The Great Book Project

11/05/2023

As a comic book and mythology enthusiast, Nathan B. Gumba can proudly say that he has toured every world the multiverse of imagination has to offer. Nothing is too weird for this guy—one minute, he could be writing about vigilantes lurking in shadows, and the next, talking dogs in speedos (he has made a mental note to revisit this particular idea soon). Whether a poem anthology or a book series, Nathan’s versatility and passion help him tackle any writing project he puts his mind to.

Nathan is also into music—he’s the lead guitarist, co-vocalist, and co-songwriter of two bands he formed with friends, and was a member of his school’s all-male school acapella group. Currently, he’s on Soundcloud under the name Nate G, and he uploads original songs on a semi-regular basis.

Nathan’s ready to make his mark in the canvas of creativity.

Watch out, world.

05/04/2023

Kalmado, pino at mahinahon... Ikaw na nga...

Pluma’t Rosas: Tatlumpu’t Isang Tula ng Pag-ibig, Pait at Pagpapanibago is now available at any 8letters website. Grab a copy now!

Just check these links below:

Physical book:

8letters bookstore websites: https://www.8lettersbooks.com/shop/plumat-rosas-tatlumput-isang-tula-ng-pag-ibig-pait-at-pagpapanibago-shierney-reterta-31letters/

EPub version:
Gumroad: https://eightlettersbooks.gumroad.com/l/drsji

27/02/2023

17/02/2023

Congratulations, Louie!

Cover design by yours truly :)

📚 C O M I N G S O O N 📚

𝖠 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝖢𝖺𝗎𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖪𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝖺.
𝖠 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾.
𝖠 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗀.
𝖠 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗁𝖾𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗍𝗈𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝖼𝗎𝖻𝗂𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗌𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.
𝖠 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖽𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖻𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗂𝖼.
𝖠 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗁. 𝖠 𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗀𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙬.

This is Hezekiah Louie Zaraspe's 𝕿𝖎𝖐𝖎𝖒, a short story collection you don't know you need.

This is something to crave and we are excited to share this with you.

Reserve your copy at www.8lettersbooks.com/

06/02/2023

05/02/2023

My Debut Novel in Filipino, “Ang Maghuhurno" —
serving as historical and theological markers while…

Book launch on 18 Feb 2023, 4:00 PM on Facebook, livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/8lettersbooks . All novel enthusiasts are…

21/08/2022

Welcome to the Philippine International Comics Online Festival !

Join us for our opening weekend!

September 3, 2022 | Saturday |10AM
PONYANG HALOBAYBAY'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY with Ian Velasquez (Philippines). “Ponyang Halobaybay” is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Created in 1932 by the Father of PH Komiks, Tony Velasquez, Ponyang is one of our earliest komiks characters who appeared in the pages of Liwayway Magazine alongside Kenkoy. Ian Velasquez will talk about the character's history and significance in today's pop culture landscape.

September 3, 2022 | Saturday | 2PM
FERNGESPRÄCH: ABOUT MOTHERS & MONSTERS with Sheree Domingo (Germany). Fil-German creator Sheree Domingo talks about her graphic novel “Ferngespräch” (“Long Distance Call”) and her future book “Madame Choi & die Monster” (“Madame Choi & the Monsters”) which is a collaboration with the author Patrick Spät. “Long Distance Call” is a half-autobiographical, half-fictional story that combines the topics of Filipino labor migration, care work, and loneliness in old age. While “Madame Choi & the Monsters” is about the abduction of the famous South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, and her husband the director Shin Sang-ok and the production of the giant monster movie “Pulgasari”. She also talks about the comic life in Germany.

September 3, 2022 | Saturday | 5PM
THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF FILIPINO KOMIKS with Tristan Lapoussiere (France). Join Tristan Lapoussiere as he shares his research and collection on Filipino comics from 1946 to the early 2000s, with an emphasis on bibliographical data and publication history. Tristan will enumerate the first steps towards creating a digital archive of Filipino comics classics.

FREE REGISTRATION HERE: https://bit.ly/picof2022

SUPPORT FILIPINO KOMIKS, BUY HERE: http://bit.ly/komiketbookstore

is organized by Komiket and supported by the National Book Development Board - Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Department of Information and Communications Technology - DICT, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, IPOPHL-Bureau of Copyright and Related Rights, Wacom Philippines, and kumu.

31/03/2022

THIRD WORLD POWER by JV Tanjuatco and Jim N. Jimenez
An Official Selection of the 2021 Philippine International Comics Festival
NOW OPEN FOR PRE-ORDERS!

Synopsis: In the mean streets of Manila, Deos is a street kid trying to survive. But when caught in the middle of a drug bust, and televised for the whole world to see, Deos absorbs the collective anger of the Filipino people, and becomes the first super hero in the entire world! But does this super-powered boy have what it takes to solve all of our third world problems?

PRE-ORDER HERE: http://bit.ly/picofofficialselection

29/03/2022

< CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS>

We are looking for fresh stories that would qualify as ! You may submit for any of the following sub-genres:
🛸 Hard Scifi
🛸 Soft Scifi
🛸 Space Opera
🛸 Military Science
🛸 Steampunk
🛸 Cyberpunk
🛸 Apocalyptic Fiction
🛸 Parallel Worlds
🛸 Dystopian Fiction
🛸 Mecha
🛸 Scifi Romance

Word Count: 2000-3000
Language: English, Filipino, or both
Format: Word file, Times New Roman, font size 12, and must include a synopsis and author bio
File name: _
Example: Fate of a Distant Future_RenatoTranquilino

Submit your stories on or before APRIL 30, 2022 to [email protected] with the subject PINOYSCIFI. Don't forget to attach your story to the body of your email.

P.S. We will prioritize authors who have followed the format and have submitted carefully written cover letters. :D

Good luck and may the Force be with you!