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  • Supply Chain

Children’s Books in Asia: Supply and Demand

Asia Stage Event

With 20% of Asia’s 4.8 billion people being aged below 15 years old, this has become a goldmine for children’s publishing. But what educational, aesthetic and psychosocial considerations are front and center in the development of Asian books for children? What kind of stories the millions of young Asian readers are growing up with?

The Asia Stage

Meet the Speakers:

Russell L. Molina

Russell L. Molina

Russell Molina is currently the Chief Digital Officer and founding partner of advertising agency Seven A.D., seven-time winner of the prestigious 4As as Independent Agency of the Year. With close to two decades of advertising experience, he has worked on the world’s biggest brands.

Molina is also a published children’s book author and graphic fictionist with over thirty books to his name. His stories have won in the Palanca Awards, PBBY Salanga Awards, PBBY Larry Alcala Illustrator’s Prize and the National Book Awards. He was also a part of the Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People. In 2022, Molina was awarded the lifetime achievement award UMPIL’s Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for his valuable contribution to children’s literature.

Gladys Doronila

Gladys Doronila

Gladys Luz C. Doronila of OMF Literature has been with the organization for over two decades. She joined the company fresh out of university as a marketing staff handling international sales, and rose to the ranks to become product and supply chain director, later chief operating officer, and sales and marketing director. A graduate of BS Statistics from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, she enjoys making sense of numbers and working with words.Gladys plays a key role in the acquisition, production, procurement, and distribution decisions at OMF Literature. She led OMF Lit through seasons of changes in the organization, including structural and supply chain developments and the company’s digital transformation, especially during the pandemic.

Gladys believes in the transformative power of storytelling and prays the next generation will have a lifelong love for reading, starting with her daughter.