UST Publishing House

16/07/2025

15/07/2025

The UST Publishing House (USTPH) announces the FIRST BATCH of new releases for the third quarter of the year, leading up to SINAG 2025, the annual USTPH grand book launch to be held in September. Follow us for updates on these seventeen new titles, authors’ events, and book signing schedules. More titles are coming soon!

11/07/2025

Thank you, Rolling Stone Philippines, for including Juggernaut by Alyza Taguilaso in this list.

In a culture where fatherhood is often defined by silence and strength, these 10 Philippine books open up space for vulnerability, reflection, and deeper understanding

26/06/2025

“Channeling her personal and professional turmoils, Taguilaso combines her roles as poet and healthcare worker into a collection that makes for a gripping read.”

Thank you, The Varsitarian, for featuring 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵
by Alyza Taguilaso.

𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 is available at the UST Bookstore, and on our Lazada and Shopee online stores:

🔖 tinyurl.com/3s8jchhf
🔖 tinyurl.com/jzcark6r

Existential woes take center stage in “Juggernaut,” a poetry collection that examines the complex, messy beauty of being human, authored by a surgeon, Alyza Taguilaso.

READ: https://varsitarian.net/literary/20250625/poet-surgeon-explores-complex-humanity-in-poetry-collection-juggernaut

26/05/2025

Alyza Taguilaso officially launched her debut poetry collection, 𝒥𝓊𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓊𝓉. The event was held at Greyhound Cafe in Eastwood Mall last Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The launch also featured performances from Leandro Reyes, King Llanza, Tin Lao, Kid Orit, Mikael de Lara Co, Alfonso Manalastas, Simone Sales, and Jasmine Gardosi.

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Copies of the book are available at the UST Bookstore, and on our Lazada and Shopee online stores:

🔖 tinyurl.com/3s8jchhf
🔖 tinyurl.com/jzcark6r

15/05/2025

Looking for something to do next week?

Alyza Taguilaso’s 𝙅𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩 will officially be launched on May 21, 2025 at 7:00PM at the Greyhound Cafe, Eastwood branch.

Catch special performances by Leandro Reyes; King Llanza; Tin Lao; Kid Orit; Mikael de Lara Co; Alfonso Manalastas; Simone Sales; and Jasmine Gardosi.

Don’t miss out, visit us and grab a copy from our stall on May 21st.

See you there!

✨Book Launch! ✨

Join us for the book launch of Juggernaut, a poetry collection by Alyza Taguilaso, published by UST Publishing House 🚨

📍 Greyhound Café, Eastwood
🗓️ 7PM

 With featured performances by:
✨ Leandro Reyes
✨ King Llanza
✨ Tin Lao
✨ Kid Orit
✨ Mikael de Lara Co
✨ Alfonso Manalastas
✨ Simone Sales
✨ Jasmine Gardosi

29/04/2025

Thank you, Tatler Asia, for listing the UST Publishing House as one of the notable publishing houses in the Philippines!

Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/52r4ptj8

Check out our titles and upcoming releases at the UST Bookstore and on our online bookstores on Lazada and Shopee:

📚lazada.com.ph/shop/ust-publishing-house
📚shopee.ph/ustpublishinghouse

Explore Filipino printing houses for new authors to publish their creative works and enter the national literary scene

28/04/2025

Congratulations to USTPH author Joel Toledo (𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦, 2023) for being awarded as this year’s Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Poetry in English (Tula sa Ingles).

The Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas is awarded by Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), the country’s largest organization of Filipino writers, to Filipino writers with significant contributions to Philippine literature. The UMPIL Congress was held on April 26, 2025, at Gimenez Gallery, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

Copies of 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 are available at the UST Bookstore and online through the following links:

🔖tinyurl.com/vwatth4z
🔖tinyurl.com/bdebfuhw

11/04/2025

Here’s another review of 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵!

The Filipino Shelf’s 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 Creative Book Tour concludes today. Check out all the other reviews of 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 on The Filipino Shelf’s instagram page: instagram.com/thefilipinoshelf

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Copies of the book are available at the UST Bookstore, and on our Lazada and Shopee online stores:

🔖 tinyurl.com/3s8jchhf
🔖 tinyurl.com/jzcark6r

03/04/2025

Award-winning playwright and USTPH author Maynard Manansala (𝘛𝘢𝘰 𝘗𝘰, 2024) revisited his humble beginnings in playwriting, and discussed the inspiration and creation process behind 𝘛𝘢𝘰 𝘗𝘰, one of his most notable works, during his talk, titled “Center Stage: Ang Iba’t Ibang Mukha ni Juan sa Entablado.” The forum is the third installment of the “MaKathAklatan: An Author Lecture Series, and was held last March 27, 2025, at the St. Raymund de Peñafort building.

Shedding light on the dark realities of EJK victims through a series of monologues, Manansala recalls: “Ganito ang proseso na pinagdaanan sa pagtatangka na mabigyan ng mukha sa entablado ang libo-libong Juan, Juanang nanghihingi ng pagkatao sa mundo … Ito ang espasyo at oras para kilalanin ang mukha ng iba’t ibang Juan o Juana lampas sa kanilang anyo, kulay, at kilalanin ang mga namumunting kuwento sa ilalim ng mga ito.”

Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/36bvc3zs

𝘛𝘢𝘰 𝘗𝘰 is available at the UST Bookstore and online through the following links:

Lazada: tinyurl.com/y3tetyya
Shopee: tinyurl.com/y883n25c

WRITERS SHOULD always undertake meticulous research and immersion when crafting stories laced with advocacy, an award-winning playwright said. In his lecture titled “Center Stage: Ang Iba’t Ibang Mukha ni Juan sa Entablado,” playwright Maynard Manansala recounted his close encounters with the ...

28/03/2025

𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟪–𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟫 revisits and transcends the traditional renditions of St. Thomas More's life and career and focuses on the underside of this lecture series where innovative insights emerge given the richness of the lectures' individual contexts. The new and meaningful ideas inspired by this lecture series bridge gaps between the cultures and times of St. Thomas More and contemporary Philippine society. A focus on More's ideas by the individual lecturers on education, religion, politics and governance, business, the environment, and national development, international relations, and the arts and the evolution of national culture affirms that despite diversity and difference between cultures cutting across time and/or cultures evolving in history, a shared humanity and the assertion of Christian values prevail.

𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴, 𝘐𝘤𝘰𝘯: 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢, 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, & 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 offers a scholarly yet accessible exploration of Vilma Santos’ extensive body of work, focusing primarily on her achievements in cinema while also acknowledging her vital contributions to television and public service. The essays in this volume analyze her most significant performances, highlighting their cultural and social relevance. This book pays tribute to her remarkable contributions to Philippine cinema and beyond. Santos’s films have consistently achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. In her more daring roles, she has delivered bold, original, and often controversial performances—works that are not only entertaining but deeply thought-provoking.

Venerated for its virtuosity and verve, Cirilo F. Bautista’s landmark 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 towers as the single most important achievement in twentieth-century Philippine anglophone poetry. Bringing together his epics Archipelago, Telex Moon and Sunlight on Broken Stones, this peerless and demanding masterwork showcases the late literary titan at his best: musical in movement, cerebral in diction, mythological in expanse, and muscular in his lyricism. These sweeping epics catapult from Manila to the metaphysical, and sail across history from Magellan to Martial Law. Illuminated by a critical introduction by Ronald Baytan, may this new edition invite the next generation of readers into Bautista’s dazzling imagination and language, towards our nation’s “Bright sign, bright age.”

These titles are now available at the UST Bookstore and online through the following links:

🛍️ lazada.com.ph/shop/ust-publishing-house/
🛍️ shopee.ph/ustpublishinghouse