No Shelf Control by Jenny Ortuoste
Three books on business, leadership, career
As graduation season draws near, many college seniors are anxious about what awaits them in the “real world” of work....
‘Assembling Alice’
A tour-de-force of memory and history It’s always difficult to bring the past to life, especially when one doesn’t have...
A nostalgic look at Gen-Xer’s life
The moment I received Angelo R. Lacuesta’s first novel Joy and flipped through its pages, I felt a shock of...
Syjuco skewers society, politics in snarky new novel
“I know you’re wondering – yes, it’s true: his birdie is thick, as he’s always saying, but like a thumb...
Poetry and practical advice for Women’s Month
As the country observes Philippine National Women’s Month, I share a quartet of slim tomes that provoke thought, elicit emotion,...
A cult’s conspiracy, an ex-priest’s perfidy in Charlson Ong’s latest
Those who have read Charlson Ong’s crime fiction novel Blue Angel, White Shadow will recall the fast-paced narrative and its...
Reviews of books by Filipino authors? Get them right here
It’s been said many times that the Philippines has no reading culture, but I beg to differ. While reading may...
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.