No Shelf Control by Jenny Ortuoste
‘Tiempo Muerto,’ ‘Broken Islands’ highlight women’s lives
Writers Caroline Hau and Criselda Yabes have many things in common – not only are they friends, they also have...
Tuttle shares Filipino fantasy titles worldwide
International firm Tuttle Publishing is well known to bookworms as having an extensive catalog of Asian works, particularly Japanese classics...
Travel books offer tales of adventure, wisdom
Penguin Random House SEA offers two exciting tomes that take us to different places outside the world and in our...
The South China Sea turmoil, explained
With increasing globalization and the economic interdependence of nations necessarily comes a greater focus on geopolitics and a watchfulness on...
Rainy season reads: Filipino horror, poetry
As the rainy season sets in and chilly nights become the norm, I offer you stories and poems in Filipino...
Essay collections and a kid’s book that spurs imagination
It’s Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) season, the perfect time to add titles to your shelves. Here’s a set of...
Novels that explore difficult, disturbing societal themes
In The Collaborators, National Book Award-winning author Katrina Tuvera explores the themes of complicity and collaboration in the actions of...
‘R.U.R’ in Filipino, ‘Marcospunk,’ and a precolonial tale for kids
With classes having started for many, it’s the perfect time to buy books for leisure reading after hours of studying....
‘At Home With Crazy’ tackles mental illness with sensitivity and grace
In the latest from Milflores Publishing, author Katrina Martin reaches to tweens and teens with a sensitive story about mental...
Nick Joaquin’s easy-to-read Rizal bio back in print
With school starting again at many colleges and universities this month, it’s time to think of how we can make...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.