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2 libro nga Ilokano, nangabak iti National Book Award

Posted on 11/25/2012 by mannurat

Iti umuna a gundaway, nainominar kas finalists ken nangabak ti libro nga Ilokano iti National Book Awards nga immatonan ti National Book Development Board (NBDB) ken ti Manila Critics Circle (MCC). Sigud a dagiti laeng naipablaak a libro a Tagalog … Continue reading →

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Mo Yan is Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 winner

Posted on 10/12/2012 by mannurat

(from guardian.co.uk) Chinese author Mo Yan, who left school for a life working the fields at the age of 12, has become the first Chinese citizen ever to win the Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for merging … Continue reading →

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62nd Palanca Awards winners bared

Posted on 09/01/2012 by mannurat

Congratulations kadagiti nangabak! Winners of this year’s Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) will be honored in the annual awarding ceremonies to be held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City on September 1. Now on its 62nd … Continue reading →

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Nangabak iti salp iti daniw ti Cabie PINILI ken AVAIL, naammuan

Posted on 04/11/2012 by mannurat

Adtoy dagiti mannurat a nangabak iti dua a salip iti literatura: iti 4th Prof. Honor Blanco Cabie Premio Iti Naisurat Iti Literatura Ilokana (Cabie PINILI)-Daniw a Para Ubbing, ken iti Salip iti Daniw ti 14th Abuan-Valdez Awards for Iluko Literature … Continue reading →

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62nd Palanca Awards opens; deadline April 30

Posted on 03/12/2012 by mannurat

Now on its 62nd year of encouraging excellence in literary writing, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) is currently accepting entries for this year’s contest. Deadline for submission is at 12:00 midnight of 30 April 2012. The Palanca … Continue reading →

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“There is no hell” –Miriam

Posted on 03/05/2012 by mannurat

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, responding to a front-page Inquirer article yesterday where a priest claimed that she should be consigned to the fires of hell, said: “Under Vatican 2, there is no hell; but even if there is, there is nobody there.” Santiago said that in theology, hell is not … Continue reading →

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1st Pangasinan Literary Awards poetry, essay and short story writing contest opens

Posted on 02/16/2012 by mannurat

The Pangasinan Literary Awards, is the province’s 1st literary contest, conceptualized to help develop Pangasinan literature by providing incentives for professional and aspiring Pangasinan writers to craft their most proficient literary works in their native language.  This award, is thus, … Continue reading →

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Ebook sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction

Posted on 02/07/2012 by mannurat

By Antonia Senior guardian.co.uk Publishers face secrecy over sales and an absence of industry-wide data to help them plot strategy Kindle-owning bibliophiles are furtive beasts. Their shelves still boast classics and Booker winners. But inside that plastic case, other things lurk. … Continue reading →

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Umuna a Pasalip ti ALVIYA iti Sarita, aggibus iti Febrero 29

Posted on 02/04/2012 by mannurat

Palagip kadagiti amin a mannurat: Ipakaammo ti Secretariat ti ALVIYA Literary Foundation nga aggibus ti umuna a Pasalip ALVIYA iti Febrero 29, 2012. Esponsoran daytoy ni Alex V. Yadao, Founder/President ti ALVIYA Literary Foundation a tubo iti Libertad, Abulug, Cagayan … Continue reading →

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Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books

Posted on 02/01/2012 by mannurat

Nagsayaaten a panagpampanunot! Kas koma amin ken Paulo Coelho amin a mannurat wenno autor! By Alison Flood Bestselling Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho is joining in with a new promotion on the notorious file-sharing site the Pirate Bay, and calling on “pirates of the … Continue reading →

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