The UST Publishing House launched its new titles in the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), held from September 10-14, 2025, at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.
The following titles, penned by authors from different fields, were launched in MIBF:
-Interdisciplinary Legal Studies: Philippine Constitutional Law, International Law, and the Humanities by Jose Duke Bagulaya
-2025 Edition of Tales of the Spider Woman by Merlie M. Alunan.
-Engkanto in the Diaspora by Eileen Tabios
-She Who Grows Wings by Rina Angela Corpus
-She Devil – Isabel Cabal
-Ethics, Justice, and Recognition: Essays on Critical Theory by Prof. Paolo A. Bolaños, PhD.
-Regarding the Face of Others: Social Difference and Inhuman Sympathy by Charlie Simuya Veric.
-Son of a Dead ’80s Bold Star by Chuck Smith
-Seasonal Adversities: An Ekphrasis on the Climate Crisis by Joel M. Toledo and Pancho Alvarez
-Disko Balun-Balunan/Disco Gizzard: Tula/Poems by Khavn dela Cruz/Translated by Bernard Kean Capinpin
-Sa Puso ng Madla (Bahagi I) Tinipong mga Tula 1973-2005
-Sa Puso ng Madla (Bahagi II) Tinipong mga Tula 1973-2005
Among the titles released were also works by Dominican Fathers:
-Whose Joy? Whose Happiness? Debating Divorce in the Philippines by Dominican-Molecular
Biologist Rev. fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P.
-Christian Virtue and the Fine Arts in the Light of St. Thomas Aquinas by Rev. fr. Basil Cole, O.P.
-The Dominican Rite of Solemn Profession: History, Theology, and Spirituality by Vice-Rector for Finance Rev. fr. Roberto L. Luanzon, Jr., O.P., SThD, DL
-Vitamins of Another Kind: Notes on Christian Spirituality by Professor Emeritus Rev. fr. Fausto B. Gomez, O.P., SThD.
Bookworms also had an opportunity to meet and greet their favorite authors with the likes of Star for All Seasons Ms. Vilma Santos-Recto, who is also serving as the Governor of Batangas, and musician-poet-broadcast personality Lourd de Veyra.
Santos signed the freshly launched copies of 𝙑𝙄𝙇𝙈𝘼 𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙊𝙎, 𝙄𝘾𝙊𝙉: 𝙀𝙎𝙎𝘼𝙔𝙎 𝙊𝙉 𝘾𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙈𝘼, 𝘾𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀 & 𝙎𝙊𝘾𝙄𝙀𝙏𝙔, the first anthology of critical essays penned by Prof. Augusto Antonio A. Aguila, PhD, and Asst. Prof. Joselito B. Zulueta, MA, in celebration of her lasting influence on Philippine cinema and how film unreeled itself as an art form and a cultural touchstone.
MIBF is the country’s longest-running and largest book fair since the 1980s that offered a platform to promote reading culture and support the local publishing industry.
(Photos from the Varsitarian)