Narratives
Alternative Canons
In this section, culled from a graduate student conference presentation delivered at Western University, Streetprint Manila researcher Christian Ylagan tries to grapple with the question of what it means for a tradition of popular literature to exist alongside a canonized national literature.
The Not-So-Unlikely Most Popular Book in the Philippines
Did you know that 58% of Filipinos claim to choose to read this book outside of work or school?
A Day Among The Religious
Mirick Paala, Streetprint Manila volunteer and correspondent, reflects on his experience of walking the streets of Manila and finding the proliferation of religious artifacts that are available for mass consumption.
The Religious and The Occult
The streets of Manila find themselves the meeting place between the religious and the paranormal.
Reading By The Numbers
In 2012, the National Book Development Board conducted the last leg of a readership survey that was ten years in the making. Their findings about Filipino reading habits are fascinating to say the least.
Of Love and Romance
A look into the most popular non-religious texts available in the Philippines: romance novels.
Framed Narratives
The dynamic world of comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels have been entertaining generations of Filipinos for decades.
Glossy and Gossipy
The wonderful world of magazines has always drawn Filipinos into its saucy, controversial, and sometimes tumultuous pages.
Send Me A Story: Literature From The Masses
From ancient times when oral epics and folk literature were first told, to present-day celebrity talk shows where the lives of actors and actresses are dissected and analyzed, stories and story-telling have been emblematic of the Filipino lifestyle.
What Wattpad?
An online phenomenon is turning traditional publishing on its head--or is it?
Life Around The Metro
How much reading do you think Metro Manila's twelve million residents get around to doing?
Cubao: A Mecca For Texts
Cubao, a district in the country's most populous city, is a great source for all kinds of reading texts.
Psyched By PsiCom
Tucked away inside an unassuming building in Cubao, Quezon City is one of the Philippines’ most prolific publishing houses of popular literature.
VisPrint's Vista
Visprint, Inc. is a local publishing company dedicated to publishing works by, for, and about Filipinos.
Flipside and Digital Publishing in the Philippines
Honey de Peralta, Vice President and General Manager of Flipside Publishing, weighs in on how their pioneering e-publishing company is building bridges to let the Filipino reader cross the digital divide.
What's Original about Pinoy Music?
An embattled artistic field needs to get its act together to continue to be culturally relevant.
FM Radio's Current Top Hits
Here are chart lists from some of the country's most popular music stations. Names of Filipino artists and their chart-topping songs are presented in boldface.
Selected Bibliography and Useful Links
A starting point for reading into the various aspects and genres of Filipino literature, art, music, and culture.
