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Best Reads from the Philippines at the 3rd Asian Festival of Children's Content

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!
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  1. jersJune 8, 2012 at 8:20 PM

    Congrats Tarie and the rest of the Phil. delegates!

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  2. Tarie SabidoJune 9, 2012 at 2:01 PM

    Jerson, please attend the AFCC one year! It's really worth it. ~^o^~

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  3. jersJune 9, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    May it be next year's AFCC!

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