(From left) Former University of Santo Tomas (UST) Publishing House Director John Jack G. Wigley; poet Vijae Orquia Alquisola; playwright Em Mendez; poet and essayist Alice Sun-Cua; UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (UST CCWLS) Director Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo; UST CCWLS fellow Ned Parfan; playwright Liza C. Magtoto; UST Publishing House Director Ma. Ailil B. Alvarez; Rev. Fr. Jesus M. Miranda Jr., O.P.; UST Publishing House Deputy Director Fermin Yabut; UST CCWLS Deputy Director Ralph Semino Galan and fellows Chuckberry Pascual and Dawn Laurente Marfil; Paul Castillo; and event host Ron Biñas pose for photos at the conclusion of the UST Publishing House Grand Book Launch on May 9. (Photo by Alvin I. Dacanay)
THE University of Santo Tomas (UST) Publishing House formally launched earlier this month the last book of a recently deceased National Artist for Literature and 17 others published last year in an annual event that reasserted its goal to become the Philippines’ “publisher of choice.”