Bayong ng Kuting 2016 Meetup at the Finish Line — Status Report 2

Final submissions are in, and 38 made it to the deadline. Not all who submitted their first draft were able to submit their final draft in time for the 30 January 2016 meetup at Third Cup Cafe in Katipunan, but there were also some who finished their manuscript even though they missed the first draft deadline. While most…

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Every Cat Has A Story

Saturday, 9 January 2016, was the first meet-up to the Bayong ng Kuting writing workshop. 26 of the 70 participants who signed up for the workshop came to meet moderator Mina V. Esguerra and kidlit author and teacher Gabby Lee, who shared best practices for writing children’s stories. The challenge now is to be able to write 1,000…

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Sign Up to Join the BAYONG NG KUTING Online Class

Signups are now closed. First meeting will be on Saturday, 9 January 2016. In January 2016, we will be writing new short stories for children, based on the book BAYONG NG KUTING (A Bagful of Kittens) by MAE ASTRID TOBIAS, published by Lampara. Stories finished during the class may be selected for an upcoming anthology….

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Reading Out Loud 2015 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar

by Jesabel Ansiro BS Education, Eastern Samar State University – Guiuan Campus The Mae Astrid Tobias Summer Workshop was held on 9 May 2015 in one of the classrooms of Lupok Central School, located in Brgy. Lupok, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. We introduced the books as well as a short biography of Mae Astrid Tobias and…

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Reading Out Loud 2015 in Rodriguez, Rizal

by Christine Joy Bianes BS Education, Polytechnic University of the Philippines Preparing for an event like this workshop is not a new thing for me since I am a child of a pastor and I am one of the leaders in the church who organizes different events for kids. But this summer reading workshop is…

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