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Troubled Trump attacks ex-aide who calls him not 'fit' for office
'I don't think he's fit for office. I don't think he has the competence to carry out the job,' John Bolton tells ABC News to promote his book, 'The Room Where it Happened'
Emergency digital library sued over 'brazen' copyright violations
Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House say the free digital library is in violation of copyright law
JK Rowling to publish fairy tale free for locked-down children
The first two chapters of 'The Ickabog' are up online
'Wuhan Diary': Fighting and writing about the beautiful battle
'We could have learned from the Wuhan experience but we never did and instead magnified the problems with our own stupidity and negligence.'
'BULAWAN: Interviews with Filipino Medical Oncologists' ebook available for free download
PRESS RELEASE: The print copy of 'Bulawan' was launched during the celebration of the PSMO’s 50th anniversary last October 25, 2019
Detours from home: I'm glad I bought all those books
When the bookstores closed, I turned to my long-forgotten to-be-read pile
James McAvoy, Kat Dennings lead cast for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ audiobook
The audiobook is up for pre-order now on Audible
Calida and Duterte: A 4-decade friendship as lawyers, gun enthusiasts, friends of Bongbong Marcos
Up to the last minute before the 2016 presidential campaign, Jose Calida pushed for Bongbong Marcos to be Duterte's running mate. But Alan Peter Cayetano prevailed.
Celebrities to narrate 'Harry Potter' book for free
Stars like Daniel Radcliffe, Dakota Fanning, and David Beckham will read together for the 'Harry Potter At Home' streaming, which will be available on Spotify for free
National Book Store reopens for delivery orders
Need work-from-home supplies, books, art supplies, and more? National Book Store's website is now taking orders for home delivery.
Stephenie Meyer to release new ‘Twilight’ book ‘Midnight Sun’ in August 2020
This time, it'll be written from Edward Cullen's point-of-view
How to share your books on Google Play Books
You can create a network of up to 6 total members that can read purchased books
Hong Kong dissident reopens bookshop in Taiwan, defying Beijing
Lam Wing-kee is 1 of 5 booksellers from Causeway Bay Books publishing salacious titles about China's leaders. Lam vanished and then resurfaced in custody on the mainland in 2015.
Fully Booked reopens online store for book deliveries
Restocking those bookshelves? Fully Booked Online is back in business, now accepting Metro Manila and provincial delivery orders
Expedia raising $3.2 billion to weather pandemic hit
Expedia will also furlough workers, and its board and top executive will forgo cash pay for the rest of the year, Expedia Group chairman Barry Diller says
Italy's booksellers warn of 'cultural deserts' in pandemic
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has allowed bookstores to reopen after a 6 week suspension of almost all business activity across Italy
LOOK: Isabelle Daza makes animated children's story to explain coronavirus pandemic
'Tralala the Tiger' and friends explain the coronavirus pandemic to young kids
During these days of solitude, consider these books
It’s okay not to read right now. But if you decide to pick up a book, here are some recommendations that can help tide you over until we get back to better times.
Paulo Coelho puts up free e-books on website
'During the current COVID-19 pandemic, I posted some e-books for free,' the author writes on Instagram
Ex-National Book Development Board official convicted of graft
The Sandiganbayan says the former official renewed a security agency's contract without public bidding in 2002
LIST: 20 new books to help PH kids develop love of reading
The 20 books, all written in Filipino, are published by Philippine publishing houses for Room to Read, a global nonprofit that promotes reading among young children
A review of Joel Rocamora’s 'Impossible is Not So Easy: A Life in Politics'
'The book raises important questions like: Can a reformist be considered a leftist or a revolutionary? Can good people thrive in bad governments?'
Big Bad Wolf releases safety guidelines in light of coronavirus outbreak
The book sale starts on February 14
For a 'human rights culture': Group launches children's rights comic book
Batang May K!, a collaboration between PhilRights and Makô, hopes to make children understand better the importance of human rights amid violations under President Rodrigo Duterte
Librong LIRA launches Nick Pichay’s poetry book
PRESS RELEASE: Nick Pichay’s book will be the sixth poetry book published by Librong LIRA
‘You Are A Badass’ author Jen Sincero to visit Manila
The New York Times best-selling self-help author will be signing books and holding a self-help session in Fully Booked BGC on February 19
Inside the Industry: Making comic books your business with Komiket's Paolo Herras
We dive into the world of local comic books, conventions, and its future in TV and movie adaptations
A review of Walden Bello’s 'Counterrevolution'
'I don’t think this kind of book can be written by just any sociologist (or political scientist). Intellectual discipline and clarity of this kind come only with a particular depth of political involvement and experience.'
Big Bad Wolf book sale returns in February 2020
Who needs a date when you've got books? The 'world's biggest book sale' will be in Manila from February 14 to 24, 2020.
Cancellations, refunds: Managing hotel, Airbnb bookings during calamity
Cancel your reservations as early as you can and always keep safe
FYI bookworms: Fully Booked introduces monthly subscription service
For P799, Fully Booked will deliver a newly-released surprise book title to your doorstep every month!
Literary writers, journalists remember writer Sylvia Mayuga
Joel Pablo Salud, Inday Espino-Varona, Marne Kilates and more pay tribute to Sylvia
Writer Sylvia Mayuga dies
The award-winning author had 3 National Book Awards to her name
[OPINION] Raising the scores in reading comprehension through book clubs
The first step in improving the scores in reading comprehension begins with fostering a love for reading
'Nowhere to Go But UP': Book on Fighting Maroons launched
Authored by Rappler sports correspondent Naveen Ganglani, the book chronicles the rise of the UP Fighting Maroons from UAAP cellar-dwellers to Final Four contenders
IN PHOTOS: 38th National Book Awards ceremony
Rappler's Marites Vitug and Thought Leaders columnist Joselito de los Reyes are among those recognized at the awarding ceremony
Ang kuwento ng dalawang Antonio
Magkapatid sa sining, at kapwa isinilang nang Nobyembre, si Lamberto Antonio ay iniluklok kamakailan sa Hall of Fame ng Palanca, habang si Teo Antonio ang paksa ng librong nanalo ng National Book Award
From 10 cents to $1.26 million: First Marvel comic sets auction record
1939's 'Marvel Comics No. 1' issue was produced in 1939 and is considered the ‘Big Bang’ of the Marvel Comics Superhero Universe
A young Filipino-American comes of age as Duterte’s drug war rages on
How young adult novel 'The Patron Saints of Nothing' tackles the drug war, intergenerational relations, and the search for identity amid the Filipino-American diaspora
Stanley Chi releases new book 'Love is Landian with Effort'
Landi responsibly, kids
YA novel about Duterte's 'drug war' nominated for CILIP Carnegie Medal
This is the second major international award for the novel, written by Filipino-American Randy Ribay
Rappler’s Marites Vitug, Joselito de los Reyes win 38th National Book Awards
Marites Dañguilan Vitug’s ‘Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case against China’ is Best Book in Journalism and Joselito D. de los Reyes’s ‘Finding Teo: Tula/Talambuhay’ is Best Book of Nonfiction Prose in Filipino
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
The strengths of Chinese-style capitalism have also been its vulnerabilities
LOOK: 'Ignited' comic book series tackles mass shootings with superheroes
U.S.-French comic book 'Ignited' is penned by former Marvel and DC writers and tells the fictional story of 6 teens who survive a high school shooting and develop superpowers
Remember a time when Filipino film criticism was alive and well with ‘Break It to Me Gently’
The book, by Richard Bolisay, will be launched on October 19 at QCinema festival.
Pia Wurtzbach is writing a novel inspired by her own pageant experience
Which is fiction, which is real life? We'll have to wait for the book to come out.
YA novel set in Duterte's 'drug war' among finalists in 2019 National Book Awards
'Patron Saints of Nothing' tells the story of a Filipino-American who comes back home after a cousin is killed in Duterte's 'drug war'
A teen's thoughts on 'Si Janus Silang at ang Hiwagang may Dalawang Mukha'
I remember about 4 years ago, I came home one day to find two new books from my father. It was parts one and two of the Janus Silang books. I loved them. I realized that the series has become a part of my life now.
Turkey rules 'Rebel Girls' children's book be treated as porn
'Some stories will have a detrimental influence on the minds of those under the age of 18,' the Turkish government says about 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls', a series of inspiring stories about women of history for young children
