The Iloilo Mega Book Fair on November 8-11, 2019 at the Festive Walk Mall of the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City lays emphasis on the importance of local communities as consumer of our own cultural knowledge and cultural discoveries.
This year’s Iloilo Mega Book Fair’s theme is “Labaw sa Aton Kaugalingon” (Beyond Ourselves), which highlights literature in all aspects including children’s rights, teachers and librarian education, history, heritage, film, comics, food culture, environment, and artists’ rights.
The fair will also feature top notch speakers on various topics and issues:
KAT ASTRID
LGBTQ Young Adult Literature
ALLAN A. DERAIN
National and Regional Literature
ELVERT BAÑARES
West Visayan Films
ISIDORO M. CRUZ
Literary Criticism
MELECIO F. TURAO
Poetry (English)
FELINO S. GARCIA, JR.
Fiction (Hiligaynon)
MICHAEL M. COROZA
Children’s Literature
GENEVIEVE L. ASENJO
West Visayan Literature
MARIE IRISH G. INOCETO
LGBTQ Rights
JOHN IREMIL E. TEODORO
Kinaray-a Literature
FERDINAND PISIGAN JARIN
Creative Non-Fiction
MA ROSALIE ABETO ZERRUDO
Art in the Communities
Workshop Facilitators
MIA REYES
Indie Comic Workshop
ERU VILLARTA
Watercolor Workshop
DENISE MARIE SILVA
Calligraphy Workshop
GIL S. MONTINOLA
Illustrator’s Workshop
MELECIO F. TURAO
Poetry Workshop
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Daily Guardian is a supporter of the Iloilo Mega Book Fair 2019.
