India, Nov. 21 -- What makes Filipino literature unique in the global literary landscape?

Our people's story is one of enormous suffering and sacrifice, but also of survival; occasionally we achieve sublimity. Because of our diaspora, we are now all over the world, and are both changing and being changed by that world.

How do you see the current state of Philippine literature in English? What are the economic factors that drive it?

It's alive and well, even robust, from the writing end. New authors and works are constantly emerging, especially in genres like speculative fiction, young adult, and graphic novels. Our exposure at the Frankfurt Bookmesse (FBM) and the contacts we make here can only encourage more literary production in Eng...