about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Philippine children’s illustrators group Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK) is currently open for new members! To apply for membership, just email all requirements (see below) to hello@ang-ink.org Deadline on February 29, 2012, 5pm Requirements: 1.) Accomplished application form: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxLm2kIWpJrpMWQyNmU3NWEtODAyYy00ZWVmLTk0YmUtMzEwNzk4ZjI4YzQx&hl=ja 2.) 1 illustration based on the story “Anong Gupit Natin Ngayon” http://www.pbby.org.ph/downloads/pbby_anong-gupit-natin-ngayon_2011.pdf 3.) 5 sample
about 5 months ago - 2 comments
Children’s illustrators’ group Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK) celebrates 20 years of Philippine Children’s Book Illustration with “20 Taon,” an exhibit at Ayala Museum, which opens tomorrow night and runs until Jan 15. Here’s the official announcement from Ang INK: Many of the illustrations in “20 Taon” are from bestselling books from major Philippine
about 8 months ago - 35 comments
Got a lovely surprise delivered to the office yesterday! Ta da da dum… Ta da da dum…. It’s heeeeeere! Forgive the shameless plug, it’s not everyday I get a book released! :) Ang Pag-ibig ni Maryang Sinukuan is a book in the latest set of Anvil Publishing’s Lola Basyang series, stories written by Severino
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
When I was in third grade, our class was sent to the audio-visual room for a storytelling session of the picture book Juan and the Asuangs. The story was frightfully fascinating — a young boy named Juan outsmarts several asuangs, which are Philippine mythical creatures, often of the blood-sucking variety. I have not seen that
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
This is our book club, Flips Flipping Pages, as caricatured by my good friend (and surrogate book club big sister) Ajie Taduran (see, I told you my friends are brilliant!) after one of our book discussions last year. Can you find me in the cartoon? And this is me, drawn by Ajie because I got
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
September 25 to October 2 is Banned Books Week, an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read. Spearheaded by the American Library Association, the celebration of Banned Books Week emphasizes intellectual freedom, “the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.” Growing up
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
I’ve missed doing picture book roundups, and I don’t think I’ve done a proper one yet this year so here’s a bunch of picture books I’ve enjoyed recently: Stephen T. Johnson’s Alphabet City, its companion book City By Numbers, and The Girl’s Like Spaghetti (Why, you can’t manage without apostrophes!) by Lynne Truss (illustrated by
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
Spotting a sale sign at a bookstore always activates a panic button in me. It never fails to elicit that heart-pounding, wide-eyed excitement at the prospect of finding a book to add to my shelf, and after years of practice I think I’m fairly proficient at spotting a gem in the bargain bin. Still, I
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
Edward Gorey is one of my favorite writer-illustrators. I love his lyrical and wickedly macabre stories — like a twisted Edward Lear or Lewis Carroll) and his equally macabre pen and ink illustrations! I’ve blogged about acouple books of his in the past — Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (illustrations) and The Curious Sofa
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
I love little books, and I’ve got a growing collection of them on various different subjects — they’re just so much fun to read, they often feature great art or photos, and they’re easy to stuff into odd nooks and crannies in my bookshelves! Here are a bunch of pocket-sized reads I finished recently: Fountain