Newshen’s story frees ‘prisoner’ and wins Oz award

A news story, Campbelltown’s Prisoner of War, written by young reporter Soraiya Gharahkhani whose mother is Philippine born, won the 2010 Best News Story of the Year award [...]

A Philippine resource centre at last

Australia’s first dedicated Filipino cultural arts display, library, and meeting place will open soon at the Philippine Centre on Wentworth Avenue in the city of Sydney. The resource centre will comprise an extensive book collection on Philippine culture and arts, including the works of the Philippines’ national hero Dr Jose Rizal [...]

An interview with Tony Dedal

Tony Dedal is the author of recently launched WINGS OVER THE PHILIPPINES, dubbed as a Philippine aviation history book. Tony was a Philippine fighter pilot during the 1950s and editor-publisher of a Sydney-based Philippine community newspaper in the early 1980s. [...]

Former fighter pilot pens RP aviation history book

Wings Over the Philippines, a book on the history of aviation in the Philippines, has recently launched at the Philippine Consulate General Office in Sydney. The book was written by Tony Dedal, a fighter pilot in the Philippine Air Force’s 5th Fighter Wing during the 1950s, now living in Australia. Consul General Maria Theresa P. Lazaro commended Dedal for his initiative and labor in writing the book… [...]

Filipino movies to watch in Sydney Film Festival

FILIPINO AUSTRALIANS will be treated to two of Brillante ‘Dante’ Mendoza’s films, featured in the upcoming Sydney Film Festival. The selected screening dates coincide with the observance of Philippine National Day (110th year of Philippine Independence) [...]

Sydney Film Festival features two Filipino films

THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL in Sydney has recently announced that two Filipino films will feature in the upcoming Sydney Film Festival [...]

Filipino-Australian writers shine at Sydney Writers Festival

This year’s Sydney Writers Festival will feature a new anthology of Filipino-Australian writing, set to offer good literary feast to readers.

Edited by Jose Wendell Capili, the book contains a collection of short stories and poems which give insights into the often silenced narratives of people from the migrant communities, particularly the Filipino-Australian experience.

The book is called ‘Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipino Australians’ and includes masterpieces from the literary talents of Merlinda Bobis, Erwin Cabucos, Nonee Doronila, Robert Nery, Cesar Leyco Aguila, Ivy Alvarez and other emerging Filipino-Australian writers.

This year Bobis releases her newest novel ‘The Solemn Lantern’ and Cabucos releases his newest collection of short stories ‘Green Blood and Other Stories’.

‘Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipino-Australian Writers’ is published by the Casula Powerhouse Publishing.

Everyone is welcome to attend the launching of the book on Sunday 25 May from 3PM to 5PM at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Entry is free but bookings are essential. Please ring +61 298241121 (Australia).

Other Filipino writers featured in the Sydney Writers Festival include Jose Dalisay, Jr, the recipient of the Asia Man Booker Prize in 2007. #

Photos courtesy of asianaustralianstudies.org and Erwin Cabucos