15/09/2026
๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐: ๐ก๐๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
Business College Dean, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ, advanced local independent publishing this month through a successful local book launch and a sold-out run at a national trade event.
Dr. Custodio, one of the founding members of the Dadiangas Writers Society, helped spearhead the independent release as part of a trial self-published printing initiative for local writers.
On September 5, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ debuted eight poetry zines under the collection "๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ." The launch featured ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ช๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐พ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ค - ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ - ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐ก๐, ๐๐ค๐ข๐, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎโ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ - ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐.
The independent collection gained wider traction when it was showcased at the Indie Publishers Collab PH booth during the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) at the SMX Convention Center Manila from September 9 to 13, selling out completely during the exhibition.
The project also integrated community advocacy. Selections from the poetry anthology are currently on display at the GenSan Psych Mental Health Hub throughout September in collaboration with Rhymes of PEG group to ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
