A photograph taken by Dylan Mohlala, part of the Harvest Moon anthology. © 2021 Dylan Mohlala, South Africa.
BAGUIO CITY, PHILIPPINES – On December 2 and 3, the Philippine Book Fair lands in Baguio City, one of the stops along the multi-city book tour organized by the Book Development Association of the Philippines and the National Book Development Board Philippines.
Across two days, writers, publishers and readers will gather at Baguio City’s first Philippine Book Fair to take part in a variety of panels. Featuring topics like, writing in the “Writing Cordilleran Culture”, to compiling cultural knowledge through “Uncyclopedias”, the Baguio City edition of this book fair provides insights to writing and publishing in the Cordilleran context.
Several Agam Agenda team members along with contributing writers to the anthology Harvest Moon: Poems and Stories from the Edge of the Climate Crisis, will hold a panel session on writing about climate change through the lens of culture and art.
The Harvest Moon anthology is a book of poems, stories, and images on the climate crisis, by award-winning writers and photographers from all over the world. It is published by Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities and Milflores Publishing.
Panel Session: December 3, 2022, 10 – 11:30 AM @ the University of Baguio
Panelists include contributing writers to Harvest Moon:
- Gawani Domogo Gaongen, poet and environmentalist based in the mountain town of Sagada
- Dr. Joey A. Tabula, medical doctor and creative writer from Zambales
And Agam Agenda team members:
- Padma L. Perez, Lead Strategist for Creative Collaboration
- Aina de Guia Eriksson, Writer
The panel session, titled Writing in the Climate Crisis: reshaping narratives and the role of culture, will be moderated by Carissa Pobre, strategist for creative communication at the Agam Agenda.
Atang and community launch, December 4, 2022, 10:30 AM onwards @ Mt Cloud Bookshop
On Sunday, December 4, Harvest Moon will be welcomed to Baguio through a ritual offering known as Atang in the Ilocano language. We invite all in the mountains to join us.
