The Valentine's Day book donation drive initiated by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario is now in its third year! In 2026, Almario dubbed the campaign "Aklat ng Pagmamahal" ("Book of Love"). Local publishers and Filipino writers have come together to bequeath books to the Quezon City Public Library and its branches located at the city's 34 barangays, as well as to the libraries being built for the persons-deprived-of-liberty of the Quezon City Jail.
Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), the organization of poets who write in Filipino founded by National Artist Virgilio Almario, is marking its 40th anniversary on December 15, 2025, the date of the 150th birthday of Emilio Jacinto. The celebration kicks off with a wreath-laying ceremony at Jacinto's tomb in Himlayang Pilipino in Quezon City at 8 am. Senator Loren Legarda will lead in the tribute to the revolutionary leader and writer also known as "Pingkian."
National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario formally launched a movement to make Quezon City as the Poetry Capital of the Philippines as he led in a Valentine’s Day book donation drive for the QC Public Library and its 28 branches.
Events have been lined up to mark the celebration of National Poetry Day 2023 (Pambansang Araw ng Pagtula 2023) on November 22 — the birthday of eminent Filipino poet and “King of Balagtasan” Jose Corazon de Jesus, or more popularly known as Huseng Batute.
The recent political developments and the upcoming polls have urged National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario to come up with a 220-page anthology entitled Lugaw ni Leni, Pink Parol, KKK, Kakampink, Atbp. The book, which Almario co-edited with Aldrin Pentero, contains almost 200 pages of curated poems, short stories, essays, and letters, plus original prayers, musical …
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