Ang Bagong Libro

 Winton Lou Ynion graduated cum laude from West Visayas State University and was heralded as its most outstanding graduate for the year. He was a U.P. National Writers' Workshop Fellow for Filipino Poetry in  1999. He pursued his graduate studies in West Visayas State University.  He has published his stories in FilMag and in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and won several major awards for his writing. He headed the Tamaraw Writeshop For Children's Literature. Currently Dr. Ynion teaches at the Department of Filipino at the De La Salle University.

He will speak about current Filipino literature in the vernacular.

Carla M. Pacis is a writer, a teacher and a former bookstore owner. She has written several books for children, a couple of novels for young adults and has won several local awards for her stories. She has also edited several books, not all for children, a print magazine and an on-line magazine, both for children.

She is a lecturer at the University of the Philippines and at the De La Salle University, teaching and conducting workshops on how to write for children and young adults, and is a Resident Fellow of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing. During the summer break, she conducts writing workshops for adults, teenagers and children and sometimes will talk to parents and teachers on the power of reading. She will never say no to a school visit, especially to those schools where the students have read her book(s). She enjoys these visits immensely as it gives her a chance to meet her readers and listen to their thoughts and comments.

Carla is a founder-member of KUTING or Kwentista ng mga Tsikiting, a local organization of writers for children that meets regularly once a month. The word kuting is tagalog for kitten and Kwentista ng mga Tsikiting means Storytellers for Children. Carla is also a member of the Society for Children's Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI) and has attended at least one their conferences in the U.S.A. (UP ICW)

Professor Pacis will speak about Filipino young adult fiction.

Si Eugene Evasco ay Assistant Professor ng Malikhaing Pagsulat at Panitikang Pambata sa College of Arts and Letters, U.P. Diliman. Kabilang sa mga aklat pambata niya ang Mariang Sinukuan: Ang Diwatang Tagapag-ingat ng Bundok Arayat, Ang Bisita ni Haya, Bilog ang Buwan sa Tanghali, Baha!, HIlong Talilong, Apat na Mata, May Leon sa Aking Dibdib, Si Isem sa Bayang Bawal Tumawa, Anina ng mga Alon, Misteryo! at Federico. May-akda rin siya ng mga textbook para sa high school at kolehiyo, kabilang na ang Sining ng Tula at Maikling Kuwentong Pambata (co-author). Nalathala sa Singapore ang aklat niyang Si Isem sa Bayang Bawal Tumawa at naisalin sa mga wikang English, Bahasa, Tamil, at Mandarin. Nagwagi na siya ng walong Palanca Awards para sa tula, kuwentong pambata, at sanaysay. Naging Makata ng Taon noong 2000, PBBY-Salanga Prize Winner noong 1997, at NCCA Writer's Prize Awardee para sa sanaysay noong 2003. Ang kaniyang nobelang Anina ng mga Alon ay pinarangalan ng Gawad Chancelor para sa Akdang Pampanitikan, Pilar Perez Medallion for Young Adult Literature, at ng National Book Award (Young Adult Literature) ng Manila Critics' Circle. Nalathala naman sa Diliman Review, Humanities Diliman, Banwa, at Philippine Humanities Review ang mga sanaysay at pananaliksik niya ukol sa panitikang pambata at panitikang-bayan ng Pilipinas. Itinanghal siyang National Fellow for Children’s Fiction ng LIKHAAN: UP Institute of Creative Writing noong 2005. (UP ICW)

Dr. Evasco will speak about Filipino children's literature. 

Randy Valiente is a prolific and established artist and one of the most active advocates for support and recognition for  Philippine komiks in the country. He has worked as a game developer, character designer, and graphic artist. His art and stories have been featured and serialized in Liwayway and in various publications by Precious Pages, Atlas, Kislap and Sonic Triangle Publications.

Randy was a significant presence in the recently held Komiks Congress, speaking on behalf of contemporary comic artists and consistently pushing for a more integrated agenda with regard to how komiks could once again be a major literary industry in the Philippines, where it has fallen by the wayside due to lack of institutional support by government and mainstream publishing companies (among other reasons). His blog at Usapang Komiks contains his musings on art, komiks, Filipino artists, and what the future holds for all of the above.

His website can be found at http://www.randyvaliente.com. Mr. Valiente will speak about komiks. 

Maia Jose is one of the most well-known and prolific Filipino romance novel writers. She has been publishing novels since 1992.  She maintains an active web presence through her sites http://maiajose.com and http://caferomanza.com where she serializes a novel called "Mermaid's Song." Lately she has begun to use the medium of romance novel writing to promote women's advocacies. One of her books "Bukal Sa Dibib"--which seeks to generate awareness about breastfeeding--will be published by the Department Of Health and the World Health Organization.  

Ms. Jose will speak about the Filipino romance novel.