Because we love our publisher, Karina Bolasco
The usual suspects, from left: Ambeth Ocampo (Rizal Without The Overcoat, Looking Back), Karina, Nestor Pagulayan, Tina Cuyugan (Forbidden Fruit), RayVi Sunico, Ige Ramos (who’s designed many of our books), me (Twisted).
Karina Bolasco, publisher, dear friend, and keeper of the flame of literature, retired last month after 35 years with Anvil Publishing and National Bookstore. Under her watch Anvil became the preeminent publisher of contemporary Filipino literature and writing on popular culture. My books could not have been published without Karina’s trust and guidance. Seriously, you look at my writing, who’s going to buy that? But Karina saw something in it and took a chance, and because of her I am a published author.
Tina and I organized dinner for Karina last week at Tapenade in Discovery Primea. We invited our regular dinner group and ate a ton of oysters. I expect this is the first of many appreciation dinners and lunches for the woman who invented our book publishing careers.
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