So, we did a talk in the Philippine Book Festival on how the PRPB started before the surge of the facebook as the main source of discussions and announcements, the dynamics of the pre-pandemic years, and how the new era of members and more inclusive representation reshaped our book club and how it kind of contributed to the community of writers, publishers, and new audiences of the written word.
I am happy and very much humbled to be a moderator of this relatively flat organization that keeps doing all these collaborations with the authors, academic groups, and national institutions — and all pro bono, for the sake of the love of reading. I do hope that we can maintain this third space for the years to come. And even though we grow old and gray (wao, tumanda na ako rito sa grupong ito. IMAGINE 13 YEARS!!!), we hope that we have the young ones to keep the momentum going.
Sana proud ang pinakamatandang founder namin. Na heto na ang book club niya na akala niya puru field trip lang noon. Narito na ang PRPB, umaambag na sa pambansang kaganapan ng panitikan.
Para sa Panitikan. Para sa Bayan.
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