The Virtual Philippine International Comics Festival is set to launch
The event is spearheaded by Komiket, a Filipino comics distributor, which explains that the...
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Category: S.E. Asia
Buchmesse 2025 GoH news overshadows an exciting Philippine Book Festival
The Buchmesse GoH gig will of course open up Filipino literature to the world, but the Philippines...
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Philippines – The Davao City Library launched its latest PHP7-million mobile library
Some 45 schools in far-flung areas from November 9, 2022, to April 12, 2023, were visited by the...
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Thailand – “Bangkok’s greatest English book sale”
Last month Big Bad Wolf was in Manila, Philippines, and its full programme for the year...
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Vietnam – Malaysia’s PM visits Hanoi’s Book Street
The 200m-long Book Street was opened in 2017 and currently comprises 16 bookstores, including...
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Indonesia – Big Bad Wolf is on a 6-city tour this year
Historically Indonesia has proven one of Big Bad Wolf’s most exciting markets. In...
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Indonesia’s Baca Bareng social reading movement gathers momentum
The Silent Book Club is now global phenomena. Baca Bareng – Reading Together –...
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Thailand – Bookfluencers
Our fair this year emphasises the current era of influencers, where individuals or groups hold...
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Vietnam – Hồ Chí Minh City to get its second “book street” in April
The book street will feature a “Hồ Chí Minh Culture Space” with 20 book stalls and...
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Philippines: Manila International Book Fair concludes
The 2019 incarnation drew a crowd of 160,000, but it’s unlikely the 2022 event came even...
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If only western countries had this kind of govt. support to fight book piracy!
Many publishing professionals in the “civilised west” regard far-flung parts of the...
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Registrations open for 33rd International Publishers Congress
Apologies to those who expect more from TNPS than a press release. Recovery is proving slower than...
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