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Happy New Year, Fam and Friends! (Yes, we know it’s already March…) Just a few things to keep you all posted about. Here are pictures from the Filipinx American History Month last October 2022. Authors Kirby Araullo, Marielle Atanacio, and Angel Trazo joined us as panelists to talk about our various publishing journeys. Local residentsContinue reading “Sawaga River Press Greets 2023”

Hello Friends and Fam, It has really been a while since our last update so we’ll try to make it up with a somewhat longer than usual update. This shouldn’t be too hard as October is the Filipinx American History Month (FAHM), the best month ever! Here’s to celebrating our joys and contributions and historiesContinue reading “Sawaga River Press Celebrates Our Collective Memories”

Happy February, Everyone! Spring is (prematurely) here and our almond, peach, nectarine, pear trees are in bloom. They’re pretty! We’re switching back to this blog after realizing that we’d like to share many events that are happening but they’re not specific to the Mungan book. So here we are again! We started the year withContinue reading “Sawaga River Press Discusses Decolonizing Children’s Book Publishing + Other New 2022 Year Events and Updates”

Happy New Year, Sawaga River Press Supporters! As we dive deep into the work of publishing our next book, Mungan And Her Lola, we invite you to follow us at our Mungan blog: https://munganandherlola.wordpress.com/ We will switch back to this blog when the Mungan book comes out, hopefully this Fall 2022. See you!

Happy Fall, Friends, Family, and Kapwa! I am so excited to share with you the campaign for our new picture book, Mungan and Her Lola! This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of how a young Filipina girl lovingly uses Filipino rituals of care to help her grandmother recover from grief and sadness.  Click here to visit ourContinue reading “Support Our New Sawaga River Press Book!”

Dear Friends, How did this happen??? Half of the year has gone–it’s summer already!– and we’ve not posted any updates! What have we been doing? A few things here and there. Mainly, I’ve been focusing on writing picture book since I joined this year’s 12×12 challenge (to write one picture book story each month). Briefly,Continue reading “June 2021 Update”

Happy New Year, Friends! I realize as I write this that it’s already FEBRUARY!!! So here we are. Corona virus is still wreaking havoc and we’re still being asked to do our part by avoiding large gatherings, especially indoors, practicing social distancing, and wearing masks. In the midst of this pandemic and all other unsavoryContinue reading “Happy New Year 2021 Update”

Hello, Friends, It’s the end of October! How did time fly so fast? Our last post was in July! I found a draft for our August post and it went something like this: “August is about to end. What a month it has been! What a year it continues to be. We thought it couldn’tContinue reading “October 2020 Update: Fil-Am History Month”

Hello, Friends and Family, We hope you’re still keeping yourselves healthy during this pandemic while finding ways to show your solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement towards the abolition of our racist systems and creation of life-affirming systems of care. Just a quick check-in since our last post in May. In June, we pledgedContinue reading “July 2020: Supporting the BLM Movement and the Bukidnon Lumad Artists”

Hi, Friends, We hope you’re all staying healthy and sane while sheltering in place! In the midst of this pandemic, we have some good news. Last month, we shared that we’re one of the three finalists for the Benjamin Franklin Award by the Independent Book Publishers Association. Well, we won the GOLD! It’s a crazyContinue reading “May 2020: Awards + Readings”