Book Development Association of the Philippines

16/09/2025

Some photos from ARF-MNL2025. Enjoy! See you again next year.

11/09/2025

Fab pictures of the second day of ARF-MNL2025 from the NBDB!

10/09/2025

The NBDB gave the ARF-MNL2025 a.bit of culture today. Looked like they enjoyed. 🇵🇭

10/09/2025

The first day of the rights marketplace at ARF-MNL 2025 was a blast. DepEd Asec. Cilette Liboro Co visited the MIBF2025 today and the rights fair.. She met a few of the international delegates, including and ASEAN Book Publishers Association President Shake Faisal. It was pretty special. 😊

09/09/2025

09/09/2025

A few photos from the last couple of days. We learned a lot, had fun, too. Of course, we're posting more photos later. Thank you to everyone who came to the ARF-MNL seminars. We're doing the rights selling in the coming couple of days! See you at the Rights Marketplace at the second floor of the MIBF!

09/09/2025

NBDB Press Release
08 September 2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿-𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴

Manila, Philippines – The National Book Development Board (NBDB), the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), and Primetrade Asia, Inc. opened the second Asian Rights Fair–Manila (ARF-MNL) 2025 today, 8 September, at the SMX Convention Center.

Under the theme Archipelago of Stories, the ARF-MNL is the first of its kind in the country, bringing together publishers, agents, and industry leaders from across Asia and beyond to explore translation opportunities, rights exchanges, and regional collaborations. It follows the Philippine publishing industry’s renewed efforts to strengthen ties within Asia, and comes as the country prepares to be Guest of Honour at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest book fair.

In her welcome remarks, NBDB Executive Director and Philippines as Guest of Honour Project Co-Director Charisse Aquino-Tugade emphasized the importance of stories crossing borders, noting that while “a Malaysian reader may rarely encounter Philippine works, and a Filipino student may not know the powerful voices from Indonesia, Thailand, or Central Asia, these stories—our stories—deserve to be shared.”

READ: https://books.gov.ph/the-asian-rights-fair-manila-returns-for-its-second-edition-urging-stronger-regional-ties-in-publishing/

05/09/2025

The doors of the are closed on Sept 8 and 9, unless you have a golden ticket to the seminars of the of the ASIAN Rights Fair-Manila! Meet some of the best minds of publishing in Asia (and beyond!). Don't pass this opportunity to pick their brain and learn from them.

ARF-MNL25 is presented by the Book Development Association of the Philippines, the National Book Development Board, and Primetrade Asia, Inc.

22/07/2025

Hello, Asia! Guess what's coming.

10/07/2025

We had the BDAP board meeting a couple of days ago. Our guests for that meeting were Tinette Capistrano of Primetrade Asia and Elite Creative Agency.of Thailand. Yup, we're up to something
Watch out for it!

27/05/2025

Congratulations, Adarna House !

CONGRATULATIONS!

We proudly celebrate the remarkable achievement of this year’s ARF Distinguished Award (ASEAN Children's Illustrated Titles) and the Special Mention titles from Southeast Asia region!

This prestigious recognition honours outstanding storytelling and illustration for children across the Southeast Asian region and this year’s selected titles has truly captured hearts and imaginations.

A big round of applause from all of us to the publishers and the talented creators behind this award-winning titles!