Schedule

Festival Marketplace open during festival hours, Saturday - Sunday

1:00 - 5:15 PM
Festival Marketplace

Book Vendors, Author Tables, Community Organizations, etc.

Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Rooms, Lower Level

12:15 - 12:45 PM
WELCOME

Opening Remarks,Keynote Speaker: Elaine Castillo

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
We Cook Books

Claude Tayag, Elizabeth Ann Quirino, Cleodia Martinez, Liren Baker, Aileen Suzara
Moderator: Elizabeth Ann Quirino

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Troubling Cultural Norms in Fiction

Beverly Parayno, M. Evelina Galang, Shannon C.F. Rogers, Maritza Roño, E.P. Tuazon
Moderator: Dina Klarisse Dugar

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Writers on Family, Creative Practice
& Radical Self Care

Jen Soriano, Angela Garbes, Christine Dela Rosa,
Mel Vera Cruz, Jeannie E. Celestial
Moderator: Michelle Peñaloza

African-American Center, 3rd floor

Writing for Young Readers: Finding Home & Belonging

Mae Respicio, Rachell Abalos, Stephanie Ellen Sy, Lynnor Bontigao, Justine Villanueva, Christina Newhard

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

2:30 - 3:30 PM
INKSTORM 3: AUTHORS READ FRESHLY INKED WORK

Elaine Castillo, Yvette Tan, Bong Redilla, Cynthia Buiza, Dina Klarisse Dugar (Host), Shannon C.F. Rogers, Jean (JT) Teodoro, Rina Ayuyang, Michael Magnaye, Janice Sapigao/Justin Rovillos Monson, Kenneth Tan
 

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Building Momentum: Filipino-Canadian Literary Communities

Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Eric Tigley,
Teodoro Alcuitas, Nathalie De Los Santos,
C.E. Gatchalian, Mila Bongco-Philipzig

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Countering Dominant Narratives

Janine Joseph, Rod Pulido, Karen Llagas, Jenny Odell, Theodore Gonzalves

African-American Center, 3rd floor

Children’s Story Hour
2:30 - 3:00 PM

Lynnor Bontigao
Sari-Sari Summers

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Rachelle Abalos
Our Nipa Hut: A Story in the Philippines

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

4:00 - 5:00 PM
Writing as a Catalyst for Change

Ninotchka Rosca, Elaine Castillo, Albert Samaha, Randy Ribay
Moderator: Lily Ann Villaraza

Koret Auditorium, Basement

Imagination in the Archives

Noelle de la Paz, Janice Lobo Sapigao,
Abraham Ignacio, Randy Gonzales,
Michelle Peñaloza

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

5:15 PM
MARKETPLACE CLOSES

Elaine Castillo

Ninotchka Rosca

10:30 - 10:45 AM
WELCOME

Opening Remarks

10:45 - 11:00 AM
Opening Keynote: Ninotchka Rosca

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

11:00 AM – 5:45 PM
FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE

Book Vendors, Author Tables,
Community Organizations, etc.

Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Rooms, Lower Level

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Closer to Liberation Showcase: Pin[a/x]y Activism

in Theory and Practice

Jen Soriano, Robyn Rodriguez, Barbara Jane Reyes,

Lisa Juachon, Soluna Ibarra-Tacdol, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales,

Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano and Lily Ann Villaraza,

Nikki Fortunato Bas, Jocyl Sacramento,

Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, Aileen Suzara

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Genre Bending: From Love to Politics,
Fiction to Film, Campy to Social Commentary

Michael Magnaye, Marivi Soliven, Joi Barrios
Moderator: Gina Velasco

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Diversity in Children's Literature:
Teaching Our Many Cultures

Jenn Estacio, Kathryn Serrano,Kharyl,

Anne Bugaoisan Piano,Marielle Navasca Atanacio,

Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Faith Kazmi, Rev Valdez

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

12:30 - 1:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:15 - 2:15 PM
Inkstorm 1

M. Evelina Galang, Albert Samaha, Angela Garbes, Janine Joseph, Rod Pulido, Tony Robles, Dustin Domingo, Oscar Peñaranda
Beverly Parayno (Host), Mae Respicio
Edwin Lozada/Jaya Jacobo/Christian Jil Benitez (Translator)

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller: Writing Stories That Thrill

Yvette Tan, Mia Manansala, Cindy Fazzi, Victor Manibo
Moderator: Troy Espera

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Aligning our Legal Practice with our Creative Selves

Sawaga River Press and Pinay Powerhouse Collective, featuring Justine Villanueva, Tracy Badua,
Titania Buchholdt, Ruthe Ashley, Jamie Juni, Romae-Anne Aquino, Christine Start, Diann Jayakpddy

African-American Center, 3rd floor

Children’s Story Hour
1:15 - 1:45 PM

Jeannie E. Celestial & Mel Vera Cruz
Tata Efren's Forever Laughter
Written by Eileen R. Tabios & Jeannie E. Celestial
Illustrated by Mel Vera Cruz

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Mila Bongco-Philipzig
Tony’s Wheels & Gabby and the Lechon

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

2:30 - 3:30 PM
Graphics/Comics - From Illustration to Publication

Cecilia & Waverly Lim of Kwento Comics, Jay B. Kalagayan of MeSseD Comics, Bong Redila, Rina Ayuyang
Moderator: Cecilia Lim

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Poetics of Place & Transformation

Cynthia Buiza, Rina Garcia Chua, Jason Magabo Perez, Tony Robles, Oscar Peñaranda, David Maduli
Moderator: Tony Robles

African-American Center, 3rd floor

With Love: On Being Queer and Filipino in America

Dustin Domingo, Jessica Afable, JP Rogers, Francis Joseph Gallego

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Children’s Story Hour
2:30 - 3:00 PM

Justine Villanueva

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Kharyl Anne Bugaoisan Piano, Marielle Navasca Atanacio
Dirty Kitchen: An Ilokano-American Story

Chinese Center, 3rd floor

4:00 - 5:00 PM
Inkstorm 2

Ninotchka Rosca, Randy Gonzales, Jason Magabo Perez, Elizabeth Ann Quirino,
Victor Manibo, E.P. Tuazon, Karen Llagas (host), Maritza Roño, Rina Garcia Chua, Jenny Odell, Randy Ribay, Rick Rocamora

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Leading the Way: Flipinx in Publishing,
Bookselling & Literary Organizations

Jason Bayani, Edwin Lozada,
Lily Prijoles, Aileen Cassinetto,
Jhoanna Belfer

Hormel LGBTQI+ Center, 3rd floor

Amplifying Voices in YA Speculative Fiction

Tracy Badua, Alex Brown, Ana Ellickson, Shannon Price, Toni Yap

African-American Center, 3rd floor

5:45 PM
MARKETPLACE CLOSES

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