Iloilo Mega Book Fair 2019

The Iloilo Mega Book Fair on November 8-11, 2019 at the Festive Walk Mall of the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City lays emphasis on the importance of local communities as consumer of our own cultural knowledge and cultural discoveries.

This year’s Iloilo Mega Book Fair’s theme is “Labaw sa Aton Kaugalingon” (Beyond Ourselves), which highlights literature in all aspects including children’s rights, teachers and librarian education, history, heritage, film, comics, food culture, environment, and artists’ rights.

The fair will also feature top notch speakers on various topics and issues:

KAT ASTRID

LGBTQ Young Adult Literature

ALLAN A. DERAIN

National and Regional Literature

ELVERT BAÑARES

West Visayan Films

ISIDORO M. CRUZ

Literary Criticism

MELECIO F. TURAO

Poetry (English)

FELINO S. GARCIA, JR.

Fiction (Hiligaynon)

MICHAEL M. COROZA

Children’s Literature

GENEVIEVE L. ASENJO

West Visayan Literature

MARIE IRISH G. INOCETO

LGBTQ Rights

JOHN IREMIL E. TEODORO

Kinaray-a Literature

FERDINAND PISIGAN JARIN

Creative Non-Fiction

MA ROSALIE ABETO ZERRUDO

Art in the Communities

Workshop Facilitators

MIA REYES

Indie Comic Workshop

ERU VILLARTA

Watercolor Workshop

DENISE MARIE SILVA

Calligraphy Workshop

GIL S. MONTINOLA

Illustrator’s Workshop

MELECIO F. TURAO

Poetry Workshop

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Daily Guardian is a supporter of the Iloilo Mega Book Fair 2019.