00:005 days before the biggest and longest running book fairs in the country.
00:05It's the most important thing to do in the future of Manila International Book Fair 2026.
00:10It's time for us to be one of the organizers live via Zoom,
00:14Ms. Bernadette Catan.
00:15It's time for us to be one of the authors of Rex Dorado and Ron Canimo.
00:21It's time for us to rise and shine in the Philippines.
00:24Ron, welcome back.
00:25Welcome back, Ron.
00:26Good morning.
00:27Good morning, mga ka-RSP.
00:28Ayan. Parang gusto ko nang book natin agad yung mga libro.
00:31Yes.
00:32Nakakaingaan yung ano.
00:33Pero more books on the fair.
00:35So this is another year for your book for ano ba mga bago at syempre mga exciting na mga makikita
00:40natin this year.
00:41Siguro dito muna tayo sa studio.
00:43Kay na Ron and also kay na Rex exhibitors.
00:45What's new for this year?
00:46Kayo ba partner rin kayo before ng mga fairs?
00:49Third, second year?
00:51Third year.
00:51Second year already.
00:53And si Ron naman?
00:54This is the first time na.
00:56First time mo?
00:57Oh, na may booth.
00:58Oh, mga tala to lahat.
00:59Alright.
01:00Sige, punta tayo ngayon dun sa ating or one of the organizers.
01:03What's new for this year?
01:06Kasama natin live via Zoom.
01:09Yes, ma'am.
01:10Hello.
01:10Good morning, everyone.
01:12And this year's book fair, once again, magsasama-kasama po mga readers, writers, publishers, educators, and book lovers
01:23far as far as isang malaking celebration of books and reading.
01:26Aside from the wide variety of books na pwedeng bilhin at discover, marami po tayo book launches, author signings, talks,
01:36workshops, storytelling, and special events.
01:40So, hindi lang po ito talaga about buying books.
01:43It's also about discovering new stories, meetings, meeting authors, learning new things, and celebrating our love for it.
01:53All right, Ma'am Bernadette, gaano karami exhibitor ang present para sa five-day event na ito?
02:00For this year's book fair po, we have almost, over 100 exhibitors and participants coming together.
02:09Ibig sabihin, makikita lang natin, hindi lang po makikita natin ang publishers.
02:14Meron pong diverse, naka-active ang Philippine book industry.
02:17May mga publishers, booksellers, educational materials, institutions, and different organizations na magpapakita ng mga kanilang books and learning materials.
02:32So, whether you're looking for fiction, children's books, educational materials, Filipino literatures, or something completely down, marami talagang options na
02:43pwede be explored.
02:44All right, Ma'am Bernadette, I wonder ituloy, since this is considered to me as one of the longest book
02:49fairs that we have here in the Philippines,
02:52what were the differences?
02:53Ano yung before versus now?
02:57Ano yung mga naging progress mula nung unang book fairs versus now, Ma'am?
03:01Kung saan we understand that because of this, more readers would come and join on the Manila International Book Fair
03:072026.
03:11Ano yung mga naging pagbabago sa Philippine industry and the storytelling, Philippine publishing industry and storytelling.
03:19Before po kasi mas tradisyonal, mas limitado ang pathways para mas magpublish ang isang writer.
03:27Today, because of technology and social medias and digital platforms, mas maraming opportunities na po for Filipino writers to share
03:36their stories and bridge their audience.
03:39Ayan, napunta naman tayo ngayon kay Ron and Rex.
03:42R and R, yan.
03:43Tell us about your book.
03:46Sige, si Ron.
03:47Alam na namin ito, meron na tayong kapit.
03:49Mga tala.
03:49Mga tala.
03:50But you have a new book club.
03:52This is my newest release, Ma'am.
03:54Museo ng mga paano.
03:56Uy.
03:57Paano yan?
03:58Sige, anong meron dyan?
04:00Itong mga libro na ito ay naniniwala na may mga tanong tayo sa isip natin.
04:05Pero yung mga tanong na ito, sometimes hindi natin kailangan saguti.
04:09Ay, ganun.
04:10Yes, kasi ito yung bumubuo sa pagkataon natin.
04:12Okay.
04:12Yung mga tanong na hindi natin masasagot.
04:14May ganun pala.
04:15Sige, saan po na nga agad na?
04:16Oo nga.
04:16Alam mo yung book ni Ron?
04:18Book wrap ka lang ng ganyan.
04:20Meron ganun for the day.
04:21Sige, ikaw na muna.
04:22Sige, ako na muna.
04:23Museo ng mga paano.
04:24Hindi rin sasagutin yung tanong.
04:26Tatanongin mo lang talaga.
04:28Gaano nga siguro, o ganun nga siguro ang pag-ibig?
04:32Ay.
04:33Diba?
04:34Ganito nga siguro ang pag-ibig.
04:35Lagi naghahanap ng paraan upang hindi ka mawaglit.
04:39O isa pa, isa pa.
04:40Medyo hindi ako naka-relate dito.
04:42Yung nakaka-relate ako.
04:43Lagi ka pa rin ang hinihintay ng sining.
04:46Ah, I love this.
04:47Ah, I love this.
04:47Hindi lang every February.
04:49All day, every day.
04:50May art, di ba?
04:51Museo ng mga paano.
04:53Ay, yeah.
04:53And I'm also, ano, I'm also loving these poetry cards from the mga tala at tula.
04:59So if you can't make book lock the book, pwede doon ka lang kumuka.
05:01Ito po, ito po yung ilo-launch sa Manila International Book, pero I guess dito na natin ilo-launch sa
05:08Rise and Shine.
05:09Okay, what's that?
05:10So ito po, ito po yung poetry cards.
05:14Dahil nga po yung mga readers sa mga tala at tula, usually, finiflip lang nila yung libro.
05:18Tapos, nanghingi sila ng advice or inspiration, motivation.
05:22Daily motivation po.
05:24Ngayon, gumawa kami ng poetry cards para mas, paano ba, mas...
05:29Okay, daily, no?
05:30Yes, random.
05:31Ako na ko, tarot card reading, no?
05:32Pipili po kayo.
05:33Kung may fortune cookie, may ganito po.
05:35Bumunod din ako dito.
05:36Okay, sige.
05:36Ano pa ito, pwede ba ito?
05:37Ito ang kapalain mo.
05:39Magkakasama kami, nag-bonding kami.
05:40Yes, yes.
05:41Ayan na.
05:41Ano sa akin?
05:43Samahan na kita.
05:45I love it.
05:45Okay.
05:45Ayan, sa'yo ko ilalaan ang pinakamabagal kong lakan.
05:48Oh, ay, that's nice.
05:49Ano ba yan?
05:50Grabe naman talaga si Ron magpahugo to.
05:52Pero itapunda naman tayo ngayon kay Rex.
05:55Ito naman.
05:55Tell us about your books, Rex.
05:57Hi, yeah.
05:58So, I'm gonna speak in English.
06:00Bisaya magkudod.
06:01Ah, okay, sige.
06:02So, this is Maharlika.
06:04This is a comic that I wrote.
06:06It's a Filipino sci-fi alternate history.
06:10Okay.
06:11So, it takes place in this timeline where the Philippines became the most powerful country in the world.
06:16Ganyan, marangkasalang ganyan.
06:17And it's like, what do we do?
06:19What do we do with power?
06:20Do we use it for good?
06:21Do we use it for evil?
06:22What happens when it all starts to kind of fall apart?
06:25So, it's like kind of manga style.
06:27Oo, nga, ang ganda.
06:29Black and white art.
06:30Ganyan ay gilig dito ngayon.
06:31Marami.
06:31So, I write this one.
06:33I'm also a publisher for this one, Nightgate by Lucia.
06:36Ikaw di lang ilustrate.
06:38No, I'm just the writer.
06:40I do the easy part.
06:41I do the easy part.
06:43So, this one is Nightgate naman.
06:45This one is Nightgate.
06:46It's a different writer and artist.
06:48So, we also have a publishing company.
06:49This one is a bit more kind of fantasy, horror.
06:53There's a family that's running away from a civil war.
06:56And then there's this black portal that opens up to a different dimension.
06:59Okay.
07:00So, it's a bit more sci-fi-ish.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Still kind of sci-fi, kind of fantasy.
07:05More horror.
07:05So, like, Junji Ito.
07:06If you know, like, that kind of horror manga.
07:09Okay.
07:12And this one, that's also Maharlika, the first three volumes in one.
07:19Itong Nightgate, ilang volume sa ba?
07:21First volume pa.
07:22First volume.
07:23And so, yeah.
07:25So, we publish comics.
07:26I write comics.
07:27I also have a short story collection of kind of sci-fi.
07:31Mostly sci-fi, some fantasy, basically, like, toxic love stories in, like, alternate worlds.
07:38Oh, galing.
07:39Di ba?
07:39Oo.
07:39As in, talagang, ibang kakaibang story na parang somehow fantasy.
07:43Pero, man-re-release mo na pwede.
07:44Pwede ba ito sa panaginib ko?
07:46Sa ito itong buhay ko?
07:47Good thing, no?
07:48At least, yung magandong klase, iba't ibang genre.
07:50Imagine dito palang, exciting na.
07:52How much more kapag pumunta na sila sa MIBF 2026?
07:57So, siguro gusto ko rin ipagurutin si Rex ng kanyang poetry card.
08:01Ano kaya yan?
08:03Anong nakalagay?
08:04Ayun sa ano?
08:05Sa likod, sa likod.
08:07Sarili muna.
08:07Sarili muna.
08:09Nagawal mo bang mapagbigay itong siya.
08:11Oo.
08:12Ayan.
08:13So, syempre, si Miss Bernadette.
08:14Miss Bernadette, di ka man makakabunak dito.
08:16Pero maganda siguro, imbitahin mo na ang ating mga ka-RSP na bisitahin
08:20ang Manila International Book Fair 2026.
08:27Once again, we are inviting mga ka-RSP, readers, writers,
08:33illustrators, parents, teachers, students, families,
08:41boom families po, to experience the Manila International Book Fair 2026.
08:47Whether you are already a certified bookworms or you're simply looking for your next good reads,
08:56come and experience the, um, there's definitely something waiting for you there.
09:01So, come and join us this September 9th to 13th, 2026 at SMX Convention Center from 10 o'clock a
09:10.m. to 8 o'clock p.m.
09:12Itakit.
09:13Exciting.
09:14So, you're also signing some books para dun sa inyong mga readers.
09:18Please, your social media accounts para mafollow namin.
09:20Ah, yeah.
09:21For me, it's our, on Instagram, rexy from earth.
09:25Rexy from earth.
09:26Yeah, yeah.
09:27Not the other, not the other rexy.
09:31Okay.
09:31Please follow mga tala at tulahan.
09:33Ron Canimo PH for prose and poetry na motivate kayo at may inspire kayo everyday.
09:39Ayyan.
09:40Ikaw, hindi ka ba nakabunot ng para sa'yo?
09:42Ay, sige po.
09:42Sige, anong sa'yo?
09:43Sige.
09:43Ang sayano kung banding-banding.
09:45Oo, gawa niya bunot po.
09:47Ayan.
09:47Sa kanya ay.
09:48Okay.
09:49Sa Filipino, sinasabi natin, ang para sa'yo ay mapapasayo.
09:52Pero sa tula, sinasabi natin, wala na akong ibang maisip na paraan, kaya't kinasabot ko ang ulat.
09:58Sinuhulan ko siya na huwag kang basain dahil madali ka kakong lagnatin.
10:02Maging marahan lamang ang buhos niya, ambon kung pwede sana.
10:06Saka pupuslit sa payo ang isang patak.
10:08Pipiliting dumampi sa iyong balat.
10:10Ipapaalala sa'yo, hindi ka nalilimutan, madaling man ang kalangitan.
10:14Kung natagpo at ka ng gabutil na ulan, ano pa ang mga bagay na sa'yo nakalaan.
10:18Ayun.
10:19Maraming salamat sa iyong oras sa Sir Rex Dorado, Tron Canimo, and Ma'am Bernadette Cata.
10:24Mga patikin pa lamang po yan, kaya kita-kit sa International Booker.
