Cultural storytelling experience featuring kamayan dinner and halo-halo bar for International Exchange Week, facilitated by Nastasha Alli

Tabled works by members, event featured over 30+ vendors from Filipinx owned local businesses

Panel talk at the San Francisco Public Library on Filipino-Canadian community and literature

Featured author readings for Reuniting with Strangers by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Double Melancholy by CE Gatchalian, and more

Author reading by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez from her debut novel Celestina’s House, published under Dundurn Press

Panel talk at the San Francisco Public Library on Filipino-Canadian community and literature

Gathering of Filipinx/a/o zinesters, makers and artists, organized by Ka Collective for Ka-Artehan, a monthly artist drop-in

Panel talk with organizers of the Filipino-Canadian Book Festival on the importance of literary festivals for our communities

First literary arts-focused festival showcasing a range of works by artists in the local Filipino/a/x diaspora, featuring author readings, a publishing panel, youth showcase, a writing workshop, and hands-on cultural and children’s activities.

Gina Apostol speaks with writer and researcher Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio about La Tercera, a story about what seems impossible—capturing the truth of the past—and the terrible cost to a family, or a country, that fails to try. Q&A and book signing to follow.

Industry-focused workshop facilitated by Nastasha Alli to deepen understanding of Philippine ingredients, dishes, and their origins; storytelling techniques to convey ideas, history, and intention

Post-screening conversation on the sacrifices, resilience, and impacts of coming from immigrant or refugee families and how youth are affected

Featuring performance by Eric Tigley for launch of Record Pause Play

Featuring readings from members published in the first literary anthology by and for the Filipino-Canadian community, with 49 contributors across the country

Featuring book signing and meet and greet with komiks author Motzie Dapul

Tabled works by collective members, in celebration of Filipino Heritage Month

Panel talk with local writers including member Therese Estacion

Presentation on “Marketing Culinary Tourism Experiences to Balikbayan Travellers” facilitated by Nastasha Alli

Featuring author readings by contributing members including Justine Abigail-Yu, founder of Living Hyphen