6th Philippine International Literary Festival
Program Schedule
Day 1: November 20, 2015 (FRIDAY)
OPENING CEREMONY
Venue: Activity Hall, 2nd Floor, Abreeza Mall (near Robinsons Department Store)
10:00 – 10:30 AM
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Registration
Creative Performance by Kalumon
Welcome Remarks
by Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz, NBDB, Chairperson
Opening Remarks
by Roberto Alabado III, Department of Tourism XI, Regional Director
11:00 – 11:30 AM
The World of Publishing Today (Plenary)
Speakers: Tina Narang, Noel King, Graciela Mendoza-Cayton
Moderator: Ruey de Vera
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Heavy Cocktails
FESTIVAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Venue: Seda Hotel, 1st Level, Sinamay Hall
Time
Room: Sinamay 1
Perils/Pleasures of Writing in Unofficial
Tongues 1
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Speakers: Junley Lazaga, Kristian Cordero,
Santiago Villafania
Moderator: Ronald Verzo
Room: Sinamay 2
Publishing in Manila
Speakers: Karina Bolasco, Jack Wigley
Moderator: Ani Almario
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Room: Sinamay 3
Writing in Genres:
Romance & Detective
Speakers: Mina Esguerra, John Bengan
Moderator: Shane Carreon
Perils/Pleasures of Writing in Unofficial
Tongues 2
2:10 - 3:10 PM
Speakers: Voltaire Oyzon, Early Sol
Gadong, Macario Tiu
Moderator: Genevieve Asenjo
Publishing in the Regions
Speakers: Kristian Cordero, Lorenzo Niñal,
Carolyn O. Arguillas
Moderator: Tito Valiente
Writing in Genres:
Sci-fi, Horror,& Fantasy
Speakers: Dean Alfar, Edgar Samar,
Ondrej Neff
Moderator: Ruey de Vera
3:10 – 3:20 PM Coffee Break
Time
3:20 - 4:20 PM
Room: Sinamay 1
Other Publishing Routes
Speakers: Honey de Peralta, Mina
Esguerra, Paolo Sibal
Moderator: Graciela Mendoza-Cayton
Doing Translation
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Speakers: John Bengan, Michael Coroza,
Santiago Villafania
Moderator: Jun Sungkit
Room: Sinamay 2
In Our Own Tongue: LitCrit in the
Regions
Speakers: Don Pagusara, Junley Lazaga,
Genevieve Asenjo
Moderator: Nino de Veyra
Room: Sinamay 3
Graphic Novels/Komiks
Speakers: Manix Abrera, Gleb de Pio
Moderator: Dom Cimafranca
Community-based Publishing: Writers
Cooperatives
The Local Writer as an International
Figure
Speakers: Padma Perez, Swito Twins,
Ronald Verzo, Mabi David
Moderator: Jhoanna Cruz
Speakers: Mia Alvar, Butch Dalisay,
Ondrej Neff, Okky Madasari
Moderator: Karina Bolasco
FESTIVAL EVENTS
Venue: Activity Hall, 2nd Floor, Abreeza Mall (near Robinsons Department Store)
6:00 PM Performance by Don Juan Baktas Band
Book signing by writers in attendance
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Day 2: November 21, 2015 (SATURDAY)
8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration
FESTIVAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Venue: Seda Hotel, 1st Level, Sinamay Hall
Time
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Room: Sinamay 1
Funny Rules for the Humorist
Room: Sinamay 2
Fiction: The Long and the Short of it
Speakers: Manix Abrera, Eros Atalia
Moderator: Dean Alfar
Speakers: Butch Dalisay, Jun Sungkit, Ariel
Tabag, Okky Madasari
Moderator: Edgar Samar
Room: Sinamay 3
K-12 and Literature in Classrooms:
Issues and Concerns
Speakers: Rhodora Ranalan, Agnes
Espano-Dimson, Isagani Cruz
Moderator: Roger Garcia
9:30-9:40AM Coffee Break
Time
9:40 - 11:00 AM
11:10 – 12:30 PM
Room: Sinamay 1
Teaching Ilokano and Bikol Literatures
Room: Sinamay 2
Why Edit at All?
Room: Sinamay 3
Writing in Place. Creating your Space.
Speakers: JunleyLazaga, Kristian Cordero,
Tito Valiente
Moderator: Ariel Tabag
Speakers: Andrea Pasion-Flores, Butch
Dalisay, Mabi David
Moderator: Jack Wigley
Speakers: Mia Alvar, Ian Casocot, Kristine
Ong Muslim
Moderator: Ricky de Ungria
Teaching Hiligaynon and Waray
Literatures
Copyright and Publishing Contracts
Writers Workshops &Literary Contests:
Missing Links in the Supply Chain of
the Publishing Industry?
Speakers: Agnes Espano-Dimson, Voltaire
Oyzon, Early Sol Gadong
Moderator: Genevieve Asenjo
Speakers: Louie Calvario and Andrea
Pasion Flores
Moderator: Ruel de Vera
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Speakers: Ian Casocot, Noel King, Isagani
Cruz
Moderator: Ani Almario
12:30 – 1:30 Break for Lunch
Time
1:30 - 2:30 PM
2:40—3:40 PM
Room: Sinamay 1
Poetry is Alive! (Where?)
Room: Sinamay 2
So What do Readers Want?
Speakers: Padma Perez, Mabi David, Darsi
Rubino, Shane Carreon
Moderator: Michael Coroza
Speakers: Aicha Amano, Honey de Peralta,
Pulong
Moderator: Diandra Macarambon
Books Beyond Borders
(accessing local books abroad)
Authoring a Book
Speakers: Noel King, Mia Alvar, Okky
Madasari
Moderator: Tina Narang
Speaker: Isagani Cruz
Moderator: Paolo Sibal
Room: Sinamay 3
Teaching Cebuano and Mindanao
Literatures
Speakers: Pam Castrillo, Lorenzo Niñal,
Roger Garcia
Moderator: Jombits Quintos
Wattpad: What for? What now? Why
not?
Speakers: Mina Esguerra, Francis Herrera
Moderator: Graciela Mendoza-Cayton
3:40-3:50PM Coffee Break
Time
3:50 - 5:00 PM
Sinamay 1
Editor’s Choice: Selecting Works for the
Regular Circulation
Sinamay 2
Doing Research on Folk Literatures of
Mindanao
Speakers: Ariel Tabag, Dean Alfar
Moderator: Dom Cimafranca
Speakers: Macario Tiu, Genevieve JorolanQuintero, Roger Garcia
Moderator: Jombits Quintos
FESTIVAL CLOSING EVENT
5:30 PM Poetry Walk (Seda to Abreeza)
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Sinamay 3
New Mindanawon Writings
Speakers: Diandra Macarambon, Kristine
Ong Muslim, Nassefh Macla, Rolly Jude
Ortega
Moderator: Karina Bolasco