Exploding Galaxies

"Nolledo is Joaquinesque in the baroque structure of sentences never simple, yet always, always beautiful. And the subject does not matter: even the stench of all the sins of wartime Manila is masked in the perfume of Nolledo’s prose, wordsmith-poet unraveling narratives one bejeweled syllable at a time." Read the rest of the @exlibrisphilippines review of @exploding_galaxies ' latest publication, a collection of short stories by Wilfrido D. Nolledo, over at our website!

i only started reading and collecting local books this march. while sorting through them this weekend, i thought i'd share what i currently have (including favorites and june tbrs). i curated the entire list myself except for a few titles from up press. current favorites: • dear distance • how to grieve • happy endings • a personal history of sea creatures reads i recommend: • of love and other lemons • ang kompedio ng mga imposibleng bagay • irrational fits • a chain is a house to sleep in • not in the mood for love • gano'n talaga june tbr: • the quiet ones • nail down the sky • son of a dead 80's bold star slowly reading: • everything is first person • a field guide to the roads of manila and other stories not all of these have been read yet, also going through them slowly since most are short stories and essays anyways have you read any of these? any recommendations? [filipino books filipino authors philippine literature short stories essay collection book recommendations book haul bookstagram]

food, sustenance, & the building of shared worlds 🧺🥭 struggle, resilience, solidarity: a gaza-filipino cookbook by geela garcia and josephine abuhannieh • sarap: essays on philippine food by doreen g. fernandez & edilberto n. alegre • gusto maglupad ni bangsi ni xaña angel eve m. apolinar at dom ochotorena • tikim: essays on philippine food and culture by doreen g. fernandez #EverythingsFine #ExplodingGalaxies #AklatAlamid #AnvilPublishing #FoodBooks

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Twenty-four hours across the Pacific, halfway around the world, across fifteen time zones — and the family copies of Canticles for Dark Lovers are finally home. Salamat @maracoson and @exploding_galaxies #wilfridonolledo #canticlesfordarklovers #explodinggalaxies

finally had the time to review @exploding_galaxies ’ debut short story collection, wilfrido nolledo’s “canticles for dark lovers” + i’m so glad to have to have this copy in my library of filipino books 🪁 this short story collection is a puzzle at times, but always written so beautifully 🧩 #booktok #akdangpinoy #booktokph #filipinobooks #bookrecommendations

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@exploding_galaxies launched its latest tonight. It is an extra special occasion because the new book features short stories by author Wilfrido D. Nolledo, whose novel BUT FOR THE LOVERS marked this brave and bold publisher's foray into reviving old classics, and breathing new life into words covered with the dust of generations. Every Exploding Galaxies book is a collector's item, and we can't wait to read our copy of CANTICLES FOR DARK LOVERS! #canticlesfordarklovers #wilfridonolledo #explodinggalaxies #butforthelovers

News you might have missed: @inoshoramen ’s new additions to their lineup @geloyconcepcion ’s exhibit at Ateneo Art Gallery @aesop ’s latest fragrance release @rebelbakehouse.ph opens Bell House Library and Cafe @bird.mnl ’s newest single @officialsb19 and @befirst_official collaboration @exploding_galaxies launches first short story collection @goodsfromscratch opens in Legazpi Village @typea.coffee finds a new home at NBS Park @saansaanph celebrates 8 years with 2 new fragrances @bini_ph gets awarded @billboard Women in Music Awards @a.kin launches optical line with @visionexpressph @tasado__ × @timaua.movement Labor Day collaboration

May 9, doors open at 4:30pm In a collaboration that foregrounds Wilfrido Nolledo’s Canticles for Dark Lovers, thespians Paolo Fabregas and Miren Alvarez-Fabregas, together with sound artist Mudskipper create textural landscapes that thicken the air, conjuring a visceral space that suspends noise and voice into viscous utterances. produced by WHYNoT

My new 2025 stack. Hope you’ll like it. 💖 A sculptural project initiated in 2003, Stacks is an annual and ongoing series, with each iteration developed over the course of a year that also acknowledges the rhythm of this chronological threshold. Consisting of books and glasses Heman Chong read and used in the previous year—familiar and ordinary domestic objects, yet personally meaningful—each “stack” acts as both punctuation and a record of time passed. Text by @k_tanwilson