THE Philippines will take center stage at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, reputedly the largest and most significant publishing event worldwide.
The forum will provide a platform for Filipino narratives to be shared globally and to elevate Filipino stories, no matter where they are read, written, or conceived, according to the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).
CFO Secretary Dante Ang II recognized the potentials of the program to serve Filipino communities overseas, and raised the possibility of collaboration between the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the CFO’s network of 34 Philippine Schools Overseas.
Ang offered facilitate partnerships, stating the CFO’s ongoing efforts to bridge the diaspora with programs that promote Filipino identity and culture abroad.
NBDB Executive Director Charisse Aquino-Tugade said that the Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s largest and most prestigious trade fair for books and intellectual property rights. Vito Barcelo
