Call for Participants: PBBY-NBDB Salaysayan 2008

Application forms are now available for this year’s PBBY-NBDB Salaysayan, a national storytelling contest. The contest is open to both amateurs and professionals aged 21 and above. Deadline of Application Forms is August 31, 2008.  For inquiries, complete competition guidelines, and application forms, please visit www.pbby.org.ph, e-mail pbby at adarna.com.ph, or call 3723548.  The Salaysayan is organized by the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and the National Book Development Board (NBDB).

Call for manuscripts for 2009 storybooks

Adarna House is looking for storybook manuscripts bearing one or more of the following themes: first day of school, honesty, health, Chinese-Filipinos, classroom situations, death, music, children with working parents, rhyming / repetitive style of writing, legends, fathers, grandfathers, citizenship values, peace and tolerance, diligence (sipag), personal hygiene, sportsmanship, value of reading.  Submissions may be in Filipino or English.   Call 3723548 local 122 for submission guidelines.

We are extending the deadline to July 20 (this Sunday) as a lot of customers only received their price quotes this week.  If you have a request that we haven’t replied to, please let us know!  Thank you.

We should have posted this a few weeks back but there is still a chance you can catch these very interesting and educational lectures from Adarna House.

Library Improvement Series

Choosing Books for Certain Ages
(Determining Reading Levels or Age-Appropriateness of Books)

Speaker: Prof. Leonor Diaz
From the Reading Department of the College of Education in UP Diliman

Organizing Library and Reading Events

Speaker: Andrea Pasion-Flores
Executive Director of the National Book Development Board

Taming the Web: Web-Enhanced Teaching for Techies and Newbies

Speaker: Zarah Gagatiga
Librarian Sector Representative of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People

Lecture Fee: P 750

For inquiries & registration, contact Ergoe through: ergoe at adarna.com.ph
3723548 local 122
0917-3722639

Parents and Children’s Literature

Choosing Books for Your Children

Speaker: Kristine Canon
Preschool Owner, Adarna House Author, and Reading Specialist

What (and How) to Write for Children: A Lecture and Workshop
Speaker: May Tobias-Papa
Graphic Artist, Adarna House Author,band College Professor

Getting Published
Speaker: Ani Rosa Almario
Adarna House’s Product Development Manager, Preschool Owner

Workshop Fee: Php 700.00

For inquiries and registration, contact Vanessa through: vanessa at adarna.com.ph
3723548 local 110
0917-3722639

The 12th Philippine Book Development Month is happening this November and our friends at the National Book Development Board sent us this schedule of events. We will post an update in the future on how to register and join these events. For now, this is just a tentative schedule to get you authors and publishers (even readers) excited.

1. Lectures at the Filipinas Heritage Library

November 15 - Awarding Ceremonies at the Yuchengco Museum

* 400-year-old Shakespeare volume worth millions of dollars stolen 10 years ago recovered when brought in to a library to get authenticated.

* Salman Rushdie wins “Best of Booker” award.

* David Morrell writes Captain American comic book.

For those ordering for July/August, please place your orders and down payments by July 15.  Thank you!