09/10/2025
This is not your ordinary book reading. We're dropping the mic on the ultimate literary riot with Filipino powerhouses at ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ธ: ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฃ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐ถ๐๐๐!
Joining this storytelling smackdown is Jose โButchโ Dalisay Jr., author of over 40 books of stories, plays, and essays; Professor Emeritus at the University of the Philippines; and former Chairman of the English Department and Director of the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
Beverly "Bebang" W. Siy (Bebang Siy), feminist word-warrior-slash-advocate and co-founder of Balangay Books, will also be joining the event and talking about patriarchy, motherhood, labor, and what it means to be a woman in todayโs Philippines.
Then thereโs Budjette Tan, the maestro who created Trese with Kajo Baldisimo. Trese is a three-time winner of Best Graphic Literature of the Year at the National Book Awards. In 2021, Netflix launched its anime adaptationโthe first-ever Netflix Original Filipino anime!
Completing this powerhouse lineup is historian Ambeth R. Ocampo, our favorite Jose Rizal scholar bringing the tea on Philippine history. Ambeth is the author of over 35 books and a columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He previously served as Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and concurrently as Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
๐๏ธ October 15 and 17, 2025
๐ข 19:30โ21:30
๐ Stadtbรผcherei Frankfurt am Main โ Zentralbibliothek, Hasengasse 4, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
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