Literary

AN ARTLETS instructor is among the recipients of the lifetime achievement award Gawad Balagtas in the 51st National Writers’ Congress of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), the country’s largest organization of Filipino writers. Creative Writing instructor Joel Toledo, who recently earned the first prize for poetry in…

A PUBLISHING house editor  highlighted the importance of producing and marketing more books written in Filipino and translating more English books into Filipino to address the oversaturation of English-language titles. Kyra Ballesteros, who has over ten years of experience in publishing, shared her insights on the situation of the  industry…

A CREATIVE WRITING professor is set to explore more politically pronounced themes in his sequel to his award-winning young adult novel Mars, May Zombie! to amplify class division in a post-pandemic society. Picking up a year after Mars and his group arrive in the blue zone and illustrating how their…

WRITERS SHOULD brace themselves for the strict nature of writing sessions and should not focus on bagging awards and recognitions to validate their positions as writers, esteemed Thomasian writers said. In a forum titled “IlumiNasyon: Panayam ng Tomasinong Manunulat,” Palanca award-winning author and UST alumnus Lourd de Veyra highlighted the…

FORMER ARTLETS faculty secretary and UST Asian Studies Prof. Lino Baron is set to publish a book chronicling 50 years of the St. Thomas More lectures, the Faculty of Arts and Letters annual lecture series. The book titled “Celebrating More” will be launched during the 57th St. Thomas More lecture…

WRITERS MUST acknowledge the roles of linguistics and memory in writing and shaping the sounds and visuals of a poem, a Palanca award-winning poet said. Poet Allan Justo Pastrana, who notably makes use of his fascination with language and etymology to match his imagery, showcased his second published book Field…