Poolside reads: Books to enjoy on your break
From gripping mysteries to swoon-worthy romances and immersive graphic novels, these titles are ideal companions for your next relaxing escape.
· 4 min read
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From gripping mysteries to swoon-worthy romances and immersive graphic novels, these titles are ideal companions for your next relaxing escape.
· 4 min read
Long before Gothic returned to screens and bestseller lists, Philippine literature was already haunted by doubles, ruins, buried violence, and the ghosts of…
· 4 min read
As I stood before the small iron gate, I thought about the first and last time I spent Christmas and New Year at this house.
· 10 min read
First published in 1916, “The Story of Christmas” by Nora A. Smith appeared in Phebe A. Curtiss’ compilation Christmas Stories and Legends. It is in the public…
· 5 min read
Originally published in 1904, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum is in the public domain. Daily Tribune republishes the short story in full for its…
· 14 min read
First published in 1905, “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry is in the public domain. Daily Tribune republishes the short story in full for its Christmas…
· 8 min read
Miss Eleanora moves quietly around the room. "Okay, now plié. Keep your back straight. Watch your turnout. Arms above the head, and straighten," she instructs.
· 1 min read
‘I always write to process the next big question,’ author R.F. Kuang said.
· 4 min read
Before her maiden concert, Ruth went to a church, not to pray, just to gaze at the image of Jesus on the cross.
· 2 min read
The orphanage was old, far older than the name of the street it stood on. The years had seen countless children within its walls. Some were adopted by loving…
· 10 min read
A December story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl,” following a young ice seller seeking escape, comfort, and freedom.
· 5 min read
Filipino author and advocate Dean Francis Alfar believes it’s time the country caught up to the imaginative worlds its writers have long been envisioning.
· 4 min read
A woman stands alone at the bus stop. Back slightly crooked, but chin still up high. Strands of silver weave through her dark hair, and her skin catches…
· 3 min read
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man? In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or the way that she died. ⸺ Rent
· 12 min read
‘When he refused to conform to the Wharton boys, he was thrown out, much like Jesus came to His own and His own knew Him not.’
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The passing of a significant moment does not yield to the limitations of time. It stretches infinitely. It stays, just long enough for the eye to savour it; to…
· 12 min read
“They should invent a way to save your mother.” “They should invent a mother who wants to be saved.”
· 14 min read
When most people think of The Phantom of the Opera , they picture a lonely man behind a half-mask, haunting the Paris Opera House with tragic longing — a…
· 3 min read