FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, August 25, 2024
Pre-Festival Event
4:00 PM PT
Zoom
A Reading and Celebration of Caulbearer by Luisa A. Igloria
and also featuring readings by Ina Cariño and Gabriela A. Igloria
SATURDAY, September 20, 2024
Pre-Festival Event
5:00 PM PT
Zoom
The Manong Generation: On Their Inner Lives
With Robert Francis Flor, Randy Gonzales, Eileen R. Tabios, Oscar Peñaranda
SATURDAY, October 2, 2024
Pre-Festival Event in collaboration with
Yuchengco Philippine Studies at USF
5:00 PM PT
Zoom
Filipinx Latinx Poesía
ith Josiah Alderete, Urayoán Noel, Michelle Peñaloza,
Jason Magabo Perez, ire’ne lara silva, Aimee Suzara
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*Festival events listed on this schedule are open and free to the public.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024
Main Branch, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, California
—See Map of the Main Library
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 Jayakoddy
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 & Waverley 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
12:15 - 12:30 PM
WELCOME
Opening Remarks,
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
12:30 - 12:45 PM
Keynote Speaker: Elaine Castillo
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
FESTIVAL MARKETPLACE
Book Vendors, Author Tables, Community Organizations, etc.
Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Rooms, 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 Redila, 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
MARKETPLACE CLOSES
