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“'Literacy has always been defined by the technology,' said Nichole Pinkard, founder of Chicago’s Digital Youth Network in a PBS special on 21st century learning that aired in February. 'Before the printing press, your ability to orally recite something meant [you were] literate.' In today’s media-saturated world, the concept of literacy is again changing. According to Pinkard, kids in school today may not be considered literate in the future if they don’t fundamentally understand new forms of media — things like blogs, Twitter and streaming video. To be truly literate, though, you also need to be able to think critically about media, discern fact from fiction, news from opinion, trusted from untrustworthy. These issues have always been thorny, but the explosion of self-publishing has only made media literacy more vital to the preservation of our democratic society.”

- Why New Media Literacy Is Vital for Quality Journalism

One of the influences and inspirations of this blog is Li and her blog GAL Novelty. Li took a long break from the blogosphere but is now back with a new blog, A World of Paper Hearts. Check it out! ~^o^~

With Joo Hee Yoon at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast!

Remember my blogging workshop at the Filipinas Heritage Library? The picture above is with about half of the participants. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the participants. I really enjoyed meeting new people and talking about blogging and other social media!

I am PaperTiger's guest blogger for the month of June! For my first PaperTigers post, I report on how the Philippines was the country focus of this year's Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC). Please click here to read my report!


A week after the AFCC ended, the Philippine delegates already missed each other (and the delegates from other countries!), so we decided to have a little reunion. Over Mexican food and drinks, Tahanan Books editor Frances Ong, author Russell Molina, blogger and illustrator Blooey Singson, author-illustrator Jomike Tejido, author Candy Gourlay (through FaceTime because she was in the UK!), and I reminisced on the AFCC and planned on hanging out together much more often. Adarna House marketing officer Vanessa Estares and illustrator Isabel Roxas were with us in spirit!



I am so proud of the success of the Philippine booth and the Philippine speakers at the AFCC! And I congratulate the organizers of the AFCC for the success of the entire event!

For me, the best thing about blogging is the people - the community I am a part of. It's a joy interacting with other lovers of kidlit and YA lit, and I have some truly amazing friendships because of the kidlitosphere/YA blogosphere. I've been able to meet many book bloggers in the Philippines, and last month in Singapore, I met Liyana of Liyanaland. We were so happy to be spazzing over YA authors and K-pop together IN PERSON. We thought, why not do this with other kidlit and YA lit bloggers? Why not have an INTERNATIONAL book bloggers meetup? If you're interested in getting together with kidlit and YA lit bloggers from all over the world, please click here to fill out Liyana's survey. Help us plan this international meetup. I think we can really make this happen!

Links, links, links!

* Click here for a report on the very active Filipino reading community - it's my last post as the PaperTigers June guest blogger!

* Author Candy Gourlay was one of the first to blog about the 3rd Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) in Singapore. Read her posts here.

* Little, Brown editorial director Alvina Ling blogged about the AFCC and Book Expo America (BEA) here. Meeting Alvina was one of the highlights of the AFCC for me! =D *major fangirl spazzing*

* Illustrator Blooey Singson summarizes the AFCC here.

* Here author Trevor Kew shares key points he took away from the festival.

I haven't forgotten about you all, and I haven't stopped reading for this blog. I'm drafting a review of The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sis (Scholastic Press, 2010). Watch out for that! (Who has read The Dreamer too?)


Over the weekend I met up with some fellow Filipino book bloggers. It was so nice to finally meet them and talk about bookish things in person! Below are a couple pictures from our time together:



There are more pictures here, here, here, and here. :o)

What have you all been up to? What are you reading now?

is on children's literature from India and the Indian diaspora! =D

And today I blogged a few of my thoughts on Jhumpa Lahiri's adult fiction over at Color Online. See you there? =D

Last Saturday (the 13th), I attended the second Filipino Book Bloggers' meet up at Libreria Bookstore. Libreria is a cozy bookstore where you can sit, read or talk, and drink good coffee - and buy cheap books! The meet up was fun because I got to connect faces with blogs and we all talked about bookish and blog-ish things. I've posted a few pictures from the meet up below. I stole these pictures from Philippine Genre Stories and Chachic's Book Nook. =P








See you all again soon! :o)

If I haven't updated this blog, it probably means that I have updated my more general kidlit blog Into the Wardrobe, or contributed something to the group book blog Color Online. :o)

I was so happy to blog again today. Please click here to read my new interview with Candy Gourlay for Color Online. :o)

I apologize for the lack of new posts here. I've been working on my MA thesis. I'll be updating here as soon as I can. For now, please head on over to Color Online for my new interview with children's book author Candy Gourlay! =D

Yesterday was the latest Filipino Book Bloggers meetup. As always, I learned a lot from my fellow book lovers/bloggers and was amazed by the range of diversity in the blogosphere! Here are a few pictures from the meetup. Hope to see you at the next one!

Every Sunday through the In My Mailbox meme, YA book bloggers share the books they recently bought, borrowed, or received!


Friday night, Joyce Bautista, trade manager of Scholastic Philippines, and Roselle Masirag, education and trade manager of Scholastic Philippines, hosted a dinner for Filipino book bloggers.


I was glad to meet some Filipino book bloggers for the first time, namely: Ronald of RonReads, Leia of Bitter Pills & Breathing Spaces, and Meann of New Worlds.




Of course, I was glad to see my blog friends again! <3

Aaron of Guy Gone Geek


Tina of One More Page

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