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Covering the cultural beat

The arts and culture section of a publication, whether print, broadcast or online, may seem to reflect the lighter side of things. But as the panelists, all young bloggers, in “Writing to the Beat: Specialized Reporting for Arts and Culture” at the Philippine Readers and Writers Festival held at The Raffles Hotel in Makati showed, the cultural is also the political and invested with a nation’s soul, including resistance versus the Establishment.

Covering the cultural beat

When word weavers gather

The turnout at the recent three-day Philippine Readers and Writers Festival at The Raffles Makati was all the evidence needed to show that the written word is alive, well and living in this country. It can be said that published authors are the new rock stars as their readers, mostly youngsters, lined up to have copies of their books signed and took selfies.

When word weavers gather