Invitation to Growing Up Filipino 3 Book Launch Jan 28, 2023, 6 p.m. Fully Booked BGC

 

Invi­ta­tion

Book Launch of GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Date: Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 28, 2023, 6 — 8 p.m.

Where: Ful­ly Booked BGC, Metro Mani­la, Philippines

Pro­gram:  

Read­ings by Nik­ki Alfar, Cecil­ia Brainard, George Deoso, Yvette Fer­nan­dez, Patri­cia Manuel Go, Sarge Lacues­ta, Kan­ni­ka Pena, Dan­ton Remo­to, Dom Sy, Jack Wigley

Q&A,

Book Sign­ing

Book Descrip­tion:

Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3: New Sto­ries for Young Adults (USTph 2022) col­lects 25 short sto­ries by Fil­ipino authors in the US and the Philip­pines about what it means to be young and Fil­ipino. The sto­ries explore the uni­ver­sal themes of com­ing-of-age, love, angst, fam­i­ly, rela­tion­ships, and oth­er young adult issues. The sto­ries reveal Fil­ipino and Fil­ipino Amer­i­can cul­ture, mores, his­to­ry, soci­ety, pol­i­tics, and oth­er nuances. For instance, Fil­ipino respect for their elders, extend­ed fam­i­lies, reli­gious prac­tices, fune­re­al rites, love for folk­lore are appar­ent in the stories.

 Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3: New Sto­ries For Young Adults fol­lows two ear­li­er crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed books — Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino: Sto­ries For Young Adults (2003) and Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino Ii: More Sto­ries For Young Adults(2010), books that have been used by edu­ca­tors and enjoyed by adults and young adults alike.

Tags: Fil­ipino teens, Fil­ipino young adults, Teen books, Fil­ipino books, Philip­pine books, Lit­er­ary read­ing, Book talk