FACEBOOK HAS BEEN EATING UP many people’s schedules lately. Unlike Friendster which had gone boring and stale as an old loaf of bread, Facebook or FB has gotten people’s attention including the bosses and the senior citizens in such large scale that I think every computer in the world has in its cache remnants of logging in to and out of FB. In my experience, this didn’t spare the Filipino literary writers. The list of popular Filipino writers in my page includes national artists—Bien Lumbera maintains an FB account! Jimmy Abad, Jing Hidalgo, Jun Balde, Marne Kilates, among the seniors; and a hundred or more of younger writers.Bikolano poet and cultural scholar Frank Peñones, who I think is lots more [...]

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CCP launches 35th issue of Ani publication 11 November 2009, Pasay City – The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Arts Division will launch Ani 35, The Pinoy as Asian issue, on November 26, 2009, 6:00 p.m., at the CCP Ramp with some of the featured authors reading from their works. “Ani 35 is devoted to writings by Filipinos on their interaction with other Asian peoples and cultures. This may be interpreted as a response to the call of Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist, on the need to reconnect with Southeast Asian literary tradition if we are to survive in this age of globalization,” Herminio [...]

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11 to 13 FEBRUARY 2009University of the Philippines Diliman (Feb 11)Ateneo de Manila University (Feb 12)Cubao Expo (Feb 13)DAY 1 | FEBRUARY 11, WEDNESDAYUniversity of the PhilippinesDiliman, Quezon City9:00AM | OPENING PROGRAMVenue: Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Bulwagang RizalWelcome Remarks• UP Diliman Chancellor Sergio S. Cao• NCCA Chair Vilma L. Labrador• Festival Director Ricardo M. de Ungria• Festival Coordinator Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr.PHILIPPINE LITERATURE TODAY. The keynote address, a synoptic overview of where we’ve been and where we are, taking into account our literature in Filipino, English, and the regional languages; Philippine literature in the 21st century; and Philippine literature in the Asian and global context. To be delivered by National [...]

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Iniimbitahan ang interesadong teachers at writers sa tatlong araw na kumperensya (July 2-4, 2008) sa pagtuturo at pagsulat ng Bikol literature sa ST Annex Auditorium, Naga College Foundation, Naga City.Kasama sa programa (PDF) ang sumusunod na diskurso:Kalagayan ng Panitikang Pilipino ni Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera (Nat’l. Artist for Literature);Pagsalingoy sa Pagsurat Bikolnon 1 & 2 ni Mr. Carlo Arejola (NCLA),Papel kan Paratukdo asin Akademya sa Pagpakusog kan Literaturang Bikolnon ni Dr. Paz Verdadez,Writer as Teacher/Teacher as Writer ni Chancellor Ricky de Ungria (para sa teachers),Ideolohiya asin Pedagohiya sa Pagtukdo kan Local na Literature ni Mr. Frank Peñones (para sa teachers),Methodolohiya sa Pagtukdo asin Modyul Writing ni Ms. Doods Santos (para sa writers);Osipon/Blogging ni Mr. Rizaldy Manrique (para sa [...]

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KAN Huwebes na hapon, tinawan onra an para-rawitdawit, istoryador, kritiko, asin National Artist na si Edith Tiempo duman sa Marcelo Fernan Cebu Press Center. Ini parte an programang ‘Pagpupugay sa mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining’ na pinadrinohan kan National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Likhaan: U.P. Institute of Creative Writing, asin man kan Filipinas Institute of Creative Writing. Napangyari an programang ini sa katuyuhan na irani sa mga tao, orog na sa mga rehiyon, an mga National Artists na dai man midbid minsan gurano man kadakula an saindang mga kontribusyon sa pagbilog kan satuyang nasyonal na literatura. Kun pagaatid-atidan, totoo man nanggad na minsan an saindang mga pagtutulod sa nakasurat na kagayonan kan nasyon, orog pa man [...]

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