: rituals and beliefs, the arts, film,
design, textile and fashion, food, and the city in all its geography, architecture, and
natural environment. These books look at what Filipino scholar Caroline Hau calls
“the material, ideational, and affective bearings of the Philippine nation in the 20th
and early 21st centuries.”
About Us
The National Book Development Board is the book agency of the Philippines
mandated to create a robust environment for publishing that stands on a strong
culture of reading. It provides technical and developmental assistance to creatives,
publishers, booksellers, enterprises, and individuals involved in the production
of books and the business of publishing. It has a multisector representation that
harnesses the creativity of content creators, publishers, book distributors, and
readers toward a vibrant book publishing ecosystem.
International Translation Subsidy Grant

Read the stories of the Philippine islands in your own language.
Through the National Book Development Board (NBDB) of the Philippines’ international translation grant,
foreign publishers from around the world can secure financial support for the translation and publication of
Philippine books into international languages. Foreign publishers who wish to purchase rights will be granted
subsidies for production costs of translation and publication.
Children’s Literature and Young Adult

• Available grant amount per book: PHP 70,000.00 (USD 1,200.00)
• A publisher can apply for up to four (4) books per grant cycle
• Priority Subject Matter: Origin Stories, Culture, Identity, Values, Cross-Cultural Interaction, Local
History, Mythology, and Folklore
Cook Books
• A publisher can apply for up to two (2) books per grant cycle
• Priority Subject Matter: Filipino Cuisine, Filipino Food, Filipino Fusion, Filipino Culinary Literature
Graphic Novel and Comics

• Priority Subject Matter: Local History, Mythology, Folklore, Identity, Modern Heritage
Classics / Contemporary Fiction / Nonfiction / Historical / Cultural

• Priority Subject Matter: Prehistory, Precolonial History, Local History, Mythology and Folklore, Identity,
Decolonization
Grant Process
• Titles for translation must come from recognized Philippine publishing enterprises in any Philippine
language to any other foreign language.
• The translation must be published by a foreign publishing house that can ensure good distribution and
promotion of the book in its own country.
• A contractual agreement must exist between the Philippine rights holder and the foreign publisher
granting translation rights to the foreign publisher unless the work is in the public domain.
• A contractual agreement must exist between the foreign publisher and the translator of the work.
• The work must be published within one year from the date of the confirmation letter.
Grant Payment
The translation grant is paid in Philippine pesos to grant recipients in two installments:
• 70% upon signing of the agreement and submission of the proposal
• 30% upon receipt of five (5) printed copies of the book
For more details, please send your emails to Grants Program Officer Mitch Balladares
(grants@books.gov.ph).
This summary is for information purposes only and should not be treated as legally binding. The grant
amount is subject to change based on the prevailing currency exchange rate.
Table of Contents
NOVEL SHORT STORY COLLECTION

1 1762 23 Bride Price and Other Stories
2 The Abyss Beneath Our Feet 24 Collected Stories of Gregorio C.
Brillantes
3 Andrea
25 From Manila to the World
4 Aswanglaut
26 Laut
5 Banana Heart Summer
27 Seventeen Prayers To The Many-Eyed
6 Barcelona
Mother
7 The Betrayed
28 Song of the Mango and Other New
8 Breaking the Scroll Myths
9 Broken Islands 29 Voyager and Other Fictions
10 El Árbol de la Alegría
11 For B (Or How Love Devastates Four out ANTHOLOGY
of Every Five of Us)
30 Diaspora Ad Astra
12 Good Dog
31 Harvest Moon
13 Kites in the Night
32 Our Memory of Water
14 The Merovingian
33 Tingle
15 Remains
16 Snakes in the Grass
17 The Solemn Lantern Maker
18 State of Happiness
19 Three Nights Three Days
20 The Vanished
21 White Lady, Black Christ
22 Yñiga
Novel
1762
A Novel
By Vin dela Serna Lopez
It is the end of the Seven Years’ War, and in Cavite

a group of rebellious shipyard workers plan to expel
the Spaniards from the colony, unaware that another
imperial force looms on the horizon. Set in the British
occupation of Manila, 1762 is the story of dissent and
failure, of seduction and betrayal, and in the heart of
this maelstrom is the Spanish mestiza Catalina, well-
read but doomed to serve an imperial master. Finding
herself getting deeply involved in the revolution, she
is forced to make a dangerous decision that changes
the course of Philippine history. In 1762, Vin dela Serna
Lopez weaves an epic that mixes fact with imagination,
showing us how tragedies, big or small, echo across
centuries.
Vin dela Serna Lopez spent his entire twenties as an

OFW in Saudi Arabia. His early literary work consisted
of poems that appeared in Philippines Graphic and
Entrada Journal. He received the Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for Literature in 2019 for his poetry
and, in 2022, as recipient of the Special Prize for the
Novel. 1762 is his debut novel.
Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 388
Size (mm) 203 x 127
Format Paperback / softback
ISBN 9786214482634
Keywords Historical
For rights availability, please contact:

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
1
Novel
The Abyss Beneath Our Feet

By Ronaldo S. Vivo, Jr. • Translated by Mark Frederick L. Bulandus
Reynold “Rey” Ventura, a hardware store owner,

immediately contacted the friends of his daughter
Alison one night she did not come home. But they all
had no idea where she was. From an unsent message
from his daughter on Facebook Messenger, Rey will
start piecing together the events. With the help of his
best friend Benjo, a “BPO Yakuza” so to speak, they
will track down Alison’s whereabouts. On this trip, they
will discover the true purpose of the hammer.
Ronaldo Vivo, Jr. graduated from the University of

Makati with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science
Major in Local Government Administration. He is
currently taking up his Masters in Public Administration
in the same University under the College of Continuing
Advanced and Professional Studies. His first novel
“Ang Kapangyarihang Higit sa Ating Lahat” was a
finalist in the 20th and 21st Madrigal-Gonzales First
Book Award while his sophomore novel “Ang Bangin
sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa” was nominated for 2022
Filipino Reader’s Choice Awards. He is a recipient
of NCCA-NCLA’s Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera 2022
for his short story “Tuwing Naglalaho ang Ating mga
Anino”. He is the founder of UngazPress – a collective
of short story writers from the town of Pateros. He is
also an award-winning filmmaker whose short films
have been screened in festivals and cinemas in the
Philippines and overseas and a musician who runs
Sound Carpentry Recordings that releases music on
cassette, cd and vinyl distributed worldwide.
Mark Frederick L. Bulandus obtained his Bachelor’s

Degree in Secondary Education Major in English (BSEd
Publisher 19th Avenida Publishing House - English) from the Philippine Women’s University
in Manila in 2005. He was also the first male Editor-
Year 2022 in-chief of the Philwomenian, the official school
Language English publication of the Philippine Women’s University.
He taught English Literature, Asian Literature, World
Extent 224 Literature, Public Speaking, Business Writing, and
Size (mm) 215.9 x 139.7 World Mythology at secondary and tertiary learning
institutions such as Don Bosco Technical Institute
Makati, Bicutan Parochial School, Sacred Heart
ISBN 9786218264175 School Pasig, ABE Makati among others. He is
also a locally and internationally published-writer of
Keywords Crime and Mystery
short fiction. He has been published in the Portland
For rights availability, please contact: Review. Founded in 1956, Portland Review publishes
Nida Ramirez prose, poetry, art, and translations reflecting a broad
avenidabooks@gmail.com spectrum of aesthetic styles and voices.
2
Novel
Andrea
Lullaby in a Storm
By Rom Factolerin
In the dark underbelly of the cold streets of Manila,

reluctant lady assassin Andrea attempts to disentangle
herself from the drug war’s inescapable web of
corruption and cruelty. Her existence is that of a fly
caught in a spider web, a thirty-year-old housewife
with a five-year-old daughter afflicted with congenital
syphilis. Hands tied, she further sinks down the abyss
as her partner Naldo pushes more weapons in her
hand, using their child’s safety as his gambit. Any hope
for redemption dims as she meets a vile retired general
Eduardo Martizano, and an avaricious congresswoman
Lilian Villeza. With their desperation to keep their
power, they knowingly dragged Andrea into the depth
of the illegal drug trade, assassination, betrayal, and
deceit of humungous greed for wealth and power. Can
she find revenge and salvation in vigilantism, or is this
the tragedy of a woman’s life trapped in poverty and
anguish?
Rom Factolerin is an interdisciplinary artist, writer,

and filmmaker. He started in the animation industry.
He earned some awards in Gawad Pasado for
best production design and a nomination through
38th Gawad Urian. His short films were included in
International Film Festival in Manhattan, New York. He
qualified for 15th Ricky Lee’s scriptwriting workshop
and was able to finish his first full-length script which
leads to numerous scriptwriting projects. ANDREA is
his first novel in print.
Publisher BlackPen Publishing

Year 2022
Language Filipino
Extent 246
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789719534143

Romeo A. Factolerin
blackpen.publishing@gmail.com
3
Novel
Aswanglaut
By Allan N. Derain
First off, it’s best to explain first why Luklak’s story

isn’t a myth of the first aswang even if it’s a “mythical”
telling of the first aswang’s origin. But why, though?
Luklak has been an aswang long before she became
one. How did this happen? How are we to tell her
aswang origin if she has been one even before its story
began? Aswanglaut follows the metamorphosis of the
young Bisayan native, Luklak, who is in the process
of becoming an aswang; a witch crocodile called
“balanghitao.” Aswang is a shapeshifting monster
usually possessing a combination of the traits of
either a vampire, a ghoul, a witch, or different species
in Philippine folklore. The process started when she
consumed the mysterious eel her mother gave birth to.
She grilled and ate the fish creature which is supposed
to be her sibling. She did the horrendous act in front
of the hungry demons of the forest who cursed her
because she did not give them their proper share of
the much-coveted meal. From here, strange things
will happen to Luklak as she is being introduced to
another form of existence. She will rediscover her
place as a young woman in a 17th-century colony newly
established by the Spanish colonizer, which is also
a coastal village open to maritime traders but also
vulnerable to Moro pirate attacks.
Allan N. Derain is the author of “Iskrapbuk”,

“Pangontra”, “The Next Great Tagalog Novel at Iba
pang Kuwento”, and “Banal na Aklat ng mga Kumag”.
He is also the editor of the anthology “May Tiktik
sa Bubong, May Sigbin sa Silong”. He is currently
teaching Creative Writing, Art Appreciation, and
Philippine Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University.
He is also the director of AILAP or the Ateneo Institute
of Literary Arts and Practices.
Year 2021
Language English
Extent 244
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9786214481057
Keywords Magic and Myth-making
Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
4
Novel
Banana Heart Summer

By Merlinda Bobis
The myth of the banana heart inspires twelve-year old

Nenita. She will appease her family’s hunger and win
her mother’s love. As she cooks and eats, or dreams
of cooking and eating, other love stories unfold in her
street, sweltering between a volcano and a church
during the hottest summer in the 1960s. In this
sensuous, poignant and quirky feast, smoky coconut
chicken in green papayas, sticky rice with sweet
anise, or spicy and sorrowful peccadillos whet and
challenge the palate and the heart – how to endure this
delectable argument of flavors; how to find the balance
between love and anger.
Merlinda Bobis has had four novels, six poetry books,

and a collection of short stories published, and ten
dramatic works performed. Her novel Locust Girl:
A Lovesong received the Christina Stead Prize for
Fiction in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the
Philippine National Book Award. Her poetry collection
Accidents of Composition was Highly Commended for
the ACT Book of the Year Award.
Publisher Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Year 2005
Language English
Extent 260
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789712717399

Arianne Velasquez
nasvelasquez@anvilpublishing.com
5
Novel
Barcelona
By Criselda Yabes • Illustrated by Jerico Marte
Set in 2050, this dystopian graphic novella follows

Barcelona, a woman who leads a gang of orphans
from the Drug War in vanishing Manila, a city that is
slowly sinking underwater. A young officer from the
south, which has separated itself from the rest of the
old country, tries to rescue her from doom. A complex
history of fates comes in between, as Barcelona must
decide whether to join a new world of harmony led by
oracle women and sustained by a stable ecosystem
with nature. Or is the violence of the past so ingrained
in her veins that leaving seems impossible?
Criselda Yabes is a writer and journalist who has

written books on Mindanao, the military, and other
facets of Philippine society. Her first novel Crying
Mountain won the UP Centennial Literary Award in
2008 and was nominated for the Man Asian Literary
Prize in 2010. Her second novel Broken Islands was
published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press
in 2019 and was shortlisted by the German Litprom
that was presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair in
October 2022. Her latest, which came out in the time of
the pandemic in 2020, is The Battle of Marawi, written
in the genre of literary journalism and was a finalist in
the National Book award in 2022.
Jerico Marte is a fairy-loving recluse living a simple

farm life with his parents. He left media and production
in 2014 and debuted in the local comic scene with
Gab Chee Kee with their ongoing project, ‘TANOD’.
His illustrations for ‘Strange Natives: The Forgotten
Memories of a Forgetful Old Woman’ (written by Paolo
Herras) earned him his first National Book Award
Publisher 19th Avenida Publishing House nomination. He enjoys coffee and making Token
artworks.
Year 2023
Language English
Extent 114
Size (mm) 215.9 x 139.7
ISBN 9786218264236

Nida Ramirez
avenidabooks@gmail.com
6
Novel
The Betrayed
A Novel
By Reine Arcache Melvin
Set in a time of dictatorship and political upheaval,

The Betrayed tells the story of two sisters who love
the same man. Their passion threatens to lead them
to betray not only each other but all that their father
stood for. Shy, idealistic Pilar initially resolves to carry
on her father’s fight against the dictator, while her
flamboyant older sister Lali reacts by marrying the
enemy, Arturo, the dictator’s godson. Each tries to find
their place in this violent world, but can they withstand
the corruption of politics and the relentless pull of their
own desires? What price must one pay for passion?
Reine Arcache Melvin was born in Manila to a Filipino-

American family. She attended university in the United
States, traveled through India and Europe, and now
lives in Paris. Her book “A Normal Life and Other
Stories” won the National Book Award for Fiction in
1999.

Year 2018
Language English
Extent 393
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789715508742
Keywords Contemporary

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
7
Novel
Breaking the Scroll

By Jane Vergara
In the extraordinary realm of Akea, where every

inhabitant possesses unique abilities, stands Kino
Amark, an ordinary boy who, to his dismay, lacks
any extraordinary powers. As the year draws to a
close, a pivotal event looms on the horizon: the Akean
Wine Festival at the majestic Kanelan Palace, where
Kino must demonstrate his unique power before the
Emperor. Only then can he attain the coveted status
of an Akean Citizen. Kino conspires with his friends,
Mayo and Piper, to pull off a desperate ruse. However,
his charade takes a deadly turn when the emperor
condemns him to death.
Jane Vergara started writing at a very young age.

While her initial aspiration was to pursue Creative
Writing in university, she embarked on a different path,
obtaining a degree in Business Administration and
Accountancy. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a
Certified Internal Auditor, and has a Master’s Degree
in Business Administration. Presently, she serves as a
Senior Vice President at one of the Philippines’ largest
bank as the Chief Information Officer. Beneath Jane’s
impressive corporate achievements lies Jane’s creative
passion – writing. She serves as an inspiring example
of how one can harmonize the creative and analytical
aspects of their mind, striking a balance between two
dimensions of passion.
Publisher Jane Vergara

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 384
Size (mm) 203 x 133
ISBN 9786210600414
Keywords Fantasy and Science Fiction

Rea Cruz
reaenricacruz@gmail.com
8
Novel
Broken Islands
A Novel
By Criselda Yabes
Set in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, Broken

Islands is about two women – Luna and Alba – whose
lives become entangled through their occupation of
a house and their relationships with each other and
with the Cimafranca paterfamilias Manoy, who is
uncle to one and amo to the other. In this beautifully
written and realized novel, the characters are as
vividly rendered as the Borbon (Cebu ca. 2015) they
inhabit, and as complex. The novel, particularly the
sections on Typhoon Yolanda and the bungled rescue
and reconstruction efforts in its wake, is notable
for marrying literary sensibility and expression with
journalism’s fidelity to facts and on-the-ground
observation. Exploring issues of class and gender
hierarchy and inequality, the novel refuses easy (re)
solutions, offering instead a subtle, dark-tinged vision
of our broken islands. Finalist, 2022 National Book
Awards Best Novel in English.
Criselda Yabes is a writer and journalist who has

written books on Mindanao, the military, and other
facets of Philippine society. Her first novel Crying
Mountain won the UP Centennial Literary Award in
2008 and was nominated for the Man Asian Literary
Prize in 2010. Her second novel Broken Islands was
published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press
in 2019 and was shortlisted by the German Litprom
that was presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair in
October 2022. Her latest, which came out in the time of
the pandemic in 2020, is The Battle of Marawi, written
in the genre of literary journalism and was a finalist in
the National Book award in 2022.

Year 2019
Language English
Extent 310
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789715509091
Keywords Climate

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
9
Novel
El Árbol de la Alegría
Southern Quartet 1
By RM Topacio-Aplaon
So here’s Santiago “Thiago” Javier, a local logistics

firm driver and former botany student entangled in
the secrets buried and crimes committed in El Arbol
de la Alegria, the arboretum strategically erected at
the centre of a controversial logging company. But
beyond the novel’s many whodunnit and noir elements,
El Arbol is simply a story of a man who is trying to
understand the world around him – the politics of his
hometown, its language, his own family’s enigmas,
even the complexity and simplicity of a love that is
within reach and yet seeming unfeasible, and the most
incomprehensible of all: the meaning of ambition and
desire, or, perhaps, the absence thereof.
RM Topacio-Aplaon is a writer from Imus, Cavite,

Philippines. He has written several novels about his
hometown, including the Filipino language septology
“Imus Novels” (UP Press, 2015 and ongoing) and an
English-language noir trilogy, which includes “At Night
We Are Dancers” (Penguin Random House-SEA,
2022).
Publisher Isang Balangay Media Productions

Year 2022
Language Filipino
Extent 462
Size (mm) 229 x 152
Format Hardbound
ISBN 9786219612692

Ronald Verzo
balangay.productions@gmail.com
10
Novel
For B
(Or How Love Devastates Four out of Every Five of Us)
By Ricky Lee • Translated by Noelle Q. De Jesus
For B (or How Love Devastates Four out of Every

Five of Us) tells the tale of five women and their (mis)
adventures in finding true love. From childhood love to
forbidden affairs, For B unfolds various situations in life
– finding the unusual in the ordinary and the mundane
within the bizarre.
Mr. Ricardo “Ricky” Lee is the most-awarded

scriptwriter in the Philippines. He has written 180
produced film scripts, earning him more than 70
trophies from award-giving bodies, including three life
achievement awards from the Cinemanila International
Film Festival, the Gawad Urian, and the PMPC
respectively. Ricky is the author of the scriptwriting
manual, Trip to Quiapo, which is both a bestseller
and a required text in communication courses in the
Philippines. He was conferred the Order of National
Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts
in 2022.
Noelle Q. de Jesus is a Filipino American writer whose

first book, Blood: Collected Stories (Ethos Books)
won the US-based 2016 Next Generation Indie Book
Award for the Short Story. A Palanca Award winner
and a University of the Philippines’ Writers Workshop
fellow, she has published short stories in Southeast
Asia and the United States, including Puerto del Sol
and Mud Season Review. She is currently working on
her first novel, Dome of Another Sky. She lives with her
husband in Singapore and they have two children.

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 248
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9786214482290

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
11
Novel
Good Dog
By Mabek Kawsek
Agnes Tan-Lim has it all: Victor, her devoted husband;

Sophia, her loving daughter; and her thriving business.
Then she receives a phone call from her daughter’s
kidnapper. Now, Agnes must quell her panic and rush
to get Sophia back. But Sophia’s kidnapping is just the
beginning of a series of events that will cause Agnes’s
seemingly perfect life to come crashing down, forcing
her to face the truth that she has always refused to
believe. Far from the rich Tsinoy suburbs of Agnes,
Marlene Ong sits in her tiny apartment, badgered by
supernatural visions – a chorus of ghosts, a skyway
built on a secret, a specter calling out to her husband.
She won’t leave Marlene alone until her body is found.
Two women whose lives get increasingly tangled
realize that the mysteries they must solve are part of a
more sinister plot.
Mabek Kawsek is a storyteller, who sees herself at

the crossroad of two cultures: Chinese and Filipino.
By integrating them in her stories, she opens our eyes
to a life and culture that we know little of and she has
offered us a starting point to where we can share
stories for us to be connected. As she has said, “By
writing common experiences through storytelling it can
take us further into making a map to steer through the
issues that we face in our lives.”

Year 2019
Language English
Extent 240
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789712735080

Arianne Velasquez
12
Novel
Kites in the Night

A Novel
By Blaise Campo Gacoscos
This novel follows Victor Molina, a forty-year-old gay

man, and his psychological journey from his childhood
in Ilocosto adulthood in Manila as he undergoes
various experiences of ever-increasing moral
complexity.
Blaise Campo Gacoscos was born in Candon,

Ilocos Sur, in 1968. He earned his Bachelor of Arts
in Comparative Literature from the University of the
Philippines Diliman. A fellow of the UP National Writers’
Summer Workshop, he won third prize at the Don
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for his
one-act play titled Taguan sa Ulan. He finished his
Master of Arts in Creative Writing also in UP Diliman.

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 128
Size (mm) 203 x 133
ISBN 9786214482313
Keywords Queer and Diversity

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
13
Novel
The Merovingian
The Ancient Aswang of Babel
By Renato Clarete Tranquilino
A warrior rebel with a past was among the thousands

of Jews that tried to come to the Philippines in 1939
to seek safety from the atrocities in Nazi Germany.
But an ancient evil hunted her and her companion,
and if it weren’t for sympathizers to the rebels’ cause,
they might have been caught. When that evil reached
Philippine shores, it also found something in-country
that, when triggered, could destroy the capital city
forever. The rebel and her allies must craft a dangerous
plan to defeat the enemy, for if it succeeds, it will spell
not only the destruction of a country but the start of
Armageddon.
Renato Clarete Tranquilino is a Filipino-Australian IT

Professional who has an interest in sci-fi fantasy films
and writing stories. Playing League of Legends is his
other pastime. He dreams of traveling the world and
visiting places of interest related to science fiction and
urban fantasy novels.
Publisher Renato Tranquilino

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 596
Size (mm) 229 x 152
ISBN 9798858328094

Renato Tranquilino
rardent@hotmail.com
14
Novel
Remains
By Daryll Delgado
Daryll Delgado’s debut novel Remains is an

amalgamation of spliced recollections by a narrator
named Ann, and other characters, about Tacloban
City’s devastation in the wake of megastorm Haiyan,
locally known as Super Typhoon Yolanda. Tacloban
City, the author’s hometown, is part of the province
of Leyte, one of the two Philippine islands (the other
is Samar) that bore the full brunt of one of the world’s
deadliest tropical cyclones, in the catastrophic wake
of which roughly ten thousand people died. The novel
features transcripts from a widow, a married couple,
an orphan, nine women conversing in a focus group,
a small business owner, a staff member of the city’s
administration office, and a prisoner who decided
against using the raging tropical cyclone as cover for
breaking out of jail. The prisoner’s transcript is one
of the novel’s most memorable highlights and ends
with the prisoner insisting, “I am a man of honor”:
an individual choosing to define himself and his life’s
purpose while standing on ground zero of one of the
deadliest superstorms in history.
Born and raised in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines,

Daryll Delgado obtained a Bachelor’s degree in
Journalism and Comparative Literature at the
University of the Philippines. Delgado has been
recognized for her outstanding works and advocacy.
Publisher Ateneo de Naga University Press

Year 2019
Language English
Extent 338
Size (mm) 178 x 121
ISBN 9789719913832
Keywords Climate

Kristian Sendon Cordero
agnuspress@gmail.com
15
Novel
Snakes in the Grass

By Patrick Everard
Snakes in the Grass tells the dramatic and often

disturbing story of life within the palace walls of
Malacañang – home to Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos.
This intriguing tale begins with murder and ends with
murder. In a frightening twist of fate, Saduj, a young
orphan, unwittingly gets caught up in the surreal and
sinister Marcos dictatorship. Through his narration
we follow the formidable rise of an elite student to
president and eventual pariah. Privy to the inner
dealings of both Ferdinand and Imelda, Saduj is at first
flattered and proud to be such a close confidante of
the President, but slowly over time he witnesses the
true suffering caused by the barbaric regime. As it
slowly dawns on him that he has been hoodwinked into
some outlandish fairy-tale, so does the chilling reality
that he is now a target. With his own life in danger both
within the palace walls and on the outside, and the
dictatorship about to self-implode, can he survive long
enough to find a way out?
Patrick Everard was born in 1967 near Bournemouth

on the South Coast of England, and attended
Redborne School, Bedfordshire. In 2004 he settled in
the Philippines and spent fifteen years enjoying island
life.
Publisher University of the Philippines Press

Year 2021
Language English
Extent 312
Size (mm) 228.6 x 152.4
ISBN 9789715429382

Anna Jhorie Arciga
press@up.edu.ph
16
Novel
The Solemn Lantern Maker

By Merlinda Bobis
Ten-year old Noland, a mute lantern maker, imagines

an angel falling from the sky to the slums where he
lives. But it’s only an American tourist who is caught
in a drive-by shooting of a political journalist. At a
busy intersection in Manila, the magical and the seedy
collide: shimmering lanterns and poverty, Christmas
carols and child prostitution, a child and a stranger’s
dream of friendship amidst the global war on terror. A
hut in the slums becomes a cathedral and silence is an
exchange breaths.
Merlinda Bobis has had four novels, six poetry books,

and a collection of short stories published, and ten
dramatic works performed. Her novel Locust Girl:
A Lovesong received the Christina Stead Prize for
Fiction in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the
Philippine National Book Award. Her poetry collection
Accidents of Composition was Highly Commended for
the ACT Book of the Year Award.

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 208
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789712737947

Arianne Velasquez
17
Novel
State of Happiness
A Novel
By Clarissa V. Militante
In State of Happiness: A Novel, the archipelago –

the city and the islands – has its own story, its own
past and present. Life in these archipelagic spaces
is shaped and reshaped by natural calamities and
politically induced social disasters. Caught in this web
of natural and man-made tragedies, the characters
amid their traumas persist in their search for happiness
in personal and familial love, friendships, communal
spirit, and even greed and selfishness. In the race
toward finding happiness, destruction as well as
creation become inevitable.
Clarissa V. Militante teaches Humanities Literature,

Creative Writing, and Communication Arts (Writing)
courses in De La Salle University, Taft. She has written
two novels, Different Countries (long-listed in the 2009
Man Asia Literary prize & published by Anvil in 2010)
and We Who Cannot be Daughters (published by
UST Publishing House in 2014). Her background also
includes working with non-government organizations;
the most recent ones, before becoming a faculty
of DLSU, were Focus on the Global South (2009
until present in part-time capacity), Philippines
Against Child Trafficking (2006), Philippines-China
Development Resource Center (1999-2001).

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 296
Size (mm) 228.6 x 152.4
ISBN 9789715429863

Anna Jhorie Arciga
press@up.edu.ph
18
Novel
Three Nights Three Days

By Eros Atalia • Translated by David T. Ong
In this riveting story told from a journalist’s

perspective, the village of Barangay Magapok faces
impending doom from an approaching super typhoon.
The narrative unfolds like an investigative report,
building suspense as it reveals the horrors the villagers
are about to endure. However, the shocking twist
lies in the source of their tragedy – the deforested
mountains that encircle the village, which ultimately
trigger a deadly avalanche. The villagers’ fear and
torment are tragically misplaced, for they have already
perished, their lives extinguished over three days and
nights. This gripping tale explores the consequences
of environmental devastation and the unsettling
question of whether we unknowingly bring about our
own destruction.
Eros Atalia has authored eight best-selling books of

fiction and creative nonfiction. He won four first prize
awards from Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
for Literature (2006, 2013, 2015, and 2019), seven from
Talaang Ginto of Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino for his
poems and essays, Pandaylipi at Gawad Soc Rodrigo,
and was an honorary fellow in the International Writing
Program of the University of Iowa, USA, in 2016. He is
also a Board Member of the Center for International
PEN Philippines. He was a consultant, textbook
evaluator, resource person for the Department of
Education and several private publishing companies,
and a reader/evaluator to some academic publishing
houses and scholarly journals. Some of his works
were adapted to screenplay in Cinemalaya. Aside from
teaching creative writing courses with the Department
Publisher 19th Avenida Publishing House of Literature of De La Salle University, Manila, he also
organizes several free writing clinics and workshops
Year 2023
for aspiring young writers and literature teachers
Language English nationwide. He is the Executive Director of The Post
Extent 213 (Philippine Online Student Tambayan). He is the
recipient of the 2021 Gawad Sulo, Philippine Normal
Size (mm) 215.9 x 139.7 University Eminent Alumni.
David T. Ong has worked in the book and publishing
ISBN 9786218264038 industry in various capacities for over a decade -
Keywords Crime and Mystery writer, editor, buyer, and erstwhile voice-over artist.
Three Nights, Three Days is his first professional foray
into translation.

Nida Ramirez
19
Novel
The Vanished
By Chuckberry Pascual • Translated by Ned Parfan
The Vanished (Ang Nawawala) is a comic, queer, and

Filipino take on the detective novella. It comprises
seven interconnected stories featuring the exploits
of Brigido aka “Bree,” a gay masseur and barangay
(village) hall receptionist turned unlikely detective.
Each story involves a case that needs to be solved,
a search for a missing item or person, and is titled
as such: the missing milkfish, the missing knives, the
missing ring, the missing angel (the “angel” refers to a
little girl who plays a role in the Salubong [Encounter],
a religious play held during Holy Week that dramatizes
the encounter of the Blessed Virgin and the newly-
risen Christ), the missing faces, the missing doves,
and the missing umbrella. Bree’s search for these
small, seemingly inconsequential objects and persons
unearths other issues and crimes in the barangay
(village) of Talong Punay. A barangay is the smallest
administrative division in the Philippines and therefore
serves as a microcosm of contemporary Philippine
society.
Chuckberry J. Pascual is a fictionist, translator, and

scholar. He has written short story collections, books
on ethnography and film studies, literary criticism and
literary history. He is the Filipino translator of Miguel
Syjuco’s Man Asian Literary Prize-winning novel,
Ilustrado. He teaches literature and creative writing
at the University of Santo Tomas and holds a PhD in
Creative Writing in Filipino from the University of the
Philippines.
Ned Parfan has two books of poetry, The Murmur

Asylum and Tilt Me and I Bend, both published by the
Publisher 19th Avenida Publishing House University of the Philippines Press. He holds an MFA
in Creative Writing from De La Salle University-Manila
Year 2023 and is an assistant professor at the University of Santo
Language English Tomas.
Extent 197
Size (mm) 215.9 x 139.7
ISBN 9786218264250

Nida Ramirez
20
Novel
White Lady, Black Christ

By Charlson Ong
When an explosion occurs across Dr. Chester

Limhuatco’s condominium building, events unfold
leading to his discovery of Emily, the ghost or “white
lady” he has been having visions of. To discover
her identity, he enlists the help of former classmate
Jefferson Po, a government agent working closely
with Emily. Chester and Jefferson pursue the mystery
surrounding Emily and her ties with Tata Peping, a
modern day black Christ who heads the cult-like
Brotherhood of the Black Nazarene or the BBN, a
group with a grand plan to violently awaken people
from supposed lies they have been told all their lives.
Together, Chester and Jefferson must stop Tata Peping
from achieving his nefarious goal. Set in Quiapo, the
heart of the frenzied veneration of the Black Nazarene,
White Lady, Black Christ is a high-stakes pursuit of
the truth behind a strange brotherhood and the rituals
surrounding blind devotion and the search for salvation
as told by a masterful storyteller.
Charlson Ong is a writer, film producer, and director.

Winner of the Philippine National Book Award for both
short fiction and the novel. He has four short story
collections and three novel. He is writer, co-producer,
director of the acclaimed film “Tanabata’s Wife”, which
won for him Best Picture in the Tofarm Film Festival
for 2018, and Best Adapted Screenplay for 2019 at the
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS).
Publisher Milflores Publishing, Inc.

Year 2021
Language English
Extent 288
Size (mm) 203 x 127
Format Hardbound
ISBN 9789718280980

Andrea Pasion-Flores
andrea@milflorespublishing.com
21
Novel
Yñiga
A Novel
By Glenn Diaz
Yñiga Calinauan’s quiet life is upended when a retired

army general wanted for the murder of peasants and
activists in the countryside is captured across the
street from her house. Days later the neighborhood is
burned to the ground in what some say is retaliation.
With nowhere to go, she returns to M, the small fishing
town where she grew up and now hopes to regain the
quiet life she has lost. But soon she discovers that the
terror she thought she had escaped in the city is right
on her trail, and she must face the “forest of history”
that has long haunted her family.
Glenn Diaz’s first book The Quiet Ones (Ateneo Press)

won the Palanca Grand Prize and the Philippine
National Book Award. His second novel “Yñiga” was
shortlisted for the 2020 Novel Prize. He is a recipient
of fellowships and residencies in Bangalore, New
York, and Jakarta, among others, and holds a PhD in
creative writing from the University of Adelaide. He
lives in Manila.

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 278
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9786214482214

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
22
Short Story Collection
Bride Price and Other Stories

By Calbi Anji Asain
Set in the watery setting of the southermost part of

the Philippine archipelago, this second collection of
stories by Calbi Asain shows readers characters and
circumstances that depict Tausug life and culture,
while also occasionally giving glimpses of the political
and social forces taking place in their land. The writing
is simple, unpretentious, quite typical of Asain who’s
good in bringing out local tonality, understated humor,
and a sense of the vernacular. The stories delve into
themes of love, arranged marriages, environmental
destruction, folk beliefs, and friendship, offering a
glimpse of the underside of the Philippines not often
explored in literature.
Calbi Anji Asain holds a Doctor of Philosophy in

Philippine Studies specializing in Anthropology,
History, and Philippine literature. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts in English summa cum laude from the
Notre Dame of Jolo College (NDJC) and his Master of
Arts in English from the University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City. He had been a professor of
English and literature at the Mindanao State University-
Sulu (MSU-Sulu) and held various positions there
such as the following: College Secretary, Director
for General Education, Director for Publication and
Information, Director for Research and Extension,
Adviser of the Student Publication, Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, and Special Assistant on Press
and Publication at the MSU-Sulu. In 2017, he retired
from MSU-Sulu as Prof. III.
Publisher Xavier University Press
Year 2023
Language English
Extent 150
Size (mm) 212 x 152
ISBN 9789719094326

Arlene J. Yandug
ayandug@xu.edu.ph
23
Collected Stories of Gregorio C. Brillantes

Edited by Jonathan Chua
Gathered in this book are stories that bear witness

to half a century of postwar life in the Philippines: A
country doctor reckons with mortality after seeing a
dying infant. A young boy fears the end of days on his
way home from the movies. Friends throw parties to
discuss dictatorships and insurgencies over bottles
of whiskey. Meanwhile, a family besieged by rising
floodwaters faces a more menacing threat. Gregorio
C. Brillantes, often labeled as a “Catholic writer,” went
beyond this calling and explored the possibilities of
realist fiction, producing stories that Nick Joaquin
considered as “Literature with a capital L” and are
increasingly aware of their political milieu – the Marcos
regime, the social unrest, and the vacillations of the
middle class. Pensive and philosophical, at times funny
and parodic, his work attests not only to a mastery of
the short story but also, in the hands of a genius, to the
capaciousness of the form. Edited and with notes by
Jonathan Chua, The Collected Stories of Gregorio C.
Brillantes reintroduces the author in a time of repeated
history.
Jonathan Chua teaches at the Department of

Interdisciplinary Studies of the Ateneo de Manila
University.

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 571
Size (mm) 228 x 152
ISBN 9786214482337

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
24
From Manila to the World

10 stories, 10 cities, one accidental globe-trotter
By Paolo Mangahas
From Manila to the world: 10 stories, 10 cities, one

accidental globe-trotter is a compilation of stories from
10 different locations that are as much tales of self-
discovery as they are adventures in new places. While
it is a journey into rich cultures and landscapes, this
book is also essentially a journey within, presented in
Mangahas’ sometimes wry, occasionally hilarious, yet
always authentic voice. These stories, which smoothly
juxtapose Mangahas’ epiphanies on personal growth
with observations of different cultures, will inspire
readers to not just get up and go, but to be more
introspective about life, people, and the world - and
to discover the humor and wisdom always waiting in
unexpected places.
Paolo Mangahas is a Filipino writer who has

published numerous pieces in various print and online
publications in the Philippines and abroad. He has a
bachelor’s degree in communication arts, major in
creative writing and a master’s degree in development
communication, major in social marketing, both
from the University of the Philippines. He is a
communications professional and multimedia creative
who is passionate about the art of storytelling.
Publisher University of Santo Tomas

Publishing House
Year 2022
Language English
Extent 216
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789715068888
Benedict Parfan
bbparfan@ust.edu.ph
25
Laut
Stories
By Sigrid Marianne Gayangos
In this story collection, Laut, Sigrid Gayangos curated

stories that navigate the alterity of our waters and our
liquefied borders: littoral societies and the ecology
(supernatural or otherwise) of the surrounding
seascape; the spiteful or benevolent, if not fickle, sea
spirits and creatures of the deep; the amphibiousness
of characters who have to negotiate sensibilities within
two environs. Also recurring themes in the collection
are: invisible undercurrents that would cause fishing
villages to move away from shore, how coastal villages
are differentially affected by the waste products of
modernity, queer women engaged in imagining better
futures for our drowning world, and so many more.
Sigrid was born and raised in Zamboanga City. Her

works have been anthologized in Mindanao Odysseys:
A Collection of Travel Essays, Fantasy: Fiction for
Young Adults, Maximum Volume: Best New Philippine
Fiction 3, Philippine Speculative Fiction 12, Cha: An
Asian Literary Journal, and Best Small Fictions 2019,
among other places. She is currently working on her
first collection of short stories. When not busy with
her writing, she divides her time between training a
bunch of mathletes and making friends with curious
sea critters.

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 170
Size (mm) 228.6 x 152.4
ISBN 9789715429979
Keywords Climate

Anna Jhorie Arciga
press@up.edu.ph
26
Seventeen Prayers To The Many-Eyed Mother

By Eliza Victoria
In “Seventeen Prayers to the Many-Eyed Mother,”

characters seek solace – wittingly or unwittingly –
in forces beyond human comprehension. A young
woman agrees to make a blood sacrifice in exchange
for an American visa. Strangers find themselves stuck
in a fatal time loop in a convenience store. A plane
crash survivor on a deserted island believes a deity’s
name has been carved into the rocks. A broke tourist
meets a being untouched by time and space. Diwata,
in hopes of assimilation into human society, agree to
have their wings surgically removed. And within the
darkness of an old mansion, a figure in white appears
by the doorway.
Eliza Victoria is the author of several books including

the Philippine National Book Award-winning Dwellers,
the novel Wounded Little Gods, the graphic novel After
Lambana (a collaboration with Mervin Malonzo), the
science fiction novel-in-stories, Nightfall, the short
story collection Seventeen Prayers to the Many-
Eyed Mother, and the poetry collection What Comes
After. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several
publications, most recently in LONTAR: The Journal of
Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, The Best Asian
Speculative Fiction, The Dark Magazine, The Apex
Book of World SF Volume 5, Fireside Fiction, and
Future SF. She has won prizes in the Philippines’ top
literary awards, including the Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Literature. Her one-act plays (written in
Filipino) have been staged at the Virgin LabFest at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Publisher 19th Avenida Publishing House

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 251
Size (mm) 215.9 x 139.7
ISBN 9786218264113

Nida Ramirez
27
Song of the Mango and Other New Myths

By Vida Cruz-Borja
A diwata brings a grieving slave’s brother back to life

as a mango tree. Two writers write their ideal lovers
into existence with ink from a mangkukulam. A kapre
and a farmgirl play out a tale as old as time in Spanish
colonial Philippines. A girl with a magical heritage must
rescue a bumbling cartographer from the hidden city
of Biringan. Maria Makiling opens a pop-up cafÃ© with
human heartbreak on the menu. In Song of the Mango
and Other New Myths, Vida Cruz – Borja brings stories
woven from elements of classical myths and folklore
from the Philippines and other parts of the world, as
well as from visions of the modern and of the future. In
worlds richly reimagined and reinvented, these “new
myths” explore hidden depths from flawed characters
who strive to search for a just and equal world,
whether that may be in the realm of ordinary humans
or the realm of magical creatures.
Vida Cruz-Borja has been published or is forthcoming

from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, PodCastle, and
various anthologies. Her work has had her nominated,
longlisted, and recommended for the Hugo Award, the
British Science Fiction Award, and the James Tiptree
Jr. (now Otherwise) Award. She is an alumna of the
2014 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
Workshop in San Diego, as well as of the Silliman
University National Writers Workshop, the Iligan
National Writers Workshop, and the Amelia LapeÃ±a-
Bonifacio Writers Workshop.

Year 2022
Language English
Extent 364
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9786214482276

Nieves B. Darroca
ndarroca@ateneo.edu
28
Voyager and Other Fictions

The Collected Stories of Jose Dalisay
By Jose Dalisay
Voyager and Other Fictions: The Collected Stories

of Jose Dalisay explores the depths of the human
psyche, exposing the follies and foibles of Filipinos
going about their daily lives. This definitive compilation
of forty-three stories from a master storyteller includes
the classic stories “Penmanship,” and “Oldtimer,” and
the title story “Voyager,” which show the art and craft
of one of the country’s most revered writers of short
fiction.
Jose Dalisay has published more than thirty-five books

of fiction and nonfiction; his second novel, Soledad’s
Sister, was shortlisted for the inaugural Man Asian
Literary Prize in 2007. Dr. Dalisay is Professor Emeritus
at the University of the Philippines, where he also
chaired the English department and served as Director
of the University of the Philippines (UP) Institute of
Creative Writing and Vice President for Public Affairs.

Year 2023
Language English
Extent 528
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789712735202

Arianne Velasquez
29
Anthology
Diaspora Ad Astra
An Anthology of Science Fiction from the Philippines
Edited by Emil M. Flores and Joseph Frederic F. Nacino
The anthology Diaspora Ad Astra: An Anthology

of Science Fiction from the Philippines represents
science fiction made by Filipinos for Filipinos. This
collection of stories looks at the future of Filipinos
as we ask and wonder: will we be exporting human
workers to Mars or will we be ruling a new Empire
of Humanity? Or will we be running a guerrilla war
against mad robots as the rest of homo sapiens flee
into space in derelict battleships? Because of this,
we’ve collected these Filipino stories that look into a
multitude of possible futures. Moreover, with these
stories, we offer you hope that there will be a future
where Filipinos will still – whether we attain greatness
or not – play a role on the stage of humanity.
Emil M. Flores is an assistant professor at the

Department of English and Comparative Literature
of the College of Arts and Letters, University of the
Philippines in Diliman.
Joseph Frederic F. Nacino has had stories published

in Kenneth Yu’s The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories
and the Philippine Speculative Fiction series edited
by Dean Francis Alfar, as well as in Vincent Michael
Simbulan’s A Time of Dragons anthology, Playboy
Philippines magazine, and the one-shot FHM Ladies’
Confessions Erotica Special. One of his stories won
first place in Fully Booked and Neil Gaiman’s Philippine
Graphic Fiction Awards in 2007 and came out in the
collected print edition published by the award-giving
body. The same story was later reprinted online in
Publisher University of the Philippines Press the Fantasy Magazine (now Lightspeed) website. He
published three online anthologies showcasing local
Year 2013 speculative fiction writing under his online imprint
Language English Estranghero Press: The Farthest Shore (fantasy),
Demons of the New Year (horror), and Diaspora Ad
Extent 212
Astra (science fiction).
Size (mm) 228.6 x 152.4
ISBN 9789715427104

Anna Jhorie Arciga
press@up.edu.ph
30
Anthology
Harvest Moon
Poems and Stories from the Edge of the Climate Crisis
Edited by Padmapani L. Perez
Harvest Moon is an anthology of loves and lives, of

stories that thrive where borders and edges meet
and where fates merge and collide like bodies of
water seeking oceans and tides encountering clouds
and landfall, habitats and hives. The anthology is
composed of more than 30 images and over 30
poems, stories, and essays about the climate crisis
from writers, photographers, and artists in Africa, Asia,
the Pacific, and Latin America.
Padmapani L. Perez is an anthropologist by training

and a writer by heart, she received her bachelor’s
degree in Social Sciences from the University of
the Philippines Baguio. Padma went on to pursue
a master’s degree in Environmental Anthropology
in Kent University, in the United Kingdom, after
which she earned her doctorate in Anthropology
from Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Her
research interests include indigenous peoples’ rights,
nature conservation, climate change, art, and visual
ethnography.
Publisher Milflores Publishing, Inc.

Year 2021
Language English
Extent 336
Size (mm) 203 x 254
ISBN 9789718281147
Keywords Climate

Andrea Pasion-Flores
andrea@milflorespublishing.com
31
Anthology
Our Memory of Water

Words After Haiyan
Edited by Merlie M. Alunan
Our bodies are water and water remembers. The paths

down the mountains. The stones in the pathways. The
roots of trees. The molecules of water remember the
imprint of every leaf that floated on it, or the hand that
dipped into a well for a drink. Water remembers the
dreams it had melted as it washed over our streets.
Water memorizes the droughts and floods of our lives.
Our bodies, being water, remember. And so our words.
Merlie M. Alunan is the author of the following poetry

collections: Hearthstone, Sacred Tree (Anvil, 1993);
Amina Among the Angels (UP Press, 1998); Selected
Poems (UP Press 2004); Tales of the Spider Woman
(University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2010);
Pagdakop sa Bulalakaw ug uban pang mga Balak
(Ateneo Press, 2013); and Running with Ghosts and
Other Poems (Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2017),
which won the 37th National Book Award for poetry
in 2017. The University of the Philippines named her
Professor Emeritus upon her retirement in 2008. She
currently lives in Tacloban City and continues to write.
Publisher Ateneo de Naga University Press

Year 2016
Language English
Extent 262
Size (mm) 227 x 218
ISBN 9789719913467
Keywords Climate

Kristian Sendon Cordero
agnuspress@gmail.com
32
Anthology
Tingle
Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing
Edited by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
“What makes you tingle as a lesbian?” Literally, the

sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, the
excitement. While the word “tingle” is a homonym for
the Tagalog word for “clitoris,” many of the pieces
submitted were not about sex at all. All the pieces are
about a spark of recognition, whether at the beginning,
the middle, or the end, that one loves a woman as
a woman. Tingle is the flint. Here we are taking our
stories of women loving women in our own hands and
making ourselves visible on our own terms. When the
initial thrill of desire is past, the tingle is ultimately the
recognition that what we have found cannot remain in
the dark – we must love and be loved in the light.
Jhoanna Lynn Cruz is the Palanca award-winning

author of “Women Loving” (2010), the first sole-author
collection of lesbian-themed stories in the Philippines,
which is now available in an eBook entitled Women on
Fire (2015). Cruz has received several Philippine writing
fellowships and an international writing residency from
the Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange Program.
She holds a PhD from RMT University, Australia.

Year 2021
Language English
Extent 272
Size (mm) 203 x 127
ISBN 9789712735974
Keywords Queer and Diversity

Arianne Velasquez
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Anthology
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The Philippines at a Glance

International Translation Subsidy Grant

Children’s Literature and Young Adult

Graphic Novel and Comics

Classics / Contemporary Fiction / Nonfiction / Historical / Cultural

NOVEL SHORT STORY COLLECTION

It is the end of the Seven Years’ War, and in Cavite

Vin dela Serna Lopez spent his entire twenties as an

Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

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The Abyss Beneath Our Feet

Reynold “Rey” Ventura, a hardware store owner,

Ronaldo Vivo, Jr. graduated from the University of

Mark Frederick L. Bulandus obtained his Bachelor’s

In the dark underbelly of the cold streets of Manila,

Rom Factolerin is an interdisciplinary artist, writer,

Publisher BlackPen Publishing

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First off, it’s best to explain first why Luklak’s story

Allan N. Derain is the author of “Iskrapbuk”,

Banana Heart Summer

The myth of the banana heart inspires twelve-year old

Merlinda Bobis has had four novels, six poetry books,

Publisher Anvil Publishing, Inc.

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Set in 2050, this dystopian graphic novella follows

Criselda Yabes is a writer and journalist who has

Jerico Marte is a fairy-loving recluse living a simple

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Set in a time of dictatorship and political upheaval,

Reine Arcache Melvin was born in Manila to a Filipino-

Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

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Breaking the Scroll

In the extraordinary realm of Akea, where every

Jane Vergara started writing at a very young age.

Publisher Jane Vergara

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Set in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, Broken

Criselda Yabes is a writer and journalist who has

Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

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So here’s Santiago “Thiago” Javier, a local logistics

RM Topacio-Aplaon is a writer from Imus, Cavite,

Publisher Isang Balangay Media Productions

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For B (or How Love Devastates Four out of Every

Mr. Ricardo “Ricky” Lee is the most-awarded

Noelle Q. de Jesus is a Filipino American writer whose

Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

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Agnes Tan-Lim has it all: Victor, her devoted husband;

Mabek Kawsek is a storyteller, who sees herself at

Publisher Anvil Publishing, Inc.

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Kites in the Night

This novel follows Victor Molina, a forty-year-old gay

Blaise Campo Gacoscos was born in Candon,

Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press

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A warrior rebel with a past was among the thousands

Renato Clarete Tranquilino is a Filipino-Australian IT

Publisher Renato Tranquilino