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Nonfiction Stories In Philippines – Some Examples Of This

Some nonfiction stories in the philippines that you should be reading..

NONFICTION STORIES IN PHILIPPINES – Here are some examples of nonfiction stories, that you should read, in the Philippines.

Literature has two types: fiction and nonfiction. Fiction refers to ones made out of the writer’s mere imagination. Meaning, the characters and events did not happen in real life. The genres that fall under this include mysteries, science fiction, romance, fantasy, chick-lit, and crime thrillers.

Meanwhile, nonfiction is the type opposite to fiction. This is written in a creative manner but the contents and details are based on facts. The subtypes under this are cookbooks, fitness articles, crafting manuals, and many others. It also includes biography, memoir or autobiography, essays, speeches, and humor. And some of the famous nonfiction picks are The Diary of Anne Frank  and  Angela’s Ashes  by Frank McCourt.

Nonfiction Stories In Philippines

And in the Philippines, there are also a number of good books, nonfiction, in particular, to read.

Check out some good reads below:

  • The Baguio We Know by Grace Celeste C. Subido
  • Creative Nonfiction: A Manual for Filipino Writers by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
  • The Cardinal’s Sins, the General’s Cross, the Martyr’s Testimony, and Other Affirmations by Gregorio C. Brillantes
  • Tikim: Essays on Philippine Food and Culture by Doreen G. Fernandez
  • Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Stories by Jessica Zafra
  • Sarap: Essays On Philippine Food by Doreen G. Fernandez
  • Looking for Jose Rizal in Madrid: Journeys, Latitudes, Perspectives, Destinations by Gregorio C. Brillantes
  • Palabas: Essays on Philippine Theater History by Doreen G. Fernandez
  • Personal: Mga Sanaysay sa Lupalop ng Gunita by Rene O. Villanueva
  • My Other Name by Gilford Doquila
  • Maupay (At Mga Katagang Waray na Di Ko Malilimutan) by Raya Martinez
  • Choosing to Stay Home by Astrid Ilano
  • Baybayin All Over Her Face by Kevin Amante
  • My Trilingual Career by Francis Macansantos
  • Here, There, Everywhere: Catching Up with Criselda Yabes by Charles Sanchez
  • Rogelio Sikat Biography – Writer’s Life Story and Career Achievements
  • Ang Mahiyaing Manok ni Rebecca Añonuevo-Cuñada (Buong Kwento)

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Creative Nonfiction

Check out the creative nonfiction and essays from 21st-century Filipino authors published in Katitikan: Literary Journal of the Philippine South .

  • Post author By Gershom Mabaquiao
  • Post date October 10, 2023
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Recently, I discovered a poem entitled “Aswang” by Barbara Jane Reyes. Readings of the poem relate it to the subversive nature of powerful women. But the moment I chanced upon it, it reminded me of what I first learned about aswangs in my Philippine History class years ago, especially in the lines which read: “I am the bad daughter, the freedom fighter, the shaper of death masks.”

Reyes’ aswang never stayed the same way. She became “the snake, the crone,” or “the grunting black pig” or “your inverted mirror.” She shifted not to what the other person would deem desirable, but in the very creatures which would frighten them.

By the end of the poem, she dared the reader to “burn me with your seed and salt / Upend me, bend my body, cleave me beyond function. Blame me.” It was a powerful statement. Prodding the accuser to do the very thing they do best– inflict violence against those who challenge what they view as attractive, as normal, and as good.

My Other Name

  • Post author By Gilford Doquila
  • Post date June 22, 2021
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I was five when I learned I had another name, besides what my parents gave me. The name was first born out of my younger sister’s anger who never understood my difference—which for her and other kids were unusual and difficult to comprehend. For them, the world operated in black and white. Dolls are for girls; cars and toy guns are for boys. I wouldn’t blame them, we were taught to see the world in such banality and convenience.

But growing up was tough if you happen to be in the gray area. 

As I ran my soft little hands and patted it against the black silky hair of my sister’s limited edition Barbie doll—donned in gold Filipiñana , beaded in intricate red gumamela patterns, and crowned with pearls towering on her head like those queens in Sagala , I was caught in a trance, mesmerized in an unknown cadence of beauty that I can’t help but adore. I continued patting her, held her brown legs, making sure not to spoil the crisp sparkling saya shaping her hourglass figure. I lifted her slim brown arms, waving them like queens do. She was beaming with her white teeth framed in her cherry red lips. I giggled in adoration until I heard my sister’s voice.

Maupay (At Mga Katagang Waray na Di Ko Malilimutan)

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  • Maupay nga aga (kulop o gab-i) – magandang umaga, hapon o gabi.  

Magiliw ang wastong kataga. 

Madalas tayong magpalitan ng mga “maupay” – sa umaga o gabi – depende sa iyong kagustuhang sumagot. “Maupay man,” ang tugon sa kumustahan. Mabuti naman. 

Madalas kong tingnan ang cellphone ko. Palagian kong ina-unlock, sakaling may nakaligtaan akong text mo. Kung babatiin mo rin ba ako ng maupay na kung isulat mo ay “maupai”. Kung sasagutin mo ako ng okey na kung isulat mo ay “uki po.” Madalas din akong nagpapanggap na may itatanong o hihinging pabor – paki-salin mo naman ito sa Waray; may maitutulong ba ako sa inaayos niyong papel? Sasamahan ko ba si Alice bukas sa miting niyo? Mga palusot para lang mapahaba ang usapan natin sa text. 

Choosing to Stay Home

  • Post author By Astrid Ilano
  • Post date February 25, 2020
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?Diri lang ta,? Nanay Salbing says, as she leads us through the maze that is Barangay Pasil.

An hour ago, I was sitting in a cubicle in our office on the sixth floor of a building inside IT Park. The office only seems to have two colors: blue and white. In the office, there are cubicles as far as the eye can see. And once you sit down on your designated spot, the only sight you are permitted is your computer unit, which you would be staring at for the rest of the day. If you stayed glued to your work, other people aren?t visible unless you look over the spines on top or to the side, which requires movement. Everything inside there is identical and easy to commit to memory.

Every step in Pasil is dynamic.

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Baybayin All Over Her Face

  • Post author By Kevin Amante
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Her eyes spill out unspoken stories?in the form of wrinkles that etch deeper and longer with the passage of time. From the corners of her eyes, they branch out like patterns on the wings of a butterfly?crawling all over her face, etching curves on her cheeks or fashioning waves on her forehead.

These scratches of age may reveal themselves as random graffiti for marking territories, as if declaring, The fine lines around my eyes are the marks of generations I witnessed coming and going. The folds below my mouth are the stories I wish to tell but can only whisper.

I witnessed these lines curve and swirl and dance with the rhythm of time, until they turned themselves into beautiful baybayin : the hushed characters of our history, striving for survival, like every one of her silent stories.

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11 Must-Read Filipino Sci-Fi Books

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Philippine literature shall slowly gaining international recognition, specialized while it comes to general fiction and daydream. And it live even more sub-genres await to to explored by international readers. By instance, though there’s a dearth concerning Filipino sci-fi buecher, they are so rare and precious that it’s only one-time in a while when they arrive out. In certitude, you can count diehards on one hand.

“Fantasy shall view prevailing in the Philippines granted we riches heritage out folklore also mythology. Science fiction switch the other hand, suffers from the strength of achieving mount of disbelief in the readers. The Philippines your generally still no perceived as a technologically innovative society despite aforementioned scientific and technological achievements of our scientists and engineers,” Mailing Louis Flores, professor at the Services of English plus Comparative Literature at the University of an Philippines Diliman, told me. Flores is also one of the editors of the Filipino science fiction gather Muslim Ad Astra: A Anthology of Science Fiction from the Philippines , which we will go over later. According the him, Delegation were also “users of engineering but one technology is mostly perceived to be foreign,” and his hoped that this perception wills change.

Although there’s somebody apparent short-term supply of Philipine science fiction books in circulation, I’ve managed to finding 11 out them.

Just a quick note forward everyone: Philippine literary has more speculative fiction which incorporates sci-fi, so you’ll mostly find “science-sy” spec fic books in this list. And nevertheless that’s the falle, thither are also books that perfectly fall under the sci-fi genre. Finally, this list also product both Philadelphian your upon an Philippines as well as those from its diasplay.

The Best Filipino Sci-Fi Books

Science fiction: filipino fiction for young adults by dean francisco alfar and kenneth yu.

Dean Francis Alfar, one of this more generally recognized Philistine speculative fiction writers, has written many books in the genre. Salamancas , his first novel, is considered at be a modern classic.

In this collection, does, he edited science fiction stories for Filipino youth readers, what might remain the first in the Philippines. The album visage stories from well-known Filipino spec fic artists such as Victor Fernando Ocampo, Nikki Alfar, Eliza Victoria, and Gabriela Lee. This is true sure at please.

Diaspora Ad Astra: The Anthology of Science Fiction since and Philippines edited via E-mails Flores and John Frederic Nacino

Flores the Nacino’s science fiction collection features 15 stories. In “Ina Dolor’s Last Stand,” all 250 Fil-am families prepare for a spaceflight to Mars. Inches “The Keeper,” one futuristic Philippines has adopted the two- or three-child rule. Meanwhile, in “Robots and a Copy of Pizza,” robotics assist Manila’s inhabitants. There are plus stories of renowned Philippino writers liked Dean Alfar and Elisa Victoria. Filipino Nonfiction (English) (48 books)

If you want to read science fiction in the lens of Filipinos, face no further.

Tablay by Katarina Olan

Olan’s physical fiction debut will one unique fuse of future non-fiction — specifically, the meet genre — and fantasy as it included elements from Philippine mythology.

Set in a reimagined, far-future Intramuros, New Intramuros is a city replete with technological marvels. But above its high walls lies aswangs, or monsters in Philippines folklore. I seek aforementioned worldbuilding intricate and dense; thereto offers one glimpse of Manila a hundred years into the future.

Virtual Center and Other Science Fiction News by Raissa Gillian Falgui

Falgui’s collector of academics fiction stories made first prize in the Futurish Fiction category at the 2002 Carlos Palanca Awards, a major literary prize at the Philippines. It was rereleased by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia in 2020.

Despite the title, the stories in the collection getting equally reality and science fiction. One story features a tiyanak, a small, mythical creature in Philippine mythology, and there were also foreigner and genetic clones in other stories. Research a fiction and non fiction stories, written works or movies on the Philippines, and offers exemplary - Logic.video

The Infinite Library and Other Stories by Victor Ferrano Ocampo

Ocampo’s science fiction collection features 17 stories, and some are even related. There’s a little bit of fantasy, to, which are mostly inspired by Philippine mythology. Though who stories are regarded experimental, the writing is masterful.

Moreover, many stories explore the world between literary and genre fiction. It’s the best of both natures, also it’s a outstanding completion to adenine meager selection from Filipino sci-fi books.

Herrscher of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza

These propulsive youthful adult, sci-fi spaces opera is told from two perspectives: Rhiannon, and heir and a princess of the Kalusian dyansty, and Alyosha. On Rhiannon’s coronation day, she is attacked, forcing her go flee von her kingdom and go into hidden. Now, everyone thinks she’s died. Here the genius your observed in the author's writing style very than the acreage or story you. Good examples the fiction including the Harry ...

Alyosha, on the other hand, finds himself on the receiving end to prejudice as he’s blamed for the cause from the empress. The two soon join together to struggles theirs enemies.

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

Milan’s adrenaline-charged, YA space opera follows 17-year-old girl Ion, who masquerades as a bandit named Ia Cōcha. Ia has had terrorizing aforementioned State, but zu game is up more she’s captured and der identity is exposed.

Instead of killings herauf, however, the Community movements her to geworden one in them, taking advantage of you extraordinary skills. But Iaa feels imprisoned within the Commonwealth, so yours plans her escape — until her colleagues throw a wrench into her plans.

This Farm by Joanne Ramson

Jane, a Phil nanny who got lost her work and your anxious to provide for zu daughter, is the protagonist of Ramos’ debut sci-fi dystopia. She signs up for the Yellow Oaks, a surrogacy clinic int New Nyk that caters to the wealthy with don’t have the time to have children. Jane is paid well and exists looked before in nine months as one surrogate mother. But although the conveniences, Jane and others like her represent treated as prisoners.

Instructions on How to Disappear by Gabriela Lee

To is another collection of speculative fantasy that has 11 stories. Though only a short volume, there are variety of genres: fantasy, horror, dystopia, and science written. I like “Hunger” the bulk, an shortly story in which a lady become a manananggal, a Filipino mythological character. Nonfiction Fables In Philippines - Some Examples Of This

Lee’s writing exists eloquent, also this lives her debut book.

Dear Spacing by Luis Joaquin Katigbak

The late Luis Katigbak a a celebrated writer inches the Philippines. His collection, Dear Aloofness , features 20 speculative fiction stories. It’s an mixture bag of fantasy, science art, real sometimes, nonfiction. The type is so dense and masterful. And although some of the stories are quite short — one entry headed “We Built This Robot” is only a paragraph long — they pack one punch. Textbooks of genre-bending collections would want to check this out.

Wonderlust: Stories by Mike Alfar

Save is a speculative fiction collection featuring 14 stories. Seldom do the Philippines get adenine female spec fic writer, so this is such a treat. Nikki Aflar, Dean Franzis Alfar’s spouse, doesn’t only limit herself to of Philippines community the some stories here exist also set in other countries. The entry that stood out many for me is “Appliances,” in which a character change on of television, walked into it and out of her husband’s life.

According until Flores, an book titled Mapping Newly Stars that aims up help informing people and encourage Filipino students to write continue science fiction will come out soon in the Philippines. That’s some good news, as it intend breed more Philipinian science invention writers in the future.

Yet for the meantime, delight diese list of Filipino horror books .

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15 of the Best Filipino Children’s Books from the Philippines

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Arvyn Cerézo

Arvyn Cerézo is an arts and culture writer/reporter with bylines in Book Riot , Publishers Weekly , South China Morning Post , PhilSTAR Life , the Asian Review of Books , and other publications. You can find them on arvyncerezo.com and @ArvynCerezo on Twitter.

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Filipino children’s books do not enjoy international prominence. It’s something of a niche: there’s a scarcity of Filipino children’s books in the global mainstream media. Books from children’s Filipine authors Erin Entrada Kelly, Michelle Sterling, and others certainly help elevate the status of that niche, but they often cater to the Filipino diaspora. And this genre has a lot more to offer.

International readers know little about Filipino children’s books that come from the Philippines itself, a completely different set of works that have distinct identities. Luckily, as a Filipino who has worked in the local and international publishing industry, I have a list of some the best Filipino children’s books. These Filipino books for kids vary by sub-genre and language. There are books on Filipino mythology, folklore, identity, friendship, and everything in between. There are also some Filipino children’s books that feature characters that are quintessentially Filipino. What’s more, there are some books written and/or produced by the best in the Philippine children’s book industry, some of whom are my former colleagues. Then of course, as English and Filipino are the two official languages of the Philippines, there are Filipino children’s books in those languages.

To give them the spotlight they deserve, here are 15 of the best Filipino children’s books from the Philippines.

Filipino Children’s Books for Early Readers

Cover of Gotita de Dragon and Other Stories by Nick Joaquin

Gotita de Dragon and Other Stories by Nick Joaquin

Although Philippine National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin is known to be a classic fiction and nonfiction writer — among his classic masterpieces are The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tropical Baroque — he wrote many children’s books in the ’80s. Though much of them are out of print now, this one is still available.

In 2014, a Philippine-based publisher reissued Gotita de Dragon and Other Stories with a new cover. The short story collection encompasses many genres and topics; reimagines Western tales; and somewhat mixes genres such as fantasy, Philippine mythology, folklore, mystery, and so much more. It features the tales Joaquin wrote in magazines in the previous decades, namely “Lechonito the Holy Innocent,” “The Mystery Sleeper of Balite Drive,” “The Traveling Salesman and the Split Woman,” “Balikbayan,” and “Gotita de Dragon.”

Joaquin’s other out-of-print children’s series, Pop Stories for Groovy Kids, is most requested by bookworms in the Philippines.

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Ang Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang ni Severino Reyes by Christine Bellen

Lola Basyang is a household name in the Philippines. She’s an old lady, or lola in Filipino language, who loves to tell fantasy stories to children while sitting in a tumba, or a rocking chair. The character is also popular in the local movie and television industry.

Though it was Filipino writer Severino Reyes who created the stories of Lola Basyang, who has become something of an icon in the Philippines’ children’s book sector, Christine Bellen’s retellings in the mid-2000s through a set of picture books were a hit.

The picture books were reissued anew in 2017. “The Monkey Prince,” “Fearless Pedro,” and “The Palace of the Dwarves,” among others, are among the mythology short stories included. Illustrations by a variety of local artists are included in the picture books.

Cover of Good Night Philippines, Good Night World by Mila Bongco Philipzig

Good Night Philippines, Good Night World by Mila Bongco Philipzig and Frances Alvarez

This children’s book features 22 ways of saying “Good night, I love you” from the Philippines and around the world. Specifically, it highlights 11 Philippine languages and another 11 from other countries where Filipinos frequent: Saudi Arabia, Singapore, France, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Italy, Ghana, Spain, Sweden, and Germany. On the other hand, the local languages featured are Ilonggo, Balangao, Kapampangan, Tausug, Ilocano, Cebuano, Kankanaey, Waray-waray, Kiniray-a, Bikolano, and Pangasinan. There are pronunciation tips here as well.

Usually, there’s a little bit of a story among families in these languages. This is a must-read Filipino children’s book for the future multilingual.

Cover of Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan by Rene Villanueva

Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan by Rene Villanueva, Alfonso Oñate, and Wilfredo Pollarco

Published in 1980, this is the most popular book by Rene Villanueva, an award-winning writer who made a great contribution to the local children’s book scene.

Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan incorporates elements from Philippine mythology. It follows three children who do nothing but destroy the environment. They cut plants, throw garbage everywhere, and waste electricity. Emang Engkantada, an enchantress, teaches them a lesson by sending them to places where they would feel discomfort. Eventually, the three would regret their past actions and help Emang Engkantada.

The book is in English and Filipino.

Cover of The Monkey and the Turtle by Jose Rizal

The Monkey and the Turtle by José P. Rizal

In the Philippines, José Rizal is known for many things: He is a martyr who stood up against the Spanish colonizers, a doctor, a lover, a hero, a writer, a poet, and a children’s book writer.

No one knows who originally wrote this Philippine mythology book, but José Rizal’s version is the most well-known. He even illustrated the cover himself. The Monkey and the Turtle tells the story of a foolish monkey and the clever turtle. The two animals find a banana tree and split it in two. The monkey gets the upper part of the plant while the turtle gets the lower portion, the one with the roots.

It’s a fun tale with plenty of lessons.

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Ibong Adarna by Virgilio Almario and Jordan Santos

Like Rene Villanueva, Virgilio Almario is one of the greatest writers in Philippine literature, especially in the children’s literature scene.

Ibong Adarna is a 16 th century folktale about a magical bird that can sing, but no one knows who actually wrote the tale. It’s a required reading in many schools. In the book, which is in English and Filipino, three princes go on a quest to capture the legendary bird in order to cure their ailing father, the king.

Cover of Tabon Girl by Irene Carolina Sarmiento

Tabon Girl by Irene Carolina Sarmiento and Manix Abrera

This children’s book revolves around the Tabon Man, one of the oldest Homo sapiens in the Philippines. The book touches on archaeology and a little bit of history as well through Mina, the protagonist. The illustrations pop, thanks to one of the most sought-after Filipino illustrators, Manix Abrera.

The text is in English and Filipino.

Cover of Blanket/Kumot by Patricia Celina Ngo

Blanket/Kumot by Patricia Celina Ngo and Xtian Torres

This one is a children’s poetry book. The poems are about a young girl who has a magical blanket (kumot in Filipino) that has the ability to turn into many objects, such a makeshift fort, a net for fishing, and a superhero cape.

Blanket/Kumot features poems accompanied by colorful illustrations, and the texts are in English and Filipino.

Cover of Habulan/The Chase by Kora Dandan Albano

Habulan/The Chase by Kora Dandan Albano and Beth Parrocha

Habulan/The Chase features characters from Philippine mythology. Here, there’s a nuno sa punso, a dwarf-like creature living in a mound; a kapre, a tall tree demon that looks like a human and usually holds a tobacco pipe; and a manananggal, an evil spirit that detaches its upper body and sprouts bat-like wings.

The scenes are in colorful illustrations, and the text is supposed to be read out loud to kids.

Filipino Children’s Books: Beginning Chapter Books

Cover of Owl Friends by Carla Pacis

Owl Friends by Carla Pacis

Published in 1997, this is a coming-of-age story that centers around identity. It gives spotlight to the Aeta, one of the Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.

Owl Friends follows Amelia and her family, who, after being displaced by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, moves to a settlement area. There, Amelia meets Johnny, an Aeta. At first, Amelia’s family is wary of Johnny. But later on, they would change their behavior toward him.

It’s a moving story about fighting racism and prejudice.

Cover of Leaf and Shadow by Cyan Abad-Jugo

Leaf and Shadow by Cyan Abad-Jugo and Frances Alcaraz

This chapter book, written by one of the well-known children’s book writers in the Philippines, contains four short stories that feature some characters from Philippine folklore. These include an anito, or ancestor spirits, and a kapre. Usually, they are depicted as “friendly creatures” here.

This is a light read for kids who are into Filipino folklore.

Filipino Children’s Books for Middle Grade Readers

Cover of Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Batang Aswang by Segundo Matias

Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Batang Aswang by Segundo Matias Jr.

This children’s fantasy series is aimed at middle grade readers. It features Philippine mythology characters such as aswang, tikbalang, and manananggal among others.

The book revolves around the titular character Moymoy Lulumboy, who is an orphan. As a baby, he was given to a saleswoman in a mall. As he grows up, he becomes unaware of his real identity — that he could be from a different world. This is an exciting story for kids to get started with Philippine mythology and folklore.

The book is followed by Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Nawawalang Birtud , Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Paghahanap kay Inay , Moymoy Lulumboy: Mga Dulot ng Digmaan , Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Lihim ng Libro , and Moymoy Lulumboy: Ang Ugat at Ang Propesiya .

Cover of Melag by Bong Redila

Meläg by Bong Redila

“Meläg” means “small” in Pangasinan, a Philippine language spoken in the northern province of the same name. Set in a fictional sleepy town of Meläg, this book contains nine comics and short stories aimed for young readers. As a Pangasinense myself, I relate to the comic panels here. They feel nostalgic, like remembering childhood memories.

Meläg won Best Graphic Literature in the Philippine edition of the National Book Award in 2017 and the Best Reads for Kids at the Philippine National Children’s Book Awards in 2018.

Cover of Si Kian by Weng Kahiles

Si Kian by Weng Kahiles and Aldy Aguirre

In Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines, an estimated 8,663 people were killed during his infamous “war on drugs,” according to the Human Rights Watch. Many believe, however, that the actual number could be thrice that.

Among those who were killed is a teen named Kian de los Santos, who was accused of being a drug runner . According to the reports, he was killed by the police in August 2017, which caused an uproar in the Philippines.

In this picture book aimed at young readers, the authors tell the life story of Kian de los Santos. The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism contributed to the research. It won Best Reads for Children at the National Children’s Book Awards in 2018 in the Philippines.

Cover of Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Set in England, the book follows Andi, who loves basketball. When her mom, who works in the UK, announces that her long-lost brother Bernardo is coming to England, Andi is thrilled. Little does she know that her brother is very tall.

Tall Story was first published by Filipino publisher Anvil Publishing in 2010. Then it was picked up by David Fickling Books in the UK. It won Best Reads for Children at the Philippine National Children’s Book Award in 2012 and the Crystal Kite Awards in Europe in 2011. Last year, it was included among the best books of the last 100 years in the UK.

Evidently, Filipino children’s books offer variety in terms of genre and subjects: the stories feature mythology, folklore, social justice, coming of age, and so much more.

Ready to give Filipino books for adults a try? Here are 5 Must-Reads of Philippine Literature and the Best Filipino Horror Books to add to your TBR!

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Elaine castillo, author of "america is not the heart," recommends books about filipinx american history.

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“The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end other than their own ruin.”  

Issued to the Philippines in 1899, The Proclamation of the U.S. Commission Towards Conciliation and the Establishment of Peace is about as true to its name as Operation Enduring Freedom.  The sentence above was the commission’s first principle. Less than a month later, the Philippine-American War began, and that conflict—that insurrection—would irrevocably shape the future of both countries.  A definitive record of Filipinos killed during the war is difficult to ascertain; the number ranges anywhere between 200,000 to 1.4 million (the politics of the census are complicated when so many on one side of a war have been massacred).  Waterboarding was first used by American soldiers in the Philippines as a form of torture during this period. Even Mark Twain understood that American imperialism in the Philippines was a genocidal project: “There must be two Americas: one that sets the captive free, and one that takes a once-captive’s new freedom away from him, and picks a quarrel with him with nothing to found it on; then kills him to get his land.”

This was a war that established America as a global empire—the strategies used on Filipinos had already been implemented to devastating effect on Native American populations during the Plains Indians Wars—and yet somehow it remains a ghostly presence, a blip, in the annals of American history, not to mention mainstream contemporary American memory.  

America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

Fiction writers are often expected to address such absences. And while there are wonderful novels and fiction authors who do just that—most notably Gina Apostol in her most recent book, the searing and kaleidoscopic Insurrecto —I know that I’ve also had discussions with fellow fiction writers, especially writers of color and immigrant writers, who often point out the sometimes frustrating consequences of being expected to use your fiction as a platform to educate the wider American public about a historical lacuna.  

And I get it: there’s a particular vitality to fiction that makes the past come alive, when an author manages to turn a fact about war into flesh and blood. But sometimes the assumption that we should go to writers of color to learn about forgotten history can often mean we end up instrumentalizing those writers and their art for the ethnographic value they bring to us. The divide often then results in readers going to minority writers to learn the particular, and going to white writers to feel the universal. Certainly many of the literary panels I’ve seen or been on during the year I’ve been on tour have been organized thematically in just this way.

I don’t mean to suggest that writers of color be less politicized in their reception—we’re political, historical and emotional animals and those material facts of our being will inevitably find their way into our fictions. But that logic should be applied equally to all artists. I would love to see a panel about identity consisting of entirely middle-class writers, or a panel about women’s anger in fiction that doesn’t center white women. I would love for readers to expect more white American women writers to write fiction about why so many of them voted Trump into office. I would love a list of fiction recommendations about whiteness, for people who want to “learn more.” (I’d love to write that list, too: George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, one of my favorite books of all time, would definitely be on there, along with maybe Hemingway’s The Garden of Eden ; obviously The Great Gatsby , or what about the entire oeuvre of Marguerite Duras?)

So below are a few of my favorite contemporary Filipinx American critics and historians from whom I, too, have gained a valuable education about the wonders and terrors of American statecraft and its rippling effects around the world, particularly the country my parents immigrated to California from—in the hopes that by expanding the list of people from whom we learn our history, we can also expand the list of people from whom we experience our art.

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Suspended Apocalypse, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition by Dylan Rodriguez

This book should be required reading in American schools. It’s a rigorous and searing work of critical history, in which Rodriguez shows us how contemporary American identity and statecraft as we know it was constructed by its relationship to the Philippines—and vice versa. It connects American anti-blackness and indigenous genocide with its similar policies in the archipelago, and extrapolates that history to the modern day, with a virtuosic chapter on race and natural disaster that compares the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. Often shocking, utterly indispensable.

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Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History by Catherine Ceniza Choy

Another absolute classic: chances are, if have ever been to a hospital of any kind, you’ve benefited from the care of a Filipinx nurse.  Maybe it was my mom, or one of my aunts or cousins. Catherine Ceniza Choy traces the long history of that labor back to, you guessed it, the American colonization of the Philippines, which makes this book a vital work of American history as much as it is a cornerstone of Filipinx history, labor history, and feminist history.

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Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora by Martin F. Manalansan IV

Growing up, I had a godfather who was also sometimes my godmother. The way he liked to be addressed—he usually used masculine pronouns even when referring to himself as a woman, in a way that was both true to him and also indicative of the fact that gendered pronouns do not exist in Tagalog, and thus he was dealing with both gender and grammar in a second, lesser language—was akin to calling someone Uncle Jessica. Queerness in my family was present, protected, often unremarkable, and yet went hand in hand with an underlying structure of patriarchal machismo, misogyny and homophobia. How those two things could live together, often in one person, I still find difficult to articulate, even (maybe especially) as a bi woman. Books like Manalansan IV’s book help: another long-time staple that delves into the lived specifics of a subset of Filipinx queerness (in particular bakla identity; the book doesn’t focus on queer women), while also thinking through the ways race and prejudice inform and deform our desires.

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Puro Arte: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire by Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns

Chances are, if you’ve ever watched The Voice or American Idol, you’ve encountered a Filipinx performer—usually singing a pitch-perfect cover of a torch song, in the vein of Celine Dion or Boyz II Men or a classic musical.   Puro Arte explores the long history of Filipinx performance and connects it to the formation of Filipinx identity under U.S. imperialism—more specifically, what the book calls “imperial amnesia.” From white mobs chasing Filipino men in the 1920s era of taxi dance halls (and the accompanying fear-mongering around miscegenation and hypersexuality that historically differentiates the treatment of Filipinos from other Asian groups in America) to the phenomena of Filipina actresses starring as the Vietnamese character Kim in Miss Saigon, Puro Arte will deepen your understanding of the politics of performance—and maybe even ensure you never look at performers like Bruno Mars the same way again.

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Transpacific Femininities: The Making of the Modern Filipina by Denise Cruz

A GOAT work of scholarship and criticism, with a staggeringly wide historical scope and a generous, approachable readability. Denise Cruz brings us from the colonial era to the Cold War, and gives us a much-needed feminist historicist approach to thinking about everything from national heroism, to class, colorism, and the ways in which the costs of war and empire are often borne on the bodies of women.

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Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon

Mabalon’s sudden passing in 2018 dealt a tremendous blow to the Filipinx American community.   Little Manila Is in the Heart is a much-loved masterpiece of ethnography, history and activism all at once, centering on the titular Little Manila of downtown Stockton, California. Mabalon’s writing is as sharp as it is loving and accessible, and the way she traces the community’s origins to its contemporary struggles against gentrification could be fruitfully linked to similar struggles around the country, particularly the rapidly changing Bay Area.  Rest in power, Dawn.

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Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (Sexual Cultures) by Karen Tongson

I’m a bi suburban kid of Filipinx immigrants, and though Tongson’s book mostly covers the queer suburban imaginaries of southern California, I still feel like I recognize traces of the Bay Area I grew out of in the pages of this deeply felt work of criticism as love letter.  The attention to and love for queer suburban life (and the particularities of, for example, suburban gentrification and displacement and its effects on queer lives) is what makes the work shine: it’s a much-needed antidote to both art and criticism’s focus on narratives of queer urbanity. The writing itself is elegant and singing with emotion, and Tongson understands beautifully that there is as much history (American, global, colonial, interethnic) in our strip malls as in our libraries; as much global epic drama in our garages as in our grandest theaters.

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Creative Nonfiction in the Philippines

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What is creative nonfiction? Does the term even make sense? How do you write it, and what should it sound like?

What is Creative Nonfiction?

Creative Nonfiction defines the genre simply, succinctly, and accurately as “true stories WELL told.” And that, in essence, is what creative nonfiction is all about.

One of the most popular genres of literature in the Philippines has always been the essay, also known as creative fiction.

The essay is often defined as an account of historical, personal, and academic events.

In some ways, creative nonfiction is like jazz—it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some of which are newly invented and others as old as writing itself. Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, or a memoir; it can be personal or not, or it can be all of these.

The words “creative” and “nonfiction” describe the form. The word “creative” refers to the use of literary craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and poets employ to present nonfiction—factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling, vivid, dramatic manner.

The goal is to make nonfiction stories read like fiction so that your readers are as enthralled by fact as they are by fantasy.

The word “creative” has been criticized in this context because some people have maintained that being creative means that you pretend or exaggerate, or make up facts and embellish details. This is completely incorrect. It is possible to be honest and straightforward and brilliant and creative at the same time.

“Creative” doesn’t mean inventing what didn’t happen, reporting and describing what wasn’t there. It doesn’t mean that the writer has a license to lie. The cardinal rule is clear—and cannot be violated. This is the pledge the writer makes to the reader—the maxim we live by, the anchor of creative nonfiction: “You can’t make this stuff up!”

The Building Blocks of Creative Nonfiction

Scenes and stories are the building blocks of creative nonfiction, the foundation and anchoring elements of what we do.

The idea of scenes as building blocks is an easy concept to understand, but it’s not easy to put into practice. The stories or scenes not only have to be factual and true (You can’t make them up!), they have to make a point or communicate information, as I have said, and they have to fit into the overall structure of the essay or chapter or book. It is often a daunting task. But it’s essential.

Writing in scenes represents the difference between showing and telling.

The lazy, uninspired writer will tell the reader about a subject, place, or personality, but the creative nonfiction writer will show that subject, place, or personality vividly, memorably—and in action. In scenes.

Types of Creative Nonfiction

1. informal essay.

An informal essay is an essay on any topic available and is written in the author’s own unique style.

Example: Lundagin mo Baby! (Go for It!) by Gilda Cordero – Fernando

When was the last time you wrote in your diary or maybe posted something on your blog? Whenever it was, that was probably the last time you wrote an informal essay, also known as a familiar or personal essay, which is a generally brief work of prose nonfiction with little or no defined structure and written as one’s individual reflections.

Although you might’ve written more informal essays in your life than anything else, you’re likely more familiar with the concept of a formal essay. These come in the form of magazine or journal articles, scholarly papers, or even economic or environmental reports. They all have well-defined structures and are typically written for very specific reasons. Although there are just as many, if not more, types of informal essays, as their name would suggest, they’re almost the complete opposite. Keep reading to find out more about the differences between these two kinds of essays.

Format of an Informal Essay

To say that an informal essay has any real, definite ‘format’ would be a bit of a stretch; however, there are some features and characteristics that are fairly standard among most examples of the genre:

Do you remember the highly standardized ‘5-paragraph essay’ format you first learned, maybe in middle or high school? With its introduction, body, and concluding paragraphs, this format is the epitome of a formal essay.

On the other hand, informal essays don’t really have any definite structure. There’s no restriction on length – though they do tend to be shorter – there’s no set way for authors to arrange their thoughts, and many of these essays might not even contain a clear thesis or statement of the author’s main idea or purpose for writing.

When we’re taught to write formally, there are a few things we’re told not to do, particularly in regard to how we address our audience. You can pretty much ignore those rules when writing a personal essay. These works often feature the use of first-person (‘I,’ ‘we’) and second-person (‘you’) pronouns, contractions, such as ‘we’re,’ and colloquialisms , or words and phrases used in common everyday speech.

All in all, informal essays have a very conversational tone, much like the way this lesson is being communicated. Reading an informal essay is more like listening to a friend talk than hearing a teacher lecture.

Audience/Purpose

Like the writers of formal essays, authors of informal essays know their audiences well and the best ways to reach them. Formal essay writers use rhetorical devices and the strength of their logical connections to grab people’s attention and direct it to whatever goal they have in mind, such as information and persuasion. When writing informal essays, the audience might just be ourselves, so there may be no definite purpose for our writing beyond emotional release.

However, this doesn’t mean that there’s never any real reason for an informal essay. Authors of such works might use the stories they tell or the ideas they talk about to influence their readers, just as formal essayists would. The only difference is these familiar essay writers most often rely on some personal connection to an already attentive, or ‘captive,’ audience to influence them, rather than use rhetorical tricks of the trade.

2. Modern Essay

The modern essay of Filipino has become more experimental – it would usually take on an informal form.

Some are brave enough to tackle sensitive issues, and some are bold enough to call out and criticize Filipino culture.

This taps on readers for interpretation.

Example: The Baby in the Backpack by Patricia Evangelista

Creative Nonfiction

  – “True stories WELL told”

  – The lazy, uninspired writer will tell the reader about a subject, place, or personality, but the creative nonfiction writer will show that subject, place, or personality vividly, memorably—and in action. In scenes.

Informal Essay

  – free writing; no restriction; no required structure, tone, and audience

Formal Essay

  – standardized structure

Modern Essay

  – can be informal or formal in form; tackles sensitive issues and mostly centers on criticism; experimental

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Reclaiming the narrative: Fiction, non-fiction books written by BIPOC women

MANILA, Philippines – As a reader, one of the best parts about reading more books is being able to broaden one’s worldview through various literary voices. But how varied are the literary voices we have access to?

For years, the voice of the white male has controlled the publishing industry – from the era of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, to J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, to Stephen Chbosky and John Green. Luckily, women have worked their way into the publishing world, with female authors captivating majority of the fiction industry. 

However, even with the increase in female authors, research suggests that it is still primarily white voices that dominate the publishing sphere. In fact, back in 2020, only 22 out of the 220 books on the New York Times bestseller list were written by people of color.

What do most of the renowned and groundbreaking novels and series written by women in the last 10 years (think Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Divergent ) have in common? All of them are written by white women. As much as the rise in women’s voices in literature deserves to be celebrated, the publishing industry needs to take strides towards highlighting the voices of minorities. 

Fortunately, books written by Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) women have slowly been slowly gaining more and more mainstream media coverage, therefore giving readers more access and exposure to marginalized realities. 

This Women’s Month, support BIPOC authors by including some of these fiction and nonfiction reads in your never-ending to-be-read list. Maybe suggest it to a friend or two as well! 

Non-fiction recommendations

Crying in h mart by michelle zauner.

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In this poignant and captivating memoir, Korean-American author Michelle Zauner walks readers through her life as an Asian-American growing up in Eugene, Oregon, by using the lens of the relationship she shared with her late mother in forming and navigating her identity. In a cruel twist of fate, Zauner’s mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and readers are given an intimate look into Zauner’s grief, from the time they received her mother’s diagnosis up until her passing. In processing her grief, Zauner finds comfort in understanding her mother’s South Korean roots through making Korean food – with most of the native ingredients coming from H Mart.

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park-Hong

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Cathy Park-Hong combines her own experiences and cultural criticism in this series of essays that discuss acts of discrimination Asian-Americans continuously face but laugh off, which she classifies under the category of “minor feelings.” As Park-Hong gains consciousness of her racial identity, she is faced with the bleak reality of living in a country riddled with a history of white supremacy. In retelling the bits and pieces of her life, Park-Hong does not just reiterate her own personal tale, but cries foul on the shared experience of Asian-Americans.

Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan 

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Founding editor of Condé Nast’s LGBTQ+ publication them . and award-winning journalist Meredith Talusan bares her soul in a vulnerable memoir that recounts her life in four parts – childhood, Harvard, romance, and independence.

Born as an albino boy in the Philippines, Talusan narrates the unfolding of her story, from her early childhood with a devoted grandmother, to migrating to the United States and being awarded an academic scholarship to Harvard, where she emerged as both an activist and artist. Through her realizations that came with questioning the boundaries of gender, Talusan transitioned to becoming a woman despite the possibility of losing a man whom she loved.

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur

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With a world filled with so much fear, anger, and destruction, civil rights lawyer, Sikh activist, and filmmaker Valerie Kaur chooses revolutionary love – a love that extends to others, opponents, and ourselves. Kaur calls us to see strangers as part of us that we are yet to discover, evoking a set of wonder that serves as the baseline of creating a transformative worldwide practice that begins in relationships and communities, which eventually trickles down to cultures, and hopefully, even nations. Kaur draws on the principle of togetherness grounded on radical love, which derives from her reflections on her own personal challenges as a woman, law student, and brown girl in California. 

Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo 

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After writing her bestelling and historic Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, and Other , Bernardine Evaristo makes her non-fiction debut in Manifesto . Evaristo gives an account of her vigorous and fearless life and career in which she fought to take up space by birthing her creative work in the world. As she reiterates her life story that includes setting up the Britain’s first Black women’s theater company, exploring queer relationships, and traversing society as the daughter of a Nigerain father and white Catholic mother, she found that she was determined to become a literary voice that had been absent in the industry. Manifesto serves as an encouragement to readers to keep fighting for what they believe in, despite everything and everyone telling them not to. 

Fiction recommendations

Everyone knows you go home by natalia sylvester .

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Everyone Knows You Go Home is a story about the journey and redemption of Isabel’s father-in-law, Omar, who had already passed away in present time. Isabel’s husband, Martin, is estranged from his father, having not forgiven him for his disappearance in his life. Although remaining invisible to everyone except Isabel, Omar returns every Day of the Dead to tell his truth. Making use of elements such as magic realism, the novel sheds light on the discussions surrounding immigration, family division, safety, death, love, and memory, among other things. In many ways, Natalia Sylvester give readers a glimpse into the dynamic of a Mexican-American family and the depths of the challenges they go through. 

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo  

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows the life of Kim Jiyoung, an average Korean woman residing in Seoul. As the novel follows Jiyoung’s everyday life from her childhood to present time, readers are exposed to the microaggressions women face due to society’s double standards and unrealistic expectations. Taught to sit still and look pretty and take whatever is thrown at you, Ji-young slowly loses herself bit by bit as she endures misogynistic behaviors throughout the course of her life. Heartbreakingly straightforward and honest, Cho Nam-joo creates a character so common yet so representative of the life many women in today’s society live. 

Bride of the Sea by Eman Quotah

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Bride of the Sea is a story of reckoning. In her debut novel, Eman Quotah creates an intricate yet realistic world that situates itself between the cultures of Saudi Arabia and the United States. Hanadi, the child of Muneer and Saeedah who separated in her childhood, is taken away by her mother, which causes her father to search for his daughter for years. When Hanadi comes of age, she finds herself in the center of the division between parents and countries. 

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol  

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The novel tells the story of the collaboration between two women, Chiara and Magsalin, a Filipino translator and American filmmaker, who embark on a journey to create a film about a historical incident in Balangiga, Samar in 1901. Set in Duterte’s Philippines, Insurrecto shows the clash between the two women as they create two rival scripts with differing viewpoints on the Balangiga Massacre, where 30,000 Filipinos were killed as a form of payback for killing 30 American soldiers. Through this novel, Apostol reclaims the narrative of the atrocity in Balangiga by pushing the borders of the world of fiction.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 

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In The Vanishing Half, Bennett chronicles the story of the Vignes twin sisters, who have been inseparable since birth. However, after running away from home at age 16, they both choose to live in starkly different worlds — one sister lives with her black daughter in the same place she tried to escape, while the other is married to a white man who knows nothing of her past. Yet in a twist of fate, their daughters’ lives intersect, and the twin sisters are forced to look back at the role of the past in the identities they’d grown into. The novel is a thoughtful exploration of race, family, and relationships, with the use of some elements of American history.  – Rappler.com

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16 Books By Filipina Authors You Should Read

Learn more about the philippines and filipino culture through the stories of 16 filipina authors..

For the majority of my life, books have provided an instant escape whenever I wanted to travel to faraway places. However, the lack of representation on library and bookstore shelves left me feeling disconnected to stories with predominantly white characters and Westernized lived experiences. With the recent onslaught of Asian American/Pacific Islander hate crimes in the USA and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on the horizon in May , I wanted to compile a reading list that not only highlights Asian literary excellence, but also amplifies the voices of primarily Filipina/x authors. The 16 books listed here are a return to roots, providing a sense of belonging to the marginalized and also help to decolonize the mind. All the Filipina authors featured reflect a variety of experiences: they are immigrants, migrant workers, first/second/third generation, biracial, (former) illegal aliens, albino, and LGBTQIA+ identifying, and many of these books are their literary debuts. A combination of personal narratives, educational text, and creative writing, these pieces touch upon themes of femininity, race, class, spirituality, privilege, beauty, and identity. Many of the suggested books have been written for a Filipino audience first and foremost, but also deepen understanding of Filipino culture and values among unfamiliar audiences. Special thanks to @pinaylit on Instagram for introducing me to many of these titles. From this large selection, you’ll find that not all immigrant stories are the same. Scroll through the whole list or click on the title of the book to jump to its synopsis:

Reading List

America Is Not The Heart – Elaine Castillo (Fiction, Contemporary)

In The Country – Mia Alvar (Fiction, Short Stories)

Arsenic And Adobo – Mia P. Manansala (Fiction, Cozy Mystery)

The Farm – Joanne Ramos (Science Fiction)

Once Upon A Sunset – Tif Marcelo (Fiction, Romance)

Something In Between – Melissa de la Cruz (Fiction, Young Adult)

When The Elephants Dance – Tess Uriza Hoelthe (Historical Fiction)

I Was Their American Dream – Malaka Gharib (Memoir, Graphic Novel)

Babaylan: Filipinos and The Call of the Indigenous – Leny Mendoza Strobel (Indigenous Studies)

Lola’s House: Filipino Women Living With War – M. Evelina Galang (History, Interviews)

The Body Papers – Grace Talusan (Memoir)

Malaya: Essays on Freedom – Cinelle Barnes (Memoir, Essays)

Fairest – Meredith Talusan (Memoir)

Somewhere In The Middle – Deborah Francisco Douglas (Memoir)

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion – Jia Tolentino (Essays)

Letters To A Young Brown Girl – Barbara Jane Reyes (Poetry)

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America Is Not The Heart Book Filipina Authors

America Is Not The Heart

By elaine castillo.

Author Elaine Castillo presents the paradox of The American Dream through the family of protagonist, Hero De Vera. As a new immigrant to the USA housed by her beloved uncle, Pol, his wife Paz, and her young cousin Roni, Hero must find a way to reconcile her painful past in order to move forward with her life in America. Woven into this delicately-crafted family saga are untranslated Tagalog, Pangasinan, and Ilocano words, displaying all the hidden histories living inside each newcomer to the USA. The title of this novel is a spin on one of the first Filipino-American classics, America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan.

In The Country Short Stories Mia Alvar Filipina Authors

In The Country

By mia alvar.

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The Infinite Library and Other Stories

by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

(Excerpt) The Roots of Speculative Fiction in the Philippines

As promised, here’s a teaser from my chapter of Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction   (Editors: Gabriela Lee and Anna Felicia Sanchez, UP Press pre-publication) – This is the first-ever collection of non-fiction essays and think pieces about about Philippine Speculative Fiction, written by many authors, academics and critics who are active in the field. My research on “The Roots of Speculative Fiction in the Philippines” grew from my 2014 attempt at documenting the early days of local Science Fiction (check out my original post here ). For this chapter, I tried to identify the earliest known Filipino works that could be reasonably argued as Fantasy, Horror, and of course, Science Fiction.

Here’s the introduction:

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Stories of the fantastic have existed in the Philippine Islands for as long as there have been people to tell them. From the earliest folk tales born in the depths of pre-Hispanic history, to the forms of literature that were introduced and evolved during the colonial period, to the rise of modernism and post-colonial writing that arrived after the birth of the republic, “speculative” fiction that explores the human condition through the unreal or the otherworldly continues to thrive and to grow because it speaks to something deep within readers that cannot be addressed by realism.

Cover of Doktor Kuba by Fausto J. Galauran M.D. Manila: Limbagan Nina Ilagan at Sañga, 1933

Contemporary “Filipino speculative fiction” as a category and domain of cultural activity can be said to have properly begun only in 2005, with the arrival of its first deliberate and sustained platform – the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthology series (edited by Dean Francis and Nikki Alfar). But what about texts that were not explicitly labeled “speculative fiction” by their authors, or were published prior to the first Philippine Speculative Fiction (PSF)? Let’s take a look at how deep the roots of the literature of the fantastic have dug into our history. How far back they go may surprise you.

I. Defining Speculative Fiction in the Philippine Context

“Every enthusiasm aspires to respectability,” Science Fiction Grandmaster Isaac Asimov once said about his chosen field of writing , “and one way of getting it, is to demonstrate that it is old, even ancient. [1] ”

He goes on to say that by broadening Science Fiction’s definition to encompass “the branch of literature that deals with the imaginative and the unfamiliar”, it could be induced that Science Fiction is as old as literature itself.  

Although Asimov walks this back to a more narrow definition later, his initial, expansive definition of science fiction to include everything non-realist and fantastical is, in fact, one of the accepted historically located meanings for the term “speculative fiction” [2] . In this context, speculative fiction is defined as a supercategory of literature that includes f antasy, horror and science fiction, as well as their derivatives, hybrids, and cognate genres like the gothic, dystopia, weird fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, ghost stories, superhero tales, alternate history, steampunk, slipstream, magic realism, fractured/subverted folktales, and all their related sub-genres. It encompasses, what fictionist and editor Dean Francis Alfar noted as “ at its core, the literature of the fantastic [3] ”. 

Marek Oziewicz, the Marguerite Henry Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the University of Minnesota, said that a story falls under the realm of speculative fiction if it has “ speculative fiction sensibilities ” i.e. it contains speculative elements that are based on conjecture and do not exist in the real world. These non-realist stories can also be filed under one of the genres covered by the speculative fiction umbrella.

Excluded from our definition of speculative fiction are ethno-epics, tribal myths and legends, as well as traditional fairy and wonder tales which fall under the category of folktales. These are anonymously authored literary artifacts, passed primarily through oral narratives. Also excluded are children’s stories and juvenilia, which is a branch of literature on its own.

Philippine speculative fiction is simply the spectrum of all genre work in fantasy, horror and science fiction (as well as their sub-genres) united by a Philippine identity and a coherent Filipino aesthetic.

Prior to the arrival of the first volume of Philippine Speculative Fiction in 2005, the term “Philippine speculative fiction” didn’t exist. Realism was (and remains) the most popular literary mode. Any work that existed outside this scope was marginalized [4] . As both PSF founding editors, the Alfars, lamented in the introduction to the first volume of PSF:

“If you look for speculative fiction in the Philippines, you will be dismayed. Science Fiction and the literature of the fantastic are in very small numbers and are still looked down upon as inferior…” .

Yet despite this realist bias, there are many pre-PSF works of Filipino literature that demonstrate speculative sensibilities that can readily be classified under speculative fiction’s umbrella genres of fantasy, horror and science fiction.  

[1] Asimov, Isaac, The Birth of Science In Fiction (New York: Knightsbridge, 1981), p 9

[2] Oziewicz, Marek, “Speculative Fiction”,  Literature , Oxford Research Encyclopedia, 29 March 2017

[3] Alfar, Dean Francis, “Introduction”,  Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 2 (Pasig: Kestrel, 2006), p IX

[4] Alfar, Dean Francis, “An  Introduction”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1 (Pasig: Kestrel, 2005), p vii

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BTW, I’ve decided not to post my unedited original text for the Science Fiction section due to — reasons. Instead I will (eventually) post the intros to Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction sub-sections, as well as the chapter intro you see here.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo is the author of the International Rubery Book Award shortlisted The Infinite Library and Other Stories (Math Paper Press, 2017 ; US edition: Gaudy Boy, 2021) and Here be Dragons (Canvas Press, 2015), which won the Romeo Forbes Children’s Story Award in 2012. His play-by-email interactive fiction piece “The Book of Red Shadows” debuted at the Singapore Writers Festival in 2020. His writing has appeared in many publications including Apex Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Likhaan Journal, Strange Horizons, Philippines Graphic, Science Fiction World and The Quarterly Literature Review of Singapore, as well as anthologies like The Best New Singapore Short Stories, Fish Eats Lion: New Singaporean Speculative Fiction, LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, the Philippine Speculative Fiction series and Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction. He is a fellow at the Milford Science Fiction Writers’ Conference (UK) and the Cinemalaya Ricky Lee Film Scriptwriting Workshop, as well as a Jalan Besar writer-in-residence at Sing Lit Station (2020/2021). Visit his blog at vrocampo.com View all posts by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

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Fiction Writers Alejandro Abadilla – Mga Kuwentong Ginto (Golden Stories) Amado Hernandez – Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey) Francisco Arcellana – Selected Stories Liwayway Arceo – Canal de la Reina Reuel Augila – Labas: Mga Palabas sa Labas ng Sentro Francisco Balagtas – Florante at Laura Pablo D. Baltazar – Short Stories, Fables Felisa Batacan – Smaller and Smaller Circles Lualhati Bautista – Dekada ’70, ‘Gapo Merlinda Bobis – Banana Heart Summer Carlos Bulosan – America is in the Heart, The Laughter of My Father Cecilia Manguerra Brainard – When the Rainbow Goddess Wept Linda Ty Casper – Awaiting Trespass Martha Cecilia – Akin Ka Noon, Ngayon at Magpakailanman Arlene J. Chai – The Last Time I saw my Mother Harkin Deximire – The Unexpected Journey Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta – Montage Gilda Cordero-Fernando – The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker (1962) and A Wilderness of Sweets Edmundo Farolán – The Rhythm of Despair Lina Floy – Dilettante Zoilo Galang – A Child of Sorrow J. Niel Garcia – Kaluluwa: New and Selected Poems Evelyn May Guinid – author of the Lothario romance book series Guillermo Gómez Rivera – Quis ut Deus, o el Teniente Guimô, el brujo revolucionario de Yloílo (“Who is like unto God? Lieutenant Guimo, the revolutionary sorcerer of Iloilo “ N. V. M. Gonzalez – The Bamboo Dancers; The Winds of April Jessica Hagedorn – Dogeaters Patrick Ilagan – Wish Upon A Love Star Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo – Recuerdo Magdalena Jalandoni – Ang Mga Tunoc Sang Isa Ca Bulac (The Thorns of a Flower) Nick Joaquin – May Day Eve; A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino F. Sionil José – Gagamba (The Spider Man); Po-on Armine Rhea Mendoza – novels under the Precious Hearts Romances brand Hilda Montaire – Ikaduhang Sugo (novel in Cebuano) Lina Espina-Moore – Heart of the Lotus Virginia R. Moreno – Batik Maker and Other Poems Rosalinda Morgan – Bahala Na (Come What May), The Iron Butterfly, The Wentworth Legacy, Stop and Smell The Roses Peter Solis Nery – I Flew a Kite for Pepe Eunice Barbara C. Novio – O Matter Gilda Olvidado – Kapag Puso ang Nagsasakdal Elena Patron – Kapatid Ko ang Aking Ina (My Sister is My Mother) Danton Remoto – Riverrun Maria Ressa – Seeds of Terror, From Bin Laden to Facebook José Rizal – Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo Alejandro R. Roces – Of Cocks and Kites Sophia Romero – Always Hiding Ninotchka Rosca – Twice Blessed Maria Teresa Cruz San Diego – over a hundred novels under the Miriam Defensor Santiago – Stupid is Forever Lope K. Santos – Banaag At Sikat Lakambini Sitoy – Sweet Haven Michelle Cruz Skinner – Mango Seasons, short stories Miguel Syjuco – Ilustrado Eileen Tabios – Beyond Life Sentences Lysley Tenorio – Monstress; The View from Culion: Stories Edilberto K. Tiempo – Watch in the Night Edith Tiempo – A Blade of Fern Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas – Generic Dreams Kerima Polotan Tuvera – The Hand of the Enemy Azucena Grajo Uranza – Bamboo in the Wind Jessica Zafra – Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Short Stories

Non-Fiction Writers Teodoro Agoncillo – History of the Filipino People (See his brief biography and his other books ) Oscar M. Alfonso – History of the Filipino People (co-author with Theodoro Agoncillo Encarnacion Alzona – The Filipino Woman: Her Social, Economic and Political Status Danilo Arao – The Electronic Trail: Computer-assisted Research and Reporting in the Philippines Conchitina S. Bernardo – The Compleat Filipino Lisandro E. Claudio – Liberalism and the Post-Colony Renato Constantino – The Philippines: A Past Revisited Shiela Coronel – The Rulemakers; Pork and Other Perks: Corruption & Governance in the Philippines Neni Sta. Romana Cruz – Great Lives: Gabriela Silang, The Playful Genius: The Story of Horacio V. de la Costa Nicole Curato – Power in Deliberative Democracy; Democracy in the Time of Misery Juan Ponce Enrile – Juan Ponce Enrile, A Memoir Yvette Fernandez – Dancing Waters: The Story of Leni Robredo Ed Garcia – Servant Leader: Leni Robredo Rosa Henson – Comfort Woman: A Slave of Destiny (an Autobiography of a comfort woman) Margie Holmes – Bad Bold Brazen, Passion Power Pleasure, Sexy Saucy Spicy Reynaldo Ileto – Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines Cristino Jamias – The University of the Philippines;: The first half century Patricia May Jurilla – Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines Marites A. Khanser – John L. Gokongwei Jr.: The Path of Entrepreneurship Salvador Lopez – Literature and Society Melba Padilla Maggay – Raja Sulaiman was no Carabao: Understanding the Muslim Question Ricardo Manapat – Some Are Smarter Than Others Primitivo “Tibo” Mijares – The Conjugal Dictatorship Resil Mojares – Brains of the nation : Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes, and the production of modern knowledge Ambeth Ocampo – Makamisa: The Search for Rizal’s Third Novel Camilo Osias – The Filipino way of life Efren Padilla – David’s Slingshot Carmen Pedrosa – The Rise and Fall of Imelda Marcos Arius Raposas – The Lumad during Martial Law Pedro Ricarte – Lupang hinirang: Isang makabagong epiko (Tagalog Edition) Nathan Gilbert Quimpo – Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years Vicente Rafael – Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule Maria Ressa – Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda’s Newest Center Soledad Reyes – Tagalog Novel, 1905-1975: Tradition and Modernism Raissa Espinosa-Robles – Marcos Martial Law: Never Again Bo Sanchez – Take Charge, Give All Gerardo P. Sicat – Cesar Virata: Life and Times Through Four Decades of Philippine Economic History Francisco Tatad – The Prospects of the Filipino, The Philippines in 1986, Guarding the Public Trust, A Nation on Fire: The Unmaking of Joseph Ejercito Estrada and the Remaking of Democracy in the Philippines and The Forbidden Life of Amargo Raz. Sofronio B. Ursal – Anti-Graft Guidebook Criselda Yabes – Our Rights, Our Victories, The Battle of Marawi Hugo “Boboy” Yonzon III – Leni Robredo Cultural Revolution, Babae: Female empowerment through their own sexual affirmation Gregorio F. Zaide – Jose Rizal: Life, Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and National Hero

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The Best Books in Philippine Literature

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Contemporary Philippine literature reflects a diverse group of works which are mostly grounded on traditional folktales, socio-political histories, and real-life experiences. Such books have since promoted Filipino cultural values, told daily struggles of locals, and have instilled a remarkable lesson or two. Here are the best Filipino books worth your time.

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Noli Me Tángere by Dr. José Rizal

Noli Me Tángere

Among the great novels in Philippine literature , Noli Me Tángere ( Touch Me Not ) is the most controversial and widely-known – it’s included in the current education curriculum of Filipino high school students. Written by the country’s national hero, Dr. José Rizal, this novel sparked the social awakening of authors from Filipino culture during the Spanish colonial era. As Rizal cannot fathom the unfairness of the Spanish priests and the ruling government at the time, his purpose of writing the book was to expose the ills of Philippine society at the time. In this revolutionary book, you’ll learn about the story of Crisostomo Ibarra, how he dealt with Spanish authorities, and how he prepared for his revenge, as told in Rizal’s 2nd book, El Filibusterismo.

Florante at Laura

Another famous masterpiece in Philippine literature, Francisco Balagtas’ Florante at Laura is written in the form of ‘awit’ where there are four lines per stanza and 12 syllables per line. Set in the fictional kingdom of Albania, it tackles the story between Duke Florante and Princess Laura, who’s also being pursued by Florante’s enemy Count Adolfo. As a literary classic, this book has become a favorite play not only among Filipino high school students, but has been showcased in grand theaters such as Gantimpala Theater and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

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Mga Ibong Mandaragit by Amado V. Hernandez

Mga Ibong Mandaragit

Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey) was written by Filipino authors and social activist, Amado V. Hernandez. Being a novel that tackles social-political issues, particularly Philippine revolution and neocolonialism, it has a connection to Rizal’s earlier novels – Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo. There was a passage in the novel where protagonist Mando Plaridel was tested by Tata Matyas on what he knows about Rizal’s controversial books about the revolution. As he narrated the living conditions of Filipinos then, readers will note how Hernandez had high hopes for significant changes that would uplift the Philippine society.

The Woman Who Had Two Navels by Nick Joaquin

The Woman Who Had Two Navels

Being one of the most admired writers in Philippine literature, Nick Joaquin was recognized as National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 1976. In his historical novel entitled The Woman Who Had Two Navels, Joaquin examines the effects and influence of the past towards the post-war events in the Philippines. Lead female character Connie Escobar thinks she has two navels, and thus requests her doctor to remove one – which symbolically means that she wants to shun away from a traumatic past. She later finds out that her husband, Macho Escobar, was the lover of her mother. Hoping to escape after being betrayed, she flees, only to discover more truths.

Po-on A Novel by F. Sionil Jose

Po-on A Novel

Like Hernandez and Joaquin, F. Sionil Jose’s works have been deeply influenced by Rizal. This was reflected in his books and short stories, particularly the five-part novel series Rosales Saga , which narrated class struggles and colonialism experienced by Filipinos. Po-on A Novel is the first book in the Rosales Saga , which tells stories about Rosales, Pangasinan in the Philippines. While this book is the last written and published in the series, it’s actually the book that sets the five-part story. Discover the story of Eustaqio “Istak” Samson who abandoned his family to join the rebel forces and escape the cruelty of Spanish authorities. The other four books in the saga are: Tree, My Brother, My Executioner, The Pretenders, and Mass.

Banaag at Sikat by Lope K. Santos

Banaag at Sikat

Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawn to Full Light) has been dubbed the ‘ bible of the Filipino working class.’ Being among the earliest novels written by Lope K. Santos, it’s considered by Filipino critic Teodoro Agoncillo as one of the most important books in Philippine literature in 1949. That’s because according to Agoncillo, it paved the way for the development of a system on how Tagalog novels were written. The novel narrates the story between Delfin and Felipe who have contrasting views. Delfin is a socialist whereas Felipe, despite being the son of a rich landowner, leans towards anarchism. Throughout the narrative, themes of love, livelihood, and societal status are embedded.

Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco

Ilustrado

This novel written by Miguel Syjuco landed him a spot on the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, being awarded the Grand Prize. Layered with fiction and non-fiction themes, the story begins with main character Crispin Salvador, a noted writer whose lifeless body was discovered by authorities floating off the Hudson River in New York. Since there was no evidence of foul play, it led them to think that the author must have taken his own life. His student and friend, who has the same name as the book’s author Miguel Syjuco, hopes to unravel the story behind this mystery.

Dekada ’70 by Lualhati Bautista

Dekada ’70

The Marcos era in the ’70s is a dark chapter in Philippine history. No one dares to speak against the government for fear of execution – in some cases, bodies are not even retrieved. Hence, it has been a tumultuous period, especially for the Filipino parents to protect their kids from the oppressive regime and at the same time, stand together as one family. Lualhati Bautista has captured true-to-life scenarios in the ’70s, mentioning changes that arose after the Plaza Miranda bombing and the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Philippines. The novels tells the story of lead protagonist Amanda Bartolome and her family, where she had to deal with facing the law and her responsibilities towards her five sons.

Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan

Smaller and Smaller Circles

F.H. Batacan’s Smaller and Smaller Circles is the first Filipino contemporary crime detective literature set in the Philippines. The mystery novel revolves around two Jesuit priests named Gus Saenz and Jerome Lucero who happen to perform forensic work. There have been murders of young boys in the slum area of Payatas. As the novel explores themes that deal with the corruption and inefficiency in the government, they hope to uncover the mysterious murderer behind the serial killings in Manila ‘s slum area. In 1999, Batacan’s mystery novel won the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize for English Novel.

ABNKKBSNPLAko?! by Bob Ong

ABNKKBSNPLAko?!

Spelt in the texting language, the title of this book phonetically reads “ Aba nakakabasa na pala ako?!” which can be translated as “ Wow I can read now ?!” Written by an anonymous Filipino contemporary author whose pen name is Bob Ong, the book rose to fame for depicting the supposed unforgettable moments of his life as a student, starting from the first time of entering school up to his college days.

Unlike classic traditional novels, Bob Ong’s books make use of conversational Filipino language as he narrates stories in a humorous way while depicting the real-life situations in Philippine context.

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Nonfiction book publishing is dominated by men. A new prize hopes to help change that

FILE - Naomi Klein arrives for a news conference at the Vatican on July 1, 2015. Klein is among 16 contenders announced Thursday for the first Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced June 13 and will receive 30,000 pounds ($38,000). (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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LONDON (AP) — Go into many bookstores, and the nonfiction shelves will be dominated by men.

The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction hopes to change that.

“Nonfiction is still perceived to some extent as a man’s game,” said British historian Suzannah Lipscomb, who is chairing the judging panel for the inaugural edition of the U.K.-based prize. The judges announced a list of 16 contenders for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award on Thursday.

An offshoot of the 28-year-old Women’s Prize for Fiction , whose past winners include Zadie Smith, Tayari Jones and Barbara Kingsolver , the new prize is open to female English-language writers from any country in any nonfiction genre.

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Lipscomb noted that in 2022, only 26.5% of nonfiction books reviewed in Britain’s newspapers were by women, and male writers dominated established nonfiction writing prizes.

“In all the ways that we recognize expertise and authority — giving it exposure, giving it attention, sales, money earned by the authors — women were not featuring as highly as their male counterparts,” she said. “So I think that we do still need to close what (journalist) Mary Ann Sieghart called the authority gap. And that’s why this prize is needed.”

The company Nielsen Book Research found in 2019 that women bought 59% of all the books sold in the U.K., but men accounted for just over half of adult nonfiction purchases.

Authors from the United States, Australia, Canada, India, Jamaica, the Philippines and the U.K. are on the prize longlist, chosen from 120 books submitted by publishers.

They include author-activist Naomi Klein ’s plunge into online misinformation, “Doppleganger,” and journalist Patricia Evangelista’s “Some People Need Killing,” a searing investigation of the Philippines’ drug war.

There are works by leading academics and books on science and technology, including Cat Bohannon’s “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” and Madhumita Murgia’s “Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI.”

The list spans genres including travelogue (Alice Albinia’s “The Britannias: An Island Quest”), history (Leah Redmond Chang’s Renaissance study “Young Queens”), biography (Anna Funder’s “Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life”) and autobiography (Safiya Sinclair’s “How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir”).

Asked what unites the disparate roster, Lipscomb quotes a line from Funder’s book: “The project of good writing is to reveal to us the world we thought we knew.”

“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said. “That sense of making good comes out of them.”

Six finalists for the nonfiction award will be announced on March 27, and the winner will be unveiled at a ceremony in London on June 13.

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Nonfiction book publishing is dominated by men. A new prize hopes to help change that

Go into many bookstores, and the nonfiction shelves will be dominated by men

LONDON -- Go into many bookstores, and the nonfiction shelves will be dominated by men.

The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction hopes to change that.

“Nonfiction is still perceived to some extent as a man’s game,” said British historian Suzannah Lipscomb, who is chairing the judging panel for the inaugural edition of the U.K.-based prize. The judges announced a list of 16 contenders for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award on Thursday.

An offshoot of the 28-year-old Women’s Prize for Fiction, whose past winners include Zadie Smith, Tayari Jones and Barbara Kingsolver, the new prize is open to female English-language writers from any country in any nonfiction genre.

Lipscomb noted that in 2022, only 26.5% of nonfiction books reviewed in Britain’s newspapers were by women, and male writers dominated established nonfiction writing prizes.

“In all the ways that we recognize expertise and authority — giving it exposure, giving it attention, sales, money earned by the authors — women were not featuring as highly as their male counterparts,” she said. “So I think that we do still need to close what (journalist) Mary Ann Sieghart called the authority gap. And that’s why this prize is needed.”

The company Nielsen Book Research found in 2019 that women bought 59% of all the books sold in the U.K., but men accounted for just over half of adult nonfiction purchases.

Authors from the United States, Australia , Canada, India, Jamaica, the Philippines and the U.K. are on the prize longlist, chosen from 120 books submitted by publishers.

They include author-activist Naomi Klein ’s plunge into online misinformation, “Doppleganger,” and journalist Patricia Evangelista’s “Some People Need Killing,” a searing investigation of the Philippines’ drug war.

There are works by leading academics and books on science and technology, including Cat Bohannon’s “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” and Madhumita Murgia’s “Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI.”

The list spans genres including travelogue (Alice Albinia’s “The Britannias: An Island Quest”), history (Leah Redmond Chang’s Renaissance study “Young Queens”), biography (Anna Funder’s “Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life”) and autobiography (Safiya Sinclair’s “How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir”).

Asked what unites the disparate roster, Lipscomb quotes a line from Funder’s book: “The project of good writing is to reveal to us the world we thought we knew.”

“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said. “That sense of making good comes out of them.”

Six finalists for the nonfiction award will be announced on March 27, and the winner will be unveiled at a ceremony in London on June 13.

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The inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction contains a real breadth of styles, including personal memoir, investigative journalism and innovative history books. The books come from a real range of disciplines, from neuroscience to economics and politics to art.

The long list was chosen by a panel of five judges, chaired by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and included fair fashion campaigner Venetia La Manna; academic, author and consultant Professor Nicola Rollock; biographer and journalist Anne Sebba; and author and 2018 winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Kamila Shamsie.

"Reading for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction has been a revelation and a joy," said Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. "I am very proud to introduce the sensational books that make up the inaugural Longlist. Our selection represents the breadth of women's non-fiction writing: science, history, memoir, technology, literary biography, health, linguistics, investigative journalism, art history, activism, travel-writing and economics. And each author has created a masterpiece that is worthy of your attention. Buy them, borrow them – above all read them – and in so doing you'll be elevating women's voices and female perspectives in a whole range of disciplines and on a whole host of topics."

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*The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice Albinia

*Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley

*Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

*Intervals by Marianne Brooker

*Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji

*Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

*Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines by Patricia Evangelista

*Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

*Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood by Lucy Jones

*Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

*A Flat Place by Noreen Masud

*All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

*Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia

*The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie

*Young Queens: The Intertwined Lives of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots by Leah Redmond Chang

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist will be announced on 27 March, with the winner named on Thursday 13 June 2024. The winner will receive a cheque for £30,000 and a limited-edition artwork known as the ‘Charlotte’, both gifted by the Charlotte Aitken Trust.

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Women's prize for nonfiction longlist.

Guardian writer and Observer critic longlisted for inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction

Naomi Klein, Laura Cumming and historian Tiya Miles among 16 authors in contention for prize, which aims to boost women’s nonfiction award representation

Capitalism, artificial intelligence, Renaissance history and motherhood are among the topics explored in the books on the inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction longlist.

Sixteen women – including Guardian US columnist Naomi Klein , Observer art critic Laura Cumming and historian Tiya Miles – are now in the running for the £30,000 prize, launched last year to redress the relatively low numbers of women recognised in nonfiction prizes.

The “groundbreaking” longlisted titles are “about redressing wrongs – so whether that’s exposing truth, or revealing hypocrisy or uncovering hidden stories – there’s a dedication to truth”, said chair of judges and historian Suzannah Lipscomb.

Klein was longlisted for Doppelganger , in which she writes about being mistaken for the feminist writer turned conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf . Prize judge and biographer Anne Sebba said that Doppelganger was “such a clever book” because Klein “takes what, on the face of it, is a simple idea of having a double, someone who is frequently thought of as her, but then expands this to construct a dark comedy of a rather terrifying mirror image world”.

Miles made the longlist for All That She Carried, a story of slavery centred on a sack that an enslaved woman passes on to her daughter. The book “finds a way to give voice to the wordless by using a mundane, domestic object – a cloth sack and its contents – to thread an extraordinary tale through the generations”, wrote Colin Grant in his Guardian review .

Women's prize for nonfiction 2024

The Britannias  by Alice Albinia (Allen Lane) 

Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley (Bloomsbury) 

Eve by Cat Bohannon (Hutchinson Heinemann)

Intervals by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo)  

Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji (Bodley Head)  

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming (Chatto & Windus)

Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista (Grove Press)

Wifedom by Anna Funder  

Matrescence by Lucy Jones (Allen Lane)

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (Allen Lane) 

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud (Hamish Hamilton) 

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles (Profile) 

Code-Dependent by Madhumita Murgia (Picador) 

The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie (Chatto & Windus)  

Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang (Bloomsbury)

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (4th Estate)

The 16 titles will be narrowed down to a shortlist of six, to be announced on 27 March. The winner will be announced alongside the fiction prize on 13 June. Along with the cash prize, the winning author will receive an artwork, known as The Charlotte, created by sculptor Ann Christopher.

Cumming was selected for Thunderclap, about the early deaths of Dutch painter Carel Fabritius and Cumming’s father. “I love this book because of the way she intertwines a subtle and tender love of her father with a deep understanding of Dutch art,” said Sebba.

Lipscomb noted that many, though not all of the longlisted books feature a “personal voice”, weaving academic research with personal reflections. “There’s a sense of owning one’s subjectivity as an author that comes out of these, and I think that might be a zeitgeisty thing – it might be that if we’d launched this prize 10 years ago, that wouldn’t be the case. But that’s an interesting phenomenon.”

Other memoiristic titles chosen include Safiya Sinclair’s How to Say Babylon , about growing up Rastafari, and Intervals by Marianne Brooker , about her mother’s illness and death.

The launch of the nonfiction prize came in the wake of research commissioned by the Women’s prize that found that only 35% of books awarded a nonfiction prize over the past 10 years were written by women, across seven UK nonfiction prizes.

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While the longlist was made up of “brilliant” books across “economics and technology and science and history and investigative journalism”, said Lipscomb, “there were fewer books submitted in some of these areas than one might have hoped, and perhaps fewer books submitted in adjacent areas, like philosophy, literary criticism, geopolitics, mathematics, sports”. Lipscomb hopes that the prize will encourage publishers to “invest in female writers writing in these fields”.

Also on the longlist are The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie , The Britannias by Alice Albinia , Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley, Eve by Cat Bohannon , Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji , Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista, Wifedom by Anna Funder, Matrescence by Lucy Jones, Flat Place by Noreen Masud , Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia and Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang .

This year’s prize was open to books published in the UK between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. Alongside Lipscomb and Sebba on the judging panel are fair fashion campaigner Venetia La Manna, author Nicola Rollock , and winner of the 2018 Women’s prize for fiction Kamila Shamsie .

To browse all of the books on the Women’s prize for nonfiction 2024 shortlist visit guardianbookshop.com . Delivery charges may apply.

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