Pampanga Plays Host to TABOAN: Philippine Writers Festival 2012
This year's Taboan: Philippine Writers Festival is happening in Clark, Pampanga, from February 9 – 11, 2012.
National Artists for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, Bienvenido Lumbera, and F. Sionil Jose will join writers Butch Dalisay, Aida Rivera Ford, Charlson Ong, and many more poets, playwrights, fictionists, and novelists from different parts of the country who will converge in Fontana Leisure Park for a conference, book bazaar, and, for the first time in the history of Taboan, a food-and-culture tour. Other notable events include a zarzuela performance and the Taboan Awards & Cultural Night, both of which will be hosted by Systems Plus College Foundation (SPCF) in Balibago, Angeles City. Visit the official website at taboanfestival2012.blogspot.com to find out more.
Led by Kapampangan literature specialist Dr. Juliet Mallari and NCLA head Chancellor Priscilla Macansantos, the Taboan in Pampanga has partnered with Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and Systems Plus College Foundation (SPCF) to welcome the literary luminaries to the festival. Also among the festival's supporters are the Pampanga Capitol, the City Government of Angeles, LIKHAAN: The UP Institute of Creative Writing, UP College of Arts and Letters, TIPCO, San Miguel Corporation, SM Clark, Pampanga's Best, GVAM 792 Naglilingkod sa Bayan, and Gintung Pakpak Eco Park.
Taboan is one of the seven flagship projects of the NCCA for the Philippine Arts Festival (PAF) which is held every February in celebration of the National Arts Month in pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed in 1991
NCCA is led by its chairman Felipe de Leon Jr. and OIC-executive director Adelina Suemith.
For more details on the activities and schedules, contact PAF Media Director and NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) head, Rene Sanchez Napenas at (632) 527-2192 or 0928-5081057, or PAF Festival Manager, Vanessa Nicolas at 0918-6380412. Log on to www.ncca.gov.ph or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.
