In time to catch the tail-end of the annual Panagbenga Festival and to welcome the summer--perfect reading for a hammock--is BAGUIO CALLIGRAPHY, the first, the only anthology so far of contemporary poetry and fiction from the Cordilleras' premier city. Edited by Butch Macansantos and Luchie Maranan, this Anvil book will be launched on Sunday, March 7, at 4 p.m. at the National Bookstore branch at SM City Baguio. Cover and interior art is by Rishab, the same guy who just won the Baguio Aquarelle Society's first on the spot water media contest. Rishab also has a contribution in this book--a prose poem about bubbles.
The launching comes seven months after the successful launch of the companion volume THE BAGUIO WE KNOW, up there in Anvil's best-selling list. The publishing house's officers were impressed by the Baguio launch party. After the crowd thinned, there were just 3 dozen copies left.
So this Sunday they'll make sure to bring up the first 250 copies off the press and are accepting pre-orders from the writers and their guests. So hurry and reserve with Anvilpublishing Weshapeminds, the long name of Anvil's Facebook account.Copy costs P375.
