WVSU holds Booklatan sa Bayan 2014

Booklatan sa Bayan- a regional writing and publishing conference that seeks out to reach communities to promote readership and book development was held at the Center for Teaching Excellence  on September 24 to 25, 2014.

Aside from the event that was held in the CTE, the organizers also put up a Book Fair at the Administration Building. With the theme “The book publishing supply chain and the academic perspective,” the National Book Development Board (NBDB) prepared speakers with designated topics on Authorship and Publishing in the University, Writing and Publishing Venues for Young and Aspiring Writers, New Technologies in Book Publishing, Highlighting Literature and Local Books in the Curriculum, Forming a Book Club and Other Ways to Increase Readership in the Community, and Copyright 101. Workshops on book designing and storytelling were also tackled.

Students, professors, supervisors, librarians, publishers, and editors of different schools and universities in Iloilo were the participants in the said event.

NBDB highly encourages more people to join and exchange ideas that would greatly help in upgrading the skills of budding writers and educators.

Participants from the College of Communication coming on an early morning for the registration.

(L-R) Dr. Luis A. Abioda, Dr. Luis M. Sorolla, Dr. Isagani Cruz, Graciela Cayton.

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