Those who just can’t resist the call of books and the written word will be having a book bonanza with the new and established titles that will be made available at the long-awaited live return of the Philippine’s largest and longest running book fair. Manila International Book Fair will run over four entire days, with long-time fans, readers and exhibitors will once again gather to connect and celebrate their love of books. Happening September 15-18, 2022 at the SMX Convention Center Manila, Manila International Book Fair 2022, organized by Primetrade Asia, Inc., promises to be one of the best ever with lots of activities and attractions in store for everyone.
While books of all kinds will abound at the event, there are indeed some much-anticipated titles that you just can’t miss at MIBF:
At Home With Crazy
Katrina Martin’s At Home With Crazy (Milflores Books) is a powerful story about family, friendship… and zombies. Cayt is zombie-obsessed, but draws the line when her mother starts acting like one. Their family moves to Manila and Cayt longs for a normal but her mom’s eccentricities are driving her up the wall, making her think she is bound to transform into a zombie herself.
Kikomachine Komix Blg. 17
Kikomachine Komix Blg. 17 (Avenida Books), the latest installment in Manix Abrera’s National Book Award-winning comic series, drops at the MIBF. Expect more of the series’s droll but hilarious depiction of everyday Pinoy realities.
Fierce Filipina
Fierce Filipina by Maxie Villavicencio Pulliam (Edushop) is an illustrated biography featuring national hero Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio and her contribution towards Philippine independence. Written by her great-great granddaughter, this details Gliceria’s unstoppable drive to empower her fellow Filipinos and overthrow both Spanish and American colonists alongside other historical figures like Dr. José Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Emilio Aguinaldo. A timeless depiction of love, loss and the relentless pursuit of equality, Fierce Filipina will inspire readers of all ages to follow their hearts and fight for social justice.
Books by Ambeth Ocampo
Philippine historian Ambeth Ocampo’s books are always top sellers at the MIBF, and there’s a chance you can get a signed copy, too! Consume bite sized pieces of history across his Looking Back series (Anvil), a collection of his long-running and widely read editorial column on various topics and minutiae across Philippine history, or check out the reprint of Nick Joaquin’s Rizal in Saga (Milflores Books), introduced and annotated by Ocampo with new photographs from his vast Rizaliana collection, a perfect book for new fans of the national hero.
London Punk Drawings
National Artist Ben Cab’s London Punk Drawings (DLSU Press) features a collection of drawings from his life in London in the 1980s, when he would draw punks as diversion from his signature paintings. Expect plenty of leather, black shirts, studs, and a whole lot of mood from this retrospective book.
A Pictorial Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants
A Pictorial Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants by Dr. Domingo Madulid (Bookmark) is a comprehensive guide and updated reference on more than 1,000 species of Philippine plants and flowers, with pictures for easy identification. Makes a perfect gift for your plant-obsessed parent, friend, or self (admit it!).
Clothing the Colony: Nineteenth Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820-1896
Clothing the Colony: Nineteenth Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820-1896 by Stephanie Coo (Ateneo University Press), is the 39th National Book Awards Best Book on History, and is the most comprehensive and rigorously-researched study on the forms of dress worn across types and classes of inhabitants of the Philippines under Spain at the turn of the century.
Attendees can find and purchase these books among many other great titles at special book fair rates at the Manila International Book Fair. arkadymac is an official media partner to MIBF 2022, so we hope to see you there as we bring you highlights of the event.
MIBF is organized by Primetrade Asia, Inc. in partnership with Asian Catholic Communicators, Inc. (ACCI), Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), Philippine Booksellers Association, Inc. (PBAI), and Overseas Publishers Representatives’ Association of the Philippines (OPRAP). MIBF tickets are available via SM Tickets (url). For details, call +63 917 899 3463 or email info@manilabookfair.com or follow @ManilaBookFair on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
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