Booklaban: A Podcast for Filipino Reading Communities All Over the World

09/12/2021

Here’s another one that we didn’t get to post. Oliver Oliveros was reading Julie Taymor’s The Lion King just before the pandemic started. This gives you a hint that Oliver is a theater aficionado. He posts his theater reviews on broadwayworld.com, for which he is the Regional Editor. He is also a seasoned public relations and digital marketing professional. So, Oliver Oliveros , what are you watching, and what are you reading now?

29/10/2021

Scary reads from Eliza Victoria, Yvette Tan, and Wincy Ong in the Halloween episode of Teka Break x Booklaban

Click https://bit.ly/3GvsLOD for a list of the stories, some you can read for free.

Looking for something spooky to read this Halloween? Listen up...if you dare! Horror fiction writers Eliza Victoria, Yvette Tan, and Wincy Ong join hosts Shani Tan and Gege Sugue in a game of "Never Have I Ever" where they match their written work with common horror story themes. You can find the ho...

04/10/2021

Do you recognize these people? 2 of them are our guests in the next podcast via Teka Teka. Abangan.

23/04/2021

A book is many things—a time capsule, an escape, even a friend. Happy World Book Day! 📚 Tell us about the book that made you fall in love with reading in the comments!

🎧 Listen to Booklaban, the Pinoy book club in a podcast: bit.ly/booklaban

11/07/2020

Dahil 37th NCBD (National Children’s Book Day) sa July 21, may masayang kuwentuhang magaganap tungkol sa pagdiriwang na ito. Guest sa Lock ‘n Roll sina Tarie Sabido at Frances Ong bukas! Abangan!

02/07/2020

ICYMI: We finished our first podcast season last month! From Gege, Shani, and the entire Booklaban team, thank you for joining our book club!

You can listen to the first five episodes on Spotify (spoti.fi/2YOPl0S), Apple Podcasts (apple.co/38oNZwP), or wherever you get podcasts. Join the Booklaban community to connect with fellow book lovers from the Philippines: fb.com/groups/809039425847952

30/05/2020

Orly Agawin trains corporate clients by day and reviews theater and art exhibitions for The Jellicle Blog by night. In this episode, he talks to hosts Gege Sugue and Shani Tan about what he has done for his immense love for reading...including "borrowing" a couple of library books: bit.ly/booklaban-5

29/05/2020

This is when erstwhile book thief Orly Agawin gave away books (from the members of Flips Flipping Pages) to his alma mater. His English major professor and many of her current students received books as gifts! Lots of books.

Check out the story of how a book thief became robin hood at https://apple.co/2TORKFE.

Corporate trainer, entrepreneur, and art critic Orly shares with Booklaban hosts Shani Tan and Gege Cruz Sugue his reading journey in episode 5.

Listen in. It's our first episode highlighting a reader instead of an author. Because Booklaban is really about book love from all perspectives.

Check out more about Booklaban at www.booklaban.com

29/05/2020

Ever look at a romance novel and think, "I've heard this story before?" Mina V. Esguerra is out to change that.

Listen to her interview with Gege and Shani, as Mina talks about building a community of authors with Romanceclass Books, and how to build diversity in Filipino romance books: bit.ly/booklaban-4

28/05/2020

Listen to part 2 of Gege and Shani's interview with romance writer Mina V. Esguerra. In this episode, Mina talks about creating a community of authors with Romance Class - with over a hundred books published - and building diversity in Filipino romance books. Listen here: bit.ly/booklaban-4

06/05/2020

Contemporary romance writer Mina V. Esguerra has published 24 books since 2009 about the love lives Filipinas lead. Yes, they're working women, and yes, they're sexually active long before saying "I do." What got her into writing and how does she do it in a distinctly Filipino way? Listen in on Mina's conversation with Booklaban podcast hosts Gege Sugue and Shani Tan: bit.ly/booklaban3

22/03/2020

Recording day. This was a couple of days before the quarantine/lockdown. New episodes coming soon.

21/03/2020

Thanks for the bookmarks from bookstagrammer extraordinaire ! Muchas gracias!

20/03/2020

What are you reading in the time of Corona?

20/03/2020

Newbery medalist children’s book author Lois Lowry, popular for works like The Giver and Number the Stars, celebrates her 83rd birthday today. She continues to write, speak? and inspire. Happy birtjday, Loid Lowry.

19/03/2020

Canberra-based humor writer Ganns Dean is reading Kate Moore’s “The Radium Girls,” a poignant story of several girls who sought justice by poisoning with paint. It’s a gripping story of heartbreak, corruption, and personal triumph in one of the biggest scandals for workers’ rights in 20th century America. Know more about Ganns and about this book at www.booklaban.com.
Kate Moore Author

19/03/2020

Born March 19, 1948, Filipino Ricky Lee is a multi-awarded screenwriter of more than 180 film screenplays. His contributions to literature include books like Para Kay B, Si Tatang at mga Himala ng Ating Panahon, and Pitik-Bulag. Happy birthday, Ricky Lee!

17/03/2020

So many things are happening this March; I almost forgot to note that in the US, this is NATIONAL LITERACY MONTH. Check out this article https://www.charities.org/news/celebrate-national-reading-month-march to get tips on celebrating literacy and https://www.everydayfamily.com/blog/march-national-literacy-month/ for tips on raising your kids to be readers.

17/03/2020

“There are goddesses. Magic. A world split in two. What’s not to like?” Writer, editor, geek Regina Layug Rosero tells us what she’s reading now at www.booklaban.com. Join her as she reads Rin Chupeco’s The Never Tilting World.

16/03/2020

ON THIS DAY. When we review history and celebrate the books that tell those stories. Watch out for mor here at Booklaban.

15/03/2020

Practical Magic author Alice Hoffman’s stories are about magic, irony, history, romance, and non-standard relationships. She considers her life as a rational one, so she allows her fiction to bring her to places she’d never go to in real life. Here’s to more magical books and more birthdays, !

15/03/2020

A belated greeting for yesterday’s International Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant pi. People celebrate it by having pie. The Pi in the 2001 novel, however, has little to do with 3.14 nor baked pies. It is the nickname of the main character whose full name is Piscine Molitor Patel. Let’s read!