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| The winner of the 39th Gintong Aklat Awards for the Food category is the Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary (PFCDD) of Edgie Polistico. |
Every year, the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) accepts nominations for the Gintong Aklat Awards in the following categories: Literature in Filipino, Literature in English, Arts & Humanities, Food, Natural Science, Social Science, Science and Technology, and Inspirational and Self-Help.
Also for this year, the "Book Design" category is again introduced for the applicant contenders to vie for, which seems to antagonize the famous proverb "don't judge a book by its cover." Lo and behold, the face cover will now win a prestigious award.
For this year's 39th Gintong Aklat Awards, the winners are:
Arts & Humanities
Winner - Bamboo Whispers: Poetry of the Mangyan
Editors - Lolita Delgado Fansler, Quintin Pastrana, Raena Abella, and Emily Catapang
Publisher - The Bookmark Inc.
Food
Winner - The Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary
Author: Edgie Polistico
Publisher: Anvil Publishing Inc.
Natural and Applied Science
Winner - Fr. Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas (5th edition)
Author - Fr. Manuel Blanco
Editor - Domingo Madulid
Publisher - Vibal Foundation Inc.
Science and Technology
Winner - Science Philippines: Essays on Science by Filipinos, Volume IV
Editor - Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion
Publisher - University of the Philippines Press
Authors - Queena Lee-Chua, Lourdes Joy Galvez Tan, Melissa R. Garabiles, Ma. Tonirose de Guzman-Mactal, and Mary Jane Bergado-Flores
Publisher - Anvil Publishing Inc.
Social Science
Winner - Imagined Communities
Author - Benedict Anderson
Publisher - Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Authors - Senator Edgardo J. Angara and Carlos Madrid
Publisher - Vibal Foundation, Inc.
Literature in English
Winner - Aimless Walk, Faithful River / The Poet Learns to Dance (The Dancer Learns to Write a Poem): Poems
Author - Simeon Dumdum Jr.
Publisher - Ateneo De Manila University Press
Author - V.J. Campilan
Publisher - Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Literature in Filipino
Author - Alan Navarra
Publisher - Visprint, Inc.
Author - Allan N. Derrain
Publisher - Ateneo De Manila University Press
Winner - Sacada: A Catalog of Commodities From A Period Of Glorious Tumult
Author - Alan Navarra
Publisher - Visprint, Inc.
The winning authors/publishers got the coveted prestigious trophy and their moments on stage.
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| Edgie Polistico with Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores of Anvil Publishing, and Ms. Ani Almario, BDAP President. |
Authors and publishers of selected finalist books were invited by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) to the Gintong Aklat Awards ceremony on September 13, 2018 held at the Main Stage Area in Hall 1 of the ongoing 39th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) held in the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia (MOA) Complex, Pasay City. The announcement of winners were done and announced only there on that day in the program.
The Opening Remarks and the overview of Gintong Aklat Awards 2018 is by Ms. Ani Almario, the President of BDAP. The Closing Remarks is by Mr. Toots Policarpio, the Vice President-External of BDAP.
The Opening Remarks and the overview of Gintong Aklat Awards 2018 is by Ms. Ani Almario, the President of BDAP. The Closing Remarks is by Mr. Toots Policarpio, the Vice President-External of BDAP.
In tandem masters of the ceremony are Mr. John Jack Wigley and Mr. Segundo Matias, Jr.
From the handout copies of today's Gintong Aklat Awards programme of activities, the following are written at the back page explaining briefly why and what Gintong Aklat Awards is all about:
THE GINTONG AKLAT AWARDS
THE TOTAL BOOK AWARD
The prestigious Ginton g Aklat Awards, established in 1981, is given out regularly to outstanding book publishers based on the quality of the books they produced year after year. Managed by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), the Awards are meant to recognize excellence in bookmaking in the country's book industry.
Book entries are judged for all-around excellence and are subjected to close scrutiny by professional panels in book quality, design, and content. Entries must merit an excellent rating in each aspect of bookmaking in order to qualify for the gold prize. A book winner of the Gintong Aklat, therefore, will have been judged not only on its contents but on its totality as a book. Contest entries are divided over several subject categories - Literature in Filipino, Literature in English, Arts & Humanities, Food, Natural Science, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, and Inspirational and Self-Help.
Meant to recognize and encourage professional book publishing as an industry, the Gintong Aklat qualifies as participants only bonafide publishers engaged in book publishing as their main line of business.
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| Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) |
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