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May 17, 2024 | in Dispatches, News, Weekly Roundup | byAlton Melvar M Dapanas, Andriana Hamas, and Bella Creel
The latest in world literature from the Philippines, Bulgaria, and the United States!
This week, our Editors-at-Large bring us around the world for updates on literary workshops, readings, and conferences! From a workshop dedicated toKapampangan literature in the Philippines, to the thriving Mahala Bookstore in Bulgaria, to ALTA’s online Write the World panels, read on to learn more!
Alton Melvar M Dapanas, Editor-at-Large, Reporting from the Philippines
Tomorrow, May 18, marks the deadline of the call for workshop participants forPamiyabe, the regional creative writing workshop for young writers who hail from the northern Philippine region of Central Luzon. Across Central Luzon and Metro Manila, the Kapampangan language(also alternatively named Pampangan, Pampango, and Pampagueno) is the native tongue to over 3.2 million Filipinos.
Now in its 21st year, the Pamiyabe writing workshop is aimed at contributing towards the flourishing of Kapampangan literature and organised by The Angelite, the official student publication of Holy Angel University in Angeles City, Pampanga. This year’s theme is “Pamaglugug queng regalu ning milabasan, pamagkaul queng progreso ning kasalungsungan” (Nurturing the gift of the past, embracing the progress of the present).
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- Contributors:
- Alton Melvar M Dapanas ,
- Andriana Hamas ,
- Bella Creel ; Languages:
- Bulgarian ,
- English ,
- Filipino ,
- Kapampangan ,
- Pampagueno ,
- Pampangan ,
- Pampango ,
- Tagalog ; Places:
- Bulgaria ,
- Central Luzon ,
- Philippines ,
- United States ; Writers:
- Angela Rodel ,
- Barbara Ofosu-Somuah ,
- Chad W. Post ,
- Chenxin Jiang ,
- Erin L. Cox ,
- Erlita Mendoza ,
- Gelacio Guillermo ,
- Graham Griffith ,
- Isabella Corletto ,
- Jerry Gracio ,
- John Siciliano ,
- Jun Cruz Reyes ,
- Katie Freeman ,
- Laura K. Fish ,
- Mario Lagrimas Mendez Jr. ,
- Michel Moushabeck ,
- Nancy Naomi Carlson ,
- Nerisa del Carmen Guevarra ,
- Nguyễn An Lý ,
- Ralph Semino Galan ,
- Romulo Baquiran Jr. ,
- Sonakshi Srivastava ,
- Timothy B. Lee ,
- Vera Mutafchieva ; Tags:
- AI ,
- alta ,
- American Literary Translators Association ,
- artificial intelligence ,
- bookstore ,
- bulgarian literature ,
- community readings ,
- conference ,
- dagli ,
- editing ,
- Fulbright ,
- historical novel ,
- Holy Angel University ,
- Kapampangan literature ,
- literary translation ,
- Mahala Bookstore ,
- maikling kwento ,
- makuyad a kwentu ,
- marketing ,
- National Commission for Culture and the Arts ,
- Pamiyabe writing workshop ,
- Penguin Classics ,
- personal a sanese ,
- personal na sanaysay ,
- philippine literature ,
- pitching ,
- Publishing ,
- regional creative writing workshop ,
- The Angelite ,
- tula ,
- world literature ,
- Write the World ,
- Write the World: A Day of Translation
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