The Philippines is taking part in the world's largest book fair for the sixth consecutive year.
The country will have a hybrid presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will run from October 20 to 24. Award-winning designer Jowee Alviar of Team Manila has been tapped to create the Philippine booth, themed "Myth, Magic, and the City: Reclaiming Our Narrative," at the event venue.
"We wanted to really focus on contemporary fiction, the graphic novels, and children's illustration," Tugade said in a recent virtual media briefing, referring to the selection process. "And from there, it's just months of weeding it out and reading all of the books." "We wanted to sell rights. In other words, we wanted to have concrete economic returns for the Philippines... My dream is to use these platforms, the international book fairs, as platforms to somehow change the mindset in the Philippines that books can be an export product. And who better else to tell our story than Filipinos themselves," he said.
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