Tag: BLTX

  • Small Pressing Issues at the MIBF

    Gantala Press’ relationship with the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) began in 2017 or thereabouts after the release of our first two books — one a collection of new writings by women in the country and abroad; the other a set of essays by women on Mindanao and the Marawi Siege. As a newly formed…

  • Notes on “Umiimik, Umaalma”

    By Angeli Lacson, UP Writers Club Last November 23, 2019, UP Writers Club, in partnership with feminist literary collective Gantala Press and small press expo Better Living Through Xeroxography, held Umiimik, Umaalma: Resisting the Cultural Reproduction of Violence Against Women at the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, UP Diliman. Moderated by Ms. Faye Cura,…

  • Paglalathala at Pamayanan

    Tunay na nabibigyang-daan ng independent publishing ang paglikha ng komunidad, partikular among writers, creators, readers. Lakas at kapangyarihan talaga ng paglalathala ang paglikha ng komunidad. Pero malaki rin ang magagawa ng paglalathala kapag nakipagtulungan sa mga komunidad na umiiral na. Ang mga komunidad na nakakatrabaho namin sa Gantala Press ay matagal nang umiiral, in fact.…