Alitaptap Bookshop

21/10/2025

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐇 & 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘: 𝑨𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔.

In his essay collection 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 (1877), John Burroughs wrote:

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎."

This Saturday, October 25, 2025, 4:30 PM at Perch & Pour, join us for a chill night where poems take wing and every verse finds its sky.

🎤 Open mic | 🎶 Live music | ☕ Café vibes

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01/06/2025

𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗢𝗫 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗦 | FOR SOUTH COTABATO BASED WRITERS

Muling magtitipon ang mga pluma sa isang palihang para sa pagsusulat. Sa panahong halos lahat ay ibinubunyag at ibinabandera, tatahak tayo patungo sa payapang kabundukan kung saan ang tanging tunog ay ang ihip ng hangin at huni ng kuliglig.

Dito, tayo'y maglalakbay patungo sa payapa, papalayo sa ingay, pabalik sa panulat.

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 2025 𝘚𝘖𝘟 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘢:

• 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 – 3 o higit pang piyesa
• 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 1 piyesa, walang limitasyon sa bilang ng salita
• 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 1 piyesa, walang limitasyon sa bilang ng salita

1. Maaaring magpasa sa wikang Ingles o Filipino. Kung rehiyong wika ang gamit ay maaring malakip ng salin.

2. Isang lahok lamang ang maaaring ipasa.

3. Para sa mga manunulat na nakabase sa South Cotabato, ipadala ito sa [email protected]. Maaring mag-angkop ng bionote sa pagpasa.

4. Ipadala ito bago mag 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘆𝗼 𝟮𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Pipiliin ng mga nakatalagang magscreen sa South Cot ang mga fellows mula sa probinsya nito bago opisyal na ipasa sa SWW '25 upang ianunsyo na maging ganap na fellow.

5. Sasagutin ang transportasyon, pagkain, at akomodasyon ng mga fellows sa workshop.

Sa marami katanungan at klaripikasyon ay magmensahe lamang sa Timog Literary Circle at Cotabato Literary Circle.

Para sa mga manunulat na nakabase sa ibang probinsya ng Rehiyon Dose, ay narito ang mga link:

📍𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙤 - [email protected]
📍𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙤 - [email protected]
📍𝙎𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙆𝙪𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩 - [email protected]
📍𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞 - https://forms.gle/nuURqw5h7y8SJ8ou6
📍𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 - https://tinyurl.com/yc8bptu2

Sa katahimikan, makikinig tayo.
Sa pagsasama, magtutulungan tayo.
Sa pagsulat, magpapatuloy tayo.

𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗮-𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮, 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮-𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮.

30/05/2025

SUBMIT NA! 📃 This is your time to shine, young writer! 🫶🥰

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗢𝗫 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀

Tutumbukin ng taunang Palihan para sa mga Nagsisimulang Manunulat sa SOX (SOX Writers Workshop) ang isang anino ng kontemporaryong panahon—na lahat ay subsob sa sawsawan ng isa’t-isa.

Wala nang naitatago, wala nang hindi naka-aalam, lahat ay lantad na para sa pagkonsumo ng kahit na sino. Konektado tayong lahat sa ayaw at sa gusto natin sa pandaigdigang sapot ng pananalapi ng likes, reacts, shares, at reports.

Dahil dito, ang palihan ay tutungo sa kabundukan para pagmumugin ang mga fellow ng sariwang hangin at paypayan ng hamog sa katanghaliang tapat. Walang internet, walang signal, walang sagabal. Tanging ang lamig ng ihip ng kakahuyan ang magpapakilig sa ating mga nag-aalimpuyong kalamnan. Tanging ang pagtugis natin sa init ng pinagbagang panggatong ang magsisilbing sayaw natin sa saliw ng koro ng mga kuliglig. Tatanggihan ang mga komportable para muli nating maalala ang mga tunay na may timbang sa ating unti-unting nauupos na mga kandila.

Kita-kita ay magkikita-kita para makita kita.
We will converge to commune so we can connect.

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Para sa mga nais maging 2025 SOX Writing Workshop Fellow, narito ang mga kinakailangang ipasa:

Poetry:
1. Tatlo o higit pang piyesa

Creative Fiction:
1. Isang piyesa (walang limitasyon sa bilang ng salita)

Creative Nonfiction:
1. Isang piyesa (walang limitasyon sa bilang ng salita)

Kung ang linggwaheng ginamit ay hindi English o Filipino, dapat mayroon itong kasamang salin sa English o Filipino.

Para sa pagpasa ng mga piyesa, narito ang mga email address at link na pagpapasahan base sa inyong lugar na panggagalingan:
1. South Cotabato - [email protected]
2. Cotabato - [email protected]
3. Sultan Kudarat - [email protected]
4. Sarangani - https://forms.gle/nuURqw5h7y8SJ8ou6
5. General Santos City - https://tinyurl.com/yc8bptu2

Ang huling araw ng pagpasa ay sa June 20, 2025.

Sana ay magkita-kita kita!

19/05/2025

For a year, Alitaptap Bookshop had advocated for access to books and promotion of local literature and local art.

For a year, we did multiple activities that support this advocacy. In collaborations with different organizations, we did poetry nights, zine launchings and workshops, book donation drives, literary events, pop-up activities and so much more.

We are also proud to have been of help in the founding of Masá Book Club and Timog Literary Circle. TBH, this is a lot for a year! And something to be very proud of.

But in the midst of collaborations, Alitaptap Bookshop is actually just a one-woman team at the core. With travels needed for my full-time job and other schedule demands, handling the bookshop full-time as well had been quite challenging.

So it has been decided that it's time we take a break. :) But we're still going to be around.

We're still going to:
✅ organize pop-up activities
✅ organize literary events
✅ organize zine launching-workshops
✅ meet for book club meetings

We will still be here doing collaborations. You can still message us for book availability and we will still get back to you as soon as we can. :) Yes, you can still order online.

As they say, you can't pour from an empty cup. Let us take time to fill up our cups and we will be back.

04/05/2025

✨ ALITAPTAP 1ST ANNIVERSARY ✨

More than providing access to books and encouraging love for reading, Alitaptap Bookshop also advocates for local literature. Simula nang nagbukas ang pinto ng bookshop, naging madalas na ang mga events natin bilang suporta sa mga local writers sa Soccsksargen.

Nagkaroon tayong ng poetry performances, zine making workshops, zine launching events, at pop-up events in support also of local artists and small businesses. Kasama namin sa mga events na ito ang Timog Literary Circle, Masá Book Club, at Tridax Zines.

In celebration of our first anniversary, we partnered with Kalipay Café to hold "Panaysayon sang Manunulat: Reflections, struggles, and the soul of storytelling." Nakasama natin ang writers na sina Andrea D. Lim, Hannah Adtoon Leceña, at Jade Mark Capiñanes na mga manunulat din ng SOX at nasa ibang lugar na for work and studies. Maswerte tayong makasama sila sa kanilang saglit na pag-uwi sa region 12.

Alitaptap Bookshop was created to provide a safe space for readers, writers, and artists. This is a community we're trying to build. If you wish to collaborate with us for similar events, i-message niyo lang kami. :) Together, let's build a community we can all call home.

You're welcome here! 🫶🫂

01/05/2025

✨ALITAPTAP TURNS ONE!✨

That entire year since we opened the bookshop turned out to be quite an adventure. We took the risk, not knowing what lies ahead but God gifted us with opportunities to connect and form a community.

Alitaptap Bookshop was formed with the advocacy for reading and access to books at the forefront. It continues to be that way. :)

Maraming, maraming salamat sa lahat ng naging parte ng unang taon ng Alitaptap Bookshop! Salamat sa mga kwento, tawanan, at mga mga bagong kaibigan! Magkikita-kita pa tayo.

At maraming salamat din sa bumisita at bumili ng mga libro sa ating 2-day Buy One Take One Anniversary Sale. 📖✨

Hindi pa tapos ang celebration. Kitakits bukas sa Kalipay Café para sa ating author talk "Panaysayon sang Manunulat: reflections, struggles, and the soul of storytelling". Come, celebrate with us! 🎉🫶

30/04/2025

Ikaw ba ay isang manunulat, g**o, librarian, o cultural worker mula sa SOCCSKSARGEN? May kilala ka bang kabataang manunulat na nangangailangan ng gabay at suporta? O bahagi ka ba ng organisasyong naghahanap ng paraan para linangin ang talento ng mga kabataan sa pagsulat?

Tara, magtulungan tayo sa paghubog ng susunod na henerasyon ng mga manunulat mula sa SOX!

Panahon na para isagawa ang SOX Writers Workshop ngayong Hunyo 20 hanggang 24! Magsama-sama tayo upang ihatid ang de-kalidad na pagsasanay sa mga batang manunulat at hikayatin silang matuto mula sa mga pinakamahusay sa industriya.

30/04/2025

YOU'RE INVITED! ✨

Panaysayon sang Manunulat: Reflections, Struggles, and Soul of Storytelling
May 2, 2025 | 1:00 PM onwards
Kalipay Café

Calling all budding writers in SOCCSKSARGEN! Join us for an inspiring afternoon of stories and conversations with award-winning writers Jade Mark Capiñanes (for creative nonfiction), Andrea D. Lim (for poetry), and Hannah Adtoon Leceña (for fiction).

Listen to their journeys—their challenges, triumphs, and the heart behind their craft. Whether you’re starting out or simply passionate about writing, this is your chance to connect, learn, and be inspired.

FREE ENTRY!
Bring your friends, support local artists and literature, and enjoy great coffee—just don’t forget to order from the café.

Let’s celebrate storytelling together!🫶📖

28/04/2025

✨ PANAYSAYON SANG MANUNULAT: Reflections, struggles, and the soul of storytelling ✨

📅 MAY 2, 2025, FRIDAY
⏰ 1PM onwards
📌 Kalipay Café
‼️ADMISSION IS FREE. Just order food and drinks 🥰

We will be inviting three local award-winning writers to share their stories writing poetry, fiction, and non-fiction! (Writer reveal soon! 😉)

So if you're a budding writer or just someone really interested in reading and writer, tara magkita-kita tayo sa Kalipay Cafe on Friday!

This event is a collaboration project between Alitaptap Bookshop, Masá Book Club, and Timog Literary Circle.

SEE YOU THERE! ✨

27/04/2025

✨ Happy 1st Anniversary, Alitaptap Bookshop! ✨

To celebrate, may pa-BUY ONE, TAKE ONE kami on all books from April 30 to May 1, 2025!

📚 Pick any 2 books, pay for the higher-priced one, and get the other FREE!

Tara na sa bookshop! 🥰
Support local, support stories!

Alitaptap Bookshop
Romil Bldg., Zulueta St., Koronadal City
(fronting St. Anthony Furniture Shop)

26/04/2025

Are you the type who digs the classics? ✨️📚

We got a few titles for you to choose from. Send us a message!

Alitaptap Bookshop
Romil Bldg., Zulueta St., Koronadal City
(fronting St. Anthony Furniture Shop)

21/04/2025

A young boy, probably 8 to 9 years old, came to the bookshop today. He was handing out his palm asking for money. And then he looked around, saw the books and asked what this place was. "Ano na diri, te? School ni siya?"

When I told him we sell books and he can also read the books on display, he asked "Pila pud magbasa te?". I told him it's free! People here read for free and you only pay if you want to buy the books and take home.

He then shared he has a younger sibling, currently in Grade 3 in Brgy. Morales. When asked if he is also studying, he said no. "Bulos-bulos lang kami", saying education for him and his sibling is taken in turns. It's his sibling's turn now.

"Pirmi lang man ga-away away to sa balay." It's worth noting that the kid wasn't even in the shop for five minutes and I didn't ask questions relating to his domestic situations but he felt like he wanted and needed to share. He wasn't even soliciting sympathy, he was just sharing very casually.

He can read, he said. I took an illustrated copy of Thomas and Friends book and showed him. He seemed to like it. I gave him the book and he was very quick to say thank you before he sped off excitedly.

I didn't even have the chance to ask his name. But thank you for the trust in sharing your story, young kid. I hope you liked the book and I hope you come back to read more. You're welcome here.

And I hope someday it will be your turn, too, in school and in life.

Basa lang nga basa. 📚📖