Oh, this is cool. From OTW Fannews:
The Phillipine Daily Inquirer discussed the pop-culturization of Philippine mythology. “‘Our teen readers gobble up YA novels from the US. They’re reading! We should give them Filipino YA novels to gobble up.’ The Philippine Board on Books for Young People, of which Sabido is chair, is putting together a 2014 middle grade and YA novel writing workshop called ‘Kabanata.’ ‘We hope the workshop will produce 10 novels in English and 10 novels in Filipino.’” They hope to hook readers by developing fan communities. “‘We’re really hoping people would contribute their fan art and fan fiction when they finally get to know the world of Janus Silang’.” (x)
