The UST Publishing House spotlights works by women authors in this year’s edition of the Manila International Book Fair, the country’s longest-running book fair.
“We have nine new titles at this year’s MIBF, half of which were written by female authors. So, that’s something to look forward to,” said Paul Castillo, the publishing house deputy director.
The Publishing House will hold meet-and-greet book-signing sessions at Aisle D, Booths 365-367.
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Award-winning poet Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta and author-surgeon Alyza Taguilaso will debut their latest poetry collections, “Vega” and “Infinity and Ruin,” respectively, on Sept. 12.
Playwright and author Ma. Cecilia De La Rosa will sign copies of her collection of one-act comedy plays, “Labor Room,” on Sept. 13.
Author and editor Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard will join the festival on Sept. 12 with her works “The Newspaper Widow,” “Magdalena,” “Selected Short Stories,” and “Growing up Filipino 3.”
Acclaimed author and former ‘V’ editor, Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, will hold a book signing of “Complete Stories and Tales,” “A Book of Dreams,” and “The Thing With Feathers,” on Sept. 12.
Broadcast journalist and documentarist Howie Severino will sign copies of his books on Sept. 12. His essay collection is titled “People I Knew and Some I Didn’t Know But Wrote About Them Anyway.”
Literature professor John Jack Wigley will sign copies of “The Travel Bug,” and journalism alumnus Chuck Smith will return with “Son a Dead ‘80s Bold Star” on Sept. 11.
‘Get lit’
Other publishing houses will also launch works by Thomasian authors.
Dr. Irene Villanueva-Felipe, a medicine and surgery alumna and former ‘V’ literary writer, will launch her memoir “Please Be Patient: Moments That Gasp for Air,” on Sept. 12 at the Milflores Booth.
Psychology alumna Henri Cimatu-Tolosa is set to release her new children’s book “Si Leona at ang Mahiwagang Bangka,” published by OMF Literature, on Sept. 12.
Literature and creative writing instructor Hezekiah Louie Zaraspe will debut twin poems, “Humba sa Olanda” and “Humba in Holland,” in an anthology titled “Walang Pahimakas: Anthology of Poems on Duterte’s War on Drugs,” published by Amnesty International Philippines.
Queer sci-fi novella “hi-baby,” by creative writing professor Chuckberry Pascual, will be launched by independent publisher Avenida.
Literature alumna Patricia “Trish” Shihikura will sign copies of her poetry collection, “the end comes on without a gasp,” at the Ateneo Press booth on Sept. 13.
Bearing the theme “Get Lit: Reading in a New Light,” the 2026 MIBF will run until Sept. 13 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. P. D. Reyes
