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04/02/2025

The stories in “Windmills: Bearings” can feel like poetry at times. The book also outlines the evolution and growth in the authors’ art style, going from heavily lined and shaded panels to softer and lighter strokes with more detailed backgrounds and environments.

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Thank you, The Varsitarian, for featuring the first komiks published by the UST Publishing House and its author-artist, Josel Nicolas.

Get your Windmills: Bearings Volume 1 copies at our Shopee and Lazada stores, the UST Publishing House Bookstore, and select Fully Booked branches in Metro Manila.

FINE ARTS alumnus Josel Nicolas makes a mark through “Windmills Bearings,” the first graphic novel published by the UST Publishing House. The autobiographical collection of comic illustration

03/02/2025

USTPH 2.2 SALE ALERT!

Get a 15% discount at our Lazada store and a 10% discount at our Shopee store on all UST Publishing House titles from February 3 to 4, 2025, only at our Lazada and Shopee stores.

Start adding to your cart now!

🔖Lazada: lazada.com.ph/shop/ust-publishing-house
🔖Shopee: shopee.ph/ustpublishinghouse

24/01/2025

We’re just as excited to see you all again at this year’s Philippine Book Festival, which will be held at the Mega Trade Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, from March 13 to 16.

See you all soon!

15/01/2025

Alfred Yuson reviews 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 by Alyza Taguilaso in PhilStar Life!

Read the full article here: https://shorturl.at/gHtwO.

With the title, Admirable fresh poetry, Yuson reviews Taguilaso’s poetry collection debut as a success, giving snippets of the collection’s varios and extensive topics ranging from “personal history, origins, parents, grandparents, rhetorical arguments on divinity, spirituality,” among others, while also weaving through “intimate passage through decades and centuries.”

Grab a copy of Alyza Taguilaso’s 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 at the UST Bookstore or on our online stores.

Lazada: https://s.lazada.com.ph/s.oYLsT
Shopee: https://ph.shp.ee/DhBYuzK

"Juggernaut" by Alyza Taguilaso is a bold and unflinching debut poetry collection that navigates themes of identity, faith, medicine, and survival.

24/12/2024

𝘼𝙮𝙪𝙙𝙖: 𝙈𝙜𝙖 𝘿𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙞 𝙨𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙝𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 by Atty. Rolando A. Bernales is among Esquire Magazine Philippines’ Favorite Books of 2024.

The book is a collection of flash and micro fiction in Filipino, which is also a record of the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic personally, inside every home.

The book is available at the UST Publishing House Bookstore, as well as on our Shopee and Lazada pages. You may visit them after the holidays.

It was another good year for Philippine literature.

19/12/2024

Thank you for making space for our books on your shelves this year.

Our bookstore will be open until 11:30 AM on December 20. We will resume operations on January 7, 2025.

Happy holidays from Team USTPH!

17/12/2024

Sa TAO PO... SAMOT-SARING TAO SA DULA, makikilala natin ang Zumba instructor na namatayan sa tokhang, ang batang g**o ng mga “bakwit,” ang mga mangingibig na magtatagpong muli, at marami pang hindi malilimutang pagtatanghal ng pagkatao. Mula hubog hanggang anino, matatagpuan sa mga karakter ni Maynard Manansala ang mga púnit, gúsot, hiwa at sabit ng mga taong nangangarap, nanghihinayang, nangungulila, at nagdadalamhati.

Si Manansala ay Katuwang na Tagapangulo ng Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) sa UP Diliman. Ito ang kaniyang unang aklat.

🔖:bit.ly/TaoPoShopee

🔖:bit.ly/TaoPoLazada

17/12/2024

Did you know? Alongside USTPH titles in our store are books from our fellow Filipino publishers. And they're available at discounted prices, too!

Browse our selections, from academic titles to graphic novels and children's books during our Paskuhan Sale until December 20 at 11:30 AM. Regular hours are 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 to 4:00 PM.

You may also order USTPH titles from our Lazada and Shopee stores until December 18.

13/12/2024

Make the Bookstore a part of your campus tour!

Aspiring Thomasians and their companions are welcome to visit the UST Publishing House Bookstore, located at the UST Main Building on Sunday, December 15, 2024.

The Bookstore will be open from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 - 5:00 PM on Sunday only. Regular hours are only until 4:00 PM.

06/12/2024

“Not place, but time.”

Alyza Taguilaso’s poetry collection debut 𝙅𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩 is featured in the Philippine Inquirer’s 39 noteworthy Filipino books of 2024. https://plus.inquirer.net/lifestyle/39-noteworthy-filipino-books-of-2024/

Taguilaso presented a poetics of care offering contemplations on medicine, politics, and trauma from the perspective of a young doctor, Filipino, and woman.

Grab your copy of Alyza Taguilaso's 𝙅𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩 at the UST Bookstore or our Shopee and Lazada stores.

The USTPH Paskuhan Sale is on-going until December 16, 2024.

Visit the UST PH’s Bookstore, or shop online at:
Lazada: https://s.lazada.com.ph/s.oYLsT
Shopee: https://ph.shp.ee/DhBYuzK

Drawing up the year’s noteworthy titles was a pleasant challenge. The assigned number of 39 titles was initially intimidating, with the picking and selection hard, as always. Yet at the final reckoning, I found my list way beyond 39. The most interesting discoveries were the wide range of genres r...

03/12/2024

The UST Publishing House Bookstore at the Main Building will be closed tomorrow afternoon to give time for our staff to participate in a university-wide event. Visitors may still drop by and check out our books until 12:00 PM.

02/12/2024

First published in Australia by Giramondo Publishing in 2021, the Philippine edition of Mark Anthony Cayanan's third full-length collection of poems, UNANIMAL, COUNTERFEIT, SCURRILOUS is now available at the UST Bookstore and at the USTPH Lazada and Shopee pages, featuring a new poetics essay by the author.

An intertextual labor of sheer extravagance, this daring work slaloms through the intricacies of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, specters of violence, and expressions of q***r vulnerability. Cayanan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Adelaide, and is an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

🔖Lazada: bit.ly/3Zu2EmG
🔖Shopee: bit.ly/4eViV8v

01/12/2024

It's December, you know the drill!

The UST Publishing House takes part in the University's Paskuhan celebrations with its annual book sale, with all USTPH titles at discounted prices and for as low as Php50.00. Books on consignment from fellow publishers are also on sale at 10% off at the UST Bookstore. USTPH titles will likewise be discounted at our Lazada and Shopee stores (please check for store vouchers).

Paskuhan Sale starts tomorrow, December 2 and runs until the 18th. See you at the Bookstore!

27/11/2024

Join us at the UP Writers' Night 2024 this coming November 28th for a night of fun and celebration of Filipino Literature! Celebrate the works of your favorite authors, including three of the newest publications from the UST Publishing House: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯: 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘶𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘈𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘯 by Eileen R. Tabios (translated by Danton Remoto), and 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘸𝘪 𝘴𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘢 by Jim Libiran.

The event will be held at the Gimenez Gallery, and will be attended by some of the countries’ celebrated authors.

Books will be sold at the venue, including the latest USTPH titles at a 20% discount.

See you there! 🌙✨

19/11/2024

Don't miss this chance to hear two of the most insightful writers in Philippine Literature and the opportunity to own copies of the 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙨 book series.
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Join us this Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M., at the Tangahalang Teresita Quirino, Benavides Bldg., UST for “Everything is Conversation” – A Literary Dialogue with Vicente Garcia Groyon & Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo!

This program is a collaboration between The University of Santo Tomas UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, the UST Publishing House, and grana books.

The featured books:

Everything is Fiction (Ateneo Press, 2022)
Everything is Realism (UST Publishing House, 2023)
Everything is First Person (Grana Books, 2024)

This event offers a special bundle sale of all three books and a discounted price for the two recent titles.

Register in advance by scanning the QR code on the poster or click this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiGhxZzDg__oabnJ6fRBIJasCZyD0dSaZOsDgXqttyyaZnfA/viewform

The event is open to the public.

17/11/2024

USTPH Director Benedict Parfan talks to Rappler about the role of university presses in major book fairs and in the local publishing scene.

Many thanks to Rappler and writer Rev Dela Cruz for featuring the UST Publishing House along with other university presses in this article.

University press directors of UP, ADMU, and UST tell Rappler that sales are not their main purpose — it's about reaching more readers and connecting them more closely to local authors