Leo@fergusrules.com, by Arne Tangherlini is the current Book of the Month selection.
Tangherlini’s book on cyberspace fantasy reflects the pains of crossing the bridge between childhood and adolescence.[ More]
Philippine Social History: Global Trade and Local Transformations, leads this week’s BiblioFilesselections. This book explores topics such as slave labor, underdevelopment, rent capitalism, debt bondage, share tenancy and colonialism.[ More]
Filipiniana
We added new photos to our Retrato section. Visit the gallery foyer to see the latest additions. Included in this update are rare photos of The faces of Mayon Volcano.
This month we feature”Follow the leader” in ourEssays section. Taken from the book”Kayamanan: Mai-Panoramas of Philippine Primeval”, by Gabriel S. Casal. [More]
Ayala Reading Room
The Tenth Insight is a sequel to The Celestine Prophecy. It is an adventure parable, an attempt to illustrate the ongoing spiritual transformation that is occurring at this time. [More]
Ayala employees who are members of the Reading Room can click here to borrow this book. Non-members can read this and other titles by paying a fee of Php 50.00 at the door.
Events
The library will host an Open Forum on “Writing for Teens” on August 19, Saturday, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The open forum will feature Rayvi Sunico of Cacho Publishing and well-known writer Carla Pacis who will answer what you need to know about writing fiction for teenagers. Admission fee is P50 only.
# Booksale at the Library.
From August 23 to 25, the Library will be selling second-hand books
at unbelievable low prices. Libros Filipinos Bookshop will also be having a month-long sale of all Filipiniana titles beginning
August 23.
E-mail events@fillib.org.ph to register.
Exhibit
On August 17, the Alcove Photo Gallery for black-and-white photography opens an exhibit by
Ma. Lourdes Paguyo entitled,
“In Between Shedding Skin.”
Beginning September 7, the Alcove features the works of Nico Sepe in a one-man exhibit entitled “Trees.”
InterWeave: Filipinos Helping Filipinos
FHL, together with the Ayala Foundation’s Ayala Museum, Center for Social Development, and Center of Excellence (CENTEX) reaches out to kind hearts who wish to address the country’s educational and environmental concerns. Through InterWeave, people who want to help can make donations online. Learn how you can send children to school, enrich students’ appreciation of their history and culture, give books to libraries and schools, or provide aid to reforestation programs. [ More]
FHL Opens the Alcove
Join us when we open The Alcove, a pocket gallery for black-and-white photographs, with its first exhibit entitled Vistas de Filipinas: Churches 1864-1974. [More]
IBM Pro/3000 Scanner at the Filipinas Heritage Library
What can this high-tech digital imaging technology do for you? Click here for our fact sheet. An online reservation form is also available here should you wish to avail of our services, or simply to take a look at this special scanner.
FHL in the Philippine Web Awards
The Library’s home page and Filipiniana webpage vie for the Philippine Web Awards, which honors the best Filipino-created Web sites for the year. [ More]
The Library in 1998
Click here for a peek at our Annual Report.
Previous News Articles
FHL in the Philippine Web Awards
Libraries Link!
Microsoft Donates Softwares and Licenses to FHL
Ayala Cares
News articles on the Library from Ayala Cares, the Ayala Foundation newsletter, are also available on this site. Filipinas Heritage Library Leads ASEAN in Using Hi-tech Digital Imaging
Libros Filipinos Bookshop Joins the Ayala eCenter
Libros Filipinos Bookshops Goes to LifeWorks in Alabang
Katutubo: The Indigenous CD-ROM
Lecture on Ancient Script Kicks Off Lantay na Pinoy
Here Comes Bohemia
Electronic Facelift