1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Shape of a Poem: a Conversation on Craft, Poetic Forms, and Creative Practice With Joi Barrios, Michael Caylo-Baradi, Marianne Chan, Barbara Jane Reyes, and Angela Narcisco Torres. Moderated by Karen Llagas.

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Gossip, Sex, and the End of the World: Tongue in a Mood and the Emergence of Filipino American Theater With A. Samson Manalo and Theodore S. Gonzalves. Other panelists and moderator TBA.

Please visit the Festival marketplace in the Latino/Hispanic Community Room on the Lower Level: Book and indie comic company vendors, author tables, author signing, community organizations. Open Saturday, 10:00 a.m - 5:45 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

The 6th Filipino American International Book Festival will be taking place on October 15-16, 2022 at the San Francisco Public Library. Come celebrate our Filipino/a/x authors.
Presented by PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists) in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library, this year’s theme is Hiraya/Emergence: Writing towards the Future.
Hiraya is a Tagalog word for imagination, for dreaming, the emergence of the flower and the fruit. What does Hiraya mean to you?