Blog Posts on ilocano literature
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Dagiti Pasugnod ni Angelo by Bilingual Pen on Nov 21, 2011Addada pay laeng iti kalsada iti sanguanan ti balay ngem mangmangngegkon ti nasinggit a boses ni adingko a Ryan. Apagtallona pay laeng ngem kasta unayen ti kinatarabitna. Nakutikuti pay. Lumanagto iti panangkibin ni Mommy iti panagballasiwda. Naladaw...
Call For Submissions by Bilingual Pen on Jan 3, 2011Maisagsaganan ti Tagnawa 2011 ti GUMIL Filipinas wenno ti antolohia dagiti napili a sarita dagiti Ilokano. Agpaay nga editor da Juan Al. Asuncion, Literary Editor ti Bannawag, Joel B. Manuel, premiado a mannurat ken prinsipal ti Banna National High S...
UMPIL Honors Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Francisco Balagtas Awardees by Bilingual Pen on Sep 19, 2010 The Unyon ng mga Manunulat na Pilipino (Umpil), the largest alliance of Filipino writers, honored this year’s Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Francisco Balagtas awardees during its 36th congress held on August 28 at the University of the Philippines...
Rabii ti GUMIL at mag:net Cafe Katipunan, 30 Aug 2010 Part 2 by Penstalker on Sep 3, 2010We had a really good time at Mag:Net Cafe Katipunan on August 30, 2010. I’m uploading several videos more, in HD! Who will ever forget that night! It was a first in the history of GUMIL Metro Manila, and perhaps in the history of GUMIL Filipina...
Rabii ti GUMIL at mag:net Cafe Katipunan, 30 Aug 2010 Part 1 by Penstalker on Sep 1, 2010On the evening of August 30, 2010, the Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilocano (GUMIL) Metro Manila [Association of Ilocano Writers in Metro Manila] went to Mag:Net Cafe in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, to celebrate Rabii ti GUMIL (GUMIL Night). We are g...
35 Pages in 31 Days by Penstalker on May 7, 2010Last April, I did an experiment. I challenged myself to write 45 pages of Ilokano fiction within the 30 days of April. Strangely enough, I took the bait and wrote every morning. In fact, I even woke up between 4 and 5 AM just to find time to write! T...
Idi Agawid ni Ka Marta by Bilingual Pen on Apr 26, 2010Kasla nagadiwara nga angot ti malut-luto a naimas a makan iti tiempo ti gawat a nagdegdeg ti saraaw dagiti boksit ti damag a sumangpet kanon ni Ka Marta! Isu ti kakaisuna a nangtawid ti nabayagen a nabaybay-an a daga iti pingir ti purok iti asideg ti...
Why I Write in the Mother Tongue by Bilingual Pen on Apr 16, 2010 “Why Ilocano?” people often ask me, with their brows creased and their eyes mirroring surprise, sometimes even thinly-veiled ridicule, when they find out that I write fiction in Ilocano. This is true even among some Ilocano acquaintances who co...
The 30-Day Poetry Project by Penstalker on Jan 6, 2010I’m doing a series of projects this 2010. Instead of regretting I don’t have much time writing poetry and fiction, I decided to conduct a series of 30-Day challenges where I pursue a project for thirty days straight! The first one would b...
Kannawidan Song for the Ilocos Sur Kannawidan Festival by Penstalker on Dec 22, 2009In preparation for the Kannawidan Festival on the last week of January 2010, the Ilocos Sur Governor commissioned a song to be produced, recorded and distributed to Ilocos Sur. The title of the song is Kannawidan, which comes from the Ilokano root wo...
