Archive for April, 2005
A passion for books and press freedom
By Wilson Lee Flores
BULL MARKET, BULL SHEET
The Philippine STAR 04/18/2005
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
– Dutch humanist and writer Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Is the pen really mightier than the sword… what about against shotguns? Can promoting book reading and untrammeled press freedom help [...]
Five journalists plunge into the book business
ON A WING and a prayer. That was the spirit that bound five journalists when they plunged into the business of selling new and read books, says Inday Espina Varona, editor of the Philippine Graphic.
“We’ve been talking about it. Usapang panaginip lang (dream talk),” she says of the bookshop they call “Bound” that opened March [...]