FILCOLS Author-Members in the final round of NBA

Congratulations to the FILCOLS Members who made it to the final round of the 30th National Book Awards. Awarding day is on Saturday, November 12 at the Marble Hall, National Museum of the Philippines, Padre Burgos St., Manila, at 5:30 p.m. National Book Development Board and Manila Critics Circle spearhead the event.

Literary Division

Fiction Category

Blue Angel, White Shadow: A Novel by Charlson Ong
(University of Santo Tomas Publishing House);
Below The Crying Mountain by Criselda Yabes
(The University of the Philippines Press);

Nonfiction Prose Category

Sagad sa Buto: Hospital Diary at Iba Pang Sanaysay by Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr.
(UST Publishing House);
Sarena’s Story: The Loss of a Kingdom by Criselda Yabes
(UP Press);
and Builder of Bridges: The Rudy Cuenca Story by Jose Dalisay, Jr. and Antonette Reyes
(Anvil).

Poetry Category

Care of Light: New Poems and Found by Gemino H. Abad
(Anvil);

Literary Criticism / Literary History

Gitnang Uring Fantasya At Materyal Na Kahirapan Sa Neoliberalismo: Politikal Na Kritisismo Ng Kulturang Popular by Rolando B. Tolentino
(UST Publishing House);
Imagination’s Way: Essays Critical and Personal by Gémino H. Abad
(UST Publishing House);


Social Sciences Category

Mondo Marcos: Writings on Martial Law and the Marcos Babies by Frank Cimatu and Rolando B. Tolentino
(Anvil);
and Sanghiyang Sa Mundo ng Internet by Rhoderick Nuncio
(Vibal Foundation, Inc.).


Date and Time:
November 12, 2011 - 5:30pm - 9:00pm

For the complete list of the finalists, please check www.nbdb.gov.ph.