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24/12/2024

𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙑. 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚'𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡, 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 (𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 2009 𝙈𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙞𝙣 2010), 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 2024. 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙞𝙮𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭, 𝙙𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 "𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨," 𝙖𝙨 𝘿𝙧. 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙩.

It was another good year for Philippine literature.

20/12/2024

We have a bundle all ready for gifting!

20/12/2024

✨ Short Break ✨

We're taking a few days off to recharge!

Our Lazada shop is still open for orders, but please note that shipping might take a little longer than usual.

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season! 🎄

18/12/2024

17/12/2024

Our kind of ! 🥂🎉🤩

13/12/2024

Tomorrow!

The poetry party will have drinks and snacks and sale bundles! Maybe people reading poetry. Maybe a poetry talk. Maybe just all of us reading poetry while drinking. Come spend your Saturday with books!

09/12/2024

Grana poets Wina Puangco-Mutuc , Austere Rex Gamao , and Ril Arguelles will be there together with our friends from Everything’s Fine and Gatcha!

See you there!

Because we wanted to gather with friends, and drinks—uh—we mean poetry, seems like a good reason to do so! Save your Saturday afternoon and spend it at with our friends from Gacha Press and grana books!

06/12/2024

"Different Countries," by Clarissa V. Militante, Grana Publishing

This novel was longlisted in the 2009 MAN Asian Literary Prize and this edition is a revised and a reconceived one. It focuses on the hushed voices of abandoned and abused children. Essentially these are three stories of three different women tied to one another by the same historical thread.

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...

22/11/2024

Happening now:

✨ OOPS! WE DID IT AGAIN!
On Series and Revisions
A conversation with Clarissa V. Militante, Vicente Garcia Groyon, and Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles
in collaboration with the DLSU Department of Literature and DLSU Publishing House

✨ Book Launches

Different Countries by Clarissa V. Militante
Everything is First Person by Vicente Garcia Groyon
Sonetoismo Monograph (“Not the Stuff of Sonnets: Ilang Talâ sa Sonetoismo”)
Volumes 1 (Laging Patungo) and 2 (Monstruo) by Mesandel V. Arguelles

📍 Venue: The Learning Commons, 6th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Malate,

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22/11/2024

Another day, another event!

We're here at 📍The Learning Commons, 6th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila from ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM today for:

✨ OOPS! WE DID IT AGAIN!
On Series and Revisions
A conversation with Clarissa V. Militante, Vicente Garcia Groyon, and Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles

✨ Book Launches

𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 by Clarissa V. Militante
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 by Vicente Garcia Groyon
𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉 (“𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒔: 𝑰𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒍â 𝒔𝒂 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒐”)
𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒔 1 (𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒐) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 2 (𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒐)by Mesandel V. Arguelles

In collaboration with the DLSU Department of Literature and DLSU Publishing House

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21/11/2024

21/11/2024

Earlier today. 🤩

21/11/2024

Happening now: Everything is Conversation: Vicente Garcia Groyon and Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

21/11/2024

📚 You're Invited!

Join us for the book launch of Vicente Garcia Groyon's 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻: More Essays this Friday!

✨ OOPS! WE DID IT AGAIN!
On Series and Revisions
A conversation with Clarissa V. Militante, Vicente Garcia Groyon, and Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles
in collaboration with the DLSU Department of Literature and DLSU Publishing House

✨ Book Launches

Different Countries by Clarissa V. Militante
Everything is First Person by Vicente Garcia Groyon
Sonetoismo Monograph (“Not the Stuff of Sonnets: Ilang Talâ sa Sonetoismo”)
Volumes 1 (Laging Patungo) and 2 (Monstruo) by Mesandel V. Arguelles

📅 Date: Friday, 22nd November 2024
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 Venue: The Learning Commons, 6th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila

🎟️ Open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
Complete the form to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/wYAyNVcm7XtmHyrMA

We hope to see you there!

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20/11/2024

📚 You're Invited!

Join us for the book launch of Clarissa V. Militante's 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 this Friday!

✨ OOPS! WE DID IT AGAIN!
On Series and Revisions
A conversation with Clarissa V. Militante, Vicente Garcia Groyon, and Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles
in collaboration with the DLSU Department of Literature and DLSU Publishing House

✨ Book Launches

Different Countries by Clarissa V. Militante
Everything is First Person by Vicente Garcia Groyon
Sonetoismo Monograph (“Not the Stuff of Sonnets: Ilang Talâ sa Sonetoismo”)
Volumes 1 (Laging Patungo) and 2 (Monstruo) by Mesandel V. Arguelles

📅 Date: Friday, 22nd November 2024
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 Venue: The Learning Commons, 6th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila

🎟️ Open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
Complete the form to secure your spot: https://forms.gle/wYAyNVcm7XtmHyrMA

We hope to see you there!

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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

Clarissa V. Militante's 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 is now available on Lazada!

Check the link in our bio or head to https://s.lazada.com.ph/s.nRUCJ

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14/11/2024

Grana Books titles will be available during this event!

See you at Palma Hall, UP Diliman tomorrow!

PANayam Episode: Salinan: 100 Inobasyon Mula sa Finland

The Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) presents: " 100 INOBASYON MULA SA FINLAND,” as part of the Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing's PAN: Panayam sa Panitikan project.

Join us on Friday, November 15, 2024, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, as we feature the translators of the book, Including Allan Popa, Niles Jordan Breis, and Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles. Moderated by Dr. Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., who's also one of the the translators of the book. With Dr. Edieser Dela Santa as the reactor.

Refreshments will be served during the event. Selected guests will also be given surprise items from UP ICW.
See you on November 15 at Pavillion 1, Rm 1131!