There are 13 Best-selling authors who have been shortlisted for the famous Booker Prize in fiction. Three of those authors hail from the United States: Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth Strout, and Leila Mottley. There are a total of six books written by American authors that have made it onto the longlist for the 50,000 pounds ($60,000) prize. These include “Booth,” …

Books usually take years to print and money before they need to be published and sold to retail; readers need to purchase them. And now, Philippine publishing industry is like a book trapped by the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on just one line. The impact started before the enhanced group quarantine (ECQ). Adarna House president, Asa Montenejo expressed her decision …