Launching

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 February) – He had always longed to help save the tales he had known since childhood through nanangen (oral storytelling), a dying tradition. Now, this 29-year old Higaonon writer has made history by becoming the first writer from Bukidnon to have written a full-length epic novel on his tribe.

Telesforo S. Sungkit Jr, from Kisolon, Sumilao town, is launching his first novel entitled “Batbat Hi Udan” (The Story of Udan) on February 27 at the Bukidnon State University Media Resource Center in time for the grand opening of the 2009 Kaamulan Festival.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 March) – “The stories of an institution like UP-PGH (University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital) are timeless. But as it is often said, nothing ever happened unless it is written down. There are so many stories to tell of the agonies and triumphs of both doctors and patients, who have peopled this venerable institution through the ages. I wrote the stories because I firmly believe that healing is a mutual process; that the healer is very often himself healed as he goes about caring for the ailing person. So the stories bite both ways.”

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 November) – Two books written by Moro authors will be launched on November 28 and 29 in Sharif Kabunsuan province and Davao City, respectively.

“The Long Road to Peace: Inside the GRP-MILF Peace Process,” written by Salah Jubair, believed to be the pseudonym of Mohagher Iqbal, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberatioin Front (MILF) peace panel will be launched Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat town, Shariff Kabunsuan while “Children of the Ever-Changing Moon,” an anthology of essays written by young Moro writers, will be launched  at the National Bookstore in SM, Davao on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 November) -- Anvil Publishing , Inc. and National Book Store will launch Children of the Ever-changing Moon, Essays by Young Moro Writers on November 29, from 5 to 7 pm, at National Book  Store in SM Davao.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 August) – Mindanao’s first Law Journal will be launched at the Ateneo de Davao University on Thursday, August 30.

DAVAO CITY -- The Inner Space Meditation Center invites interested individuals and groups to the  ACTA NON VERBA Book Launching program today, February 22, 5:00- 7:00 pm  at  the Brahma Kumaris Center in Sta. Ana Ave., cor. Sobrecarey Sts.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 Feb) -- The Davao Writers Guild will be launching a book of fiction by member Josie Carballo Tejada this coming weekend.